Club member Dave Rose completed his first Ironman last month, read his story here… Last month I completed my first Ironman in Vichy, France, The Ironman challenge consists of a 2.4 mile open water swim followed by a 112 mile bike ride, then finished off with a full 26.2 mile marathon…. In 2010 after struggling to […]
Double or Quit – Race Report by Helen York & Gareth Tomlinson Saturday 27th August – Shipley Country Park – Ilkeston Runners Well the clouds were grey and the weather report said rain was due. I picked Helen up from home and made sure she had everything sorted for her first official race. Spare clothes,
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Well done to the 17 Wreake Runner’s who completed the John Fraser 10 mile race at the weekend. Here Club Captain Anne Timlock reflects on the race… Sunday 4 September had been looming in my mind like a rather unwelcome dark cloud on my horizon recently…why ? It was the date of the JF10 …a
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The duathlon is a perfect event if you love both running and cycling, a good challenge and breaks up the monotony of constant running. One of our members – Gavin Speed – recently took part in the Darley Moor Duathlon (near to Ashbourne, Derbyshire). It took place at a motor racing circuit. The sprint distance is
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One of our runners – Richard Palmer – recently ventured into Wales to take on the challenge to ‘Race The Train’… As we set out from Leicestershire it was a warm summer’s day, however we arrived in a very cool and wet Tywyn , Gwyned in mid Wales. Much better running weather for 14 miles
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We have our own page on Strava, there you can see where and how far some of our members go running, and where we run on club nights: https://www.strava.com/clubs/wreakerunners
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Sometimes our club members choose a route on club nights, This evenings run was a great route starting from Tilton On The Hill. A beautiful summers evening across the fields over to Somerby, taking in a few hills with a friendly bunch of runners! Finished off with a well deserved meal in the local pub..
This year’s Three Club Challenge was hosted by Barrow Runners, as always it was an excellent event with a great course and fantastic venue. A five mile undulating course along some lovely footpaths starting from Rushcliffe golf club, Unfortunately we didn’t manage to win this year but came a close 3rd (OK last!) Well done
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A huge well done to everyone who braved the rain last night at the Watermead Challenge, Superb running from everyone who took part in the 5 mile race around the lakes, even to those who pushed themselves to complete the 3 mile course (Gavin Speed!).. Although he did take 8th place finishing in 18:28.. Well
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This year’s Treasure Hunt was a walk round some of the older parts of Syston, starting and finishing at the Queen Vic pub in High St. 22 people took part, with some couples pairing up with each other and making 6 teams. We provided them with sheets of cryptic clues for them to solve along
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