Author: Striders

Senior Man This man started his road running year in Woburn in February, and he has hardly stopped racing since. Personal bests started in Silverstone and he has kept improving all year, so much in fact that he is now a consistent scoring member of our cross country team in every race. He has recorded personal bests at every distance […]

Senior Man This man started his year in March and managed to get through the full year up to December BUT at a cost. His first love cross country. But it seems to have been worth it. He ran a total of 14 races and managed to hit an amazing 8 PB’s. He ran PB’s in all distances from 5k […]

I run for Kent AC in London, but grew up in Luton and recently took part in Wardown parkrun.  I have written a bit about the history of running in the town, which might be of interest to you:  http://go-feet.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/wardown-parkrun-and-140-years-of-runnng.html Through searching in British Newspaper Archive I have taken the history back to the 1870s. Let me know if you […]

Over 30 Striders took part in the race with others helping marshal. Bill Barrett was first Strider home in 2:44:12 https://youtu.be/Tfj-0jfIeH8 More information, results etc.can be found on Luton Marathon

12 different parkruns over 12 months At the beginning of 2014 my planned running goal was to try and achieve PBs in all the standard distances. However emergency surgery and a forced 6 week break from running led to a bit of a rethink. It was my husband who came up with the new idea – 12 different parkruns over […]

Newsletter from over 25 years ago Containing….. THE HELEN MORRIS PROFILE by Dave WilsonAbout our former Club President becoming a Strider in 1983 A RUNNING MUM by Karen AshbyRunning while pregnant  BECOMING A MARATHON RUNNER by Dave WilsonTraining for London

Club NightsWe know it’s difficult for some people, but members are arriving after 7:30 on club nights. It would be helpful if as many members as possible could arrive between 7:00 and 7:30. This would help to reduce the queue when paying and be ready to run after the announcements.