Weekly roundup

We have had a busy few weeks over the end of October and begining of November. Here is a brief catch-up of what we have been up to. October 23 – Abbingdon Marathon. We had 3 runners at this popular Autumn marathon, all hoping for sub-3 hours. Nick S finished in 2:55, Greg finished 2:57 […]

SundayChairman Cain was in Portsmouth for the Great South Run – a 10 mile flat run around Portsmouth / Southsea. He did it in 1h 00m, finishing in 147th place overall (out of x) and in the top 20 V40 category. Closer to home, we had Ben and Nick H doing the Mendip Muddle. It […]

London marathon! SundayWe had 3 runners at London Marathon this year – Alex B who won the club place; Jerome; and Rich who qualified through a Good For Age place! Jerome finished in 4:40, not bad after doing Berlin Marathon the weekend before. Jerome said that it was interesting to see the difference between the […]

International marathoners This week we had Jerome and Martin D running in Berlin, doing the Berlin Marathon. Jerome has done it many times, but even though Martin has done over 400 marathons, this was his first attempt at Berlin. Jerome finished in 4:53 and Martin finished in 4:28.

Club update There have been a few more race events over the weekend, and plenty of Harriers out on long runs, training runs, C25k runs, or just out and about enjoying the trails and hills. Well done to every who got out for a run of any distance, speed or duration. SaturdayOn Saturday Wayne was […]

Club update It’s been a while since the last race update, but it has been a busy weekend for the club so here it is! SaturdayOn Saturday 3rd September, we had several runners taking part in ultras and marathons around the South West. Down in Cornwall, we had Martin D taking on the Saints Way […]

Club run weekly update On Tuesday we had a few groups setting off for a variety of sessions from the YMCA, including along the canal, and a fast tempo group. We also had a trail option heading out from Nether Stowey to Dowesborough Fort. Thursday had a mixed trail/road run from the YMCA out to […]

Club run weekly update We had 2 club runs starting from Steart Marshes this week, both from the main car park rather than our usual start at the bus stop. On Tuesday, Iain led a training session, plus there was the normal easy pace trail run of about 8km, and a ‘returner’ group doing around […]

Club run weekly update This week started well – on Tuesday some of us did a social run on the Beast route as a final ‘recce’ of the course, making sure the path was clear of nettles and the not blocked by fallen trees etc. Then we received the news that we no longer have […]

Here is our first weekly roundup of races and club runs. We started the club week on Tuesday, with 2 groups. We had a trail group on the Quantocks, featuring some steep downs and tough climbs. Another group were running from Eddington through the moors around Shapwick. The Thursday group also ran from Eddington. To […]