Wreake had their annual Christmas lights run, this year we took a very wet pace from the Gynsills pub in Glenfield, to the city centre town hall square and back, followed by a lovely Christmas carvery and a well earned drink!
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Damp, Misty and muddy were perfect conditions for the first Derby runner XC race at Markfield on Sunday. We were out in force with a great turnout of clean white Wreake vests… unfortunately they didn’t stay that way for very long. Great running everyone.
A group of us took part in the 2014 Seagrave Challenge on Saturday, it was the 10th Anniversary of the 16 mile route that takes you through villages such as Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake / Rearsby / Hoby /Shoby / Ragdale & Six Hills. Some ran the course fast & some were just happy to run in a
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Each year Wreake run the ‘Club Handicap’ where runners take off their watches & run a distance set by our official. The aim is to guess your time and try to finish as near to it as possible! This years winners were Dave Rose & Julie Dutton…. Well done both! See everyone’s results on the attached
Back in September, Wreake Runners offered an opportunity for those that wanted to get a flavour for running to take a 10-week course, with a promise that those participating would be able to run 30 minutes continuously by the end of it. We are now able to report that those 10 weeks have now passed,
A group of Wreakes took to the mud yet again to take on the ‘Dovedale Dash’ a fantastic 5 mile cross country race set in the beautiful village of Thorpe, in the Derbyshire peak district. The route started off at the bottom of Thorpe cloud with around 1000 crazy people running downhill towards the river
A huge congratulations to everyone who ran the Leicester Half Marathon at the weekend, Wreake had a great turnout with some excellent running…Well done all! Half Marathon Results; Bruno Nikoloff 1:23.09 Matt Franklin 1:26.13 Richard Bettsworth 1:27.35 Kam Chung 1:36.32 Jon Finnemore 1:36.48 Rhiannon Baxter 1:37.13 Gav Speed 1:40.25 Ian Hillier 1:40.12 Glynn Parker 1:45.27
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Thames Path Challenge 2014 After 5 months training, over 1000 miles ran, including 3 marathons and one 40 mile ultra, we were on the start line. We were also half-heartedly joining in with the “Mr Motivator” going through a warm up routine. Some people enthusiastically joined in, apparently knowing each of the moves as
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A few of Wreakes mud lovers took part in the ‘Midland Counties XC Relays’ in Walsall on Saturday 18th Oct, it was a really enjoyable day. The race was made up of very mixed abilities ranging from very quick to social runners just out for fun. Cross Country is not everyone’s cup of tea, but
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It’s once again, nearly time for the Leicester marathon and the organisers have approached Wreake Runners to see if we could help by providing some marshals whilst the runners pass through our area, covering the 6 – 19 mile section of the race. In excess of 50 Marshals need to be found just for this section
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