Summer outrun season is upon us..! First outrun is on Wednesday 1st May from The Grange (Asfordby Hill) so please do come along for a run and stay for a drink and bite to eat if you can. For details of all this year’s runs and more information on what they are all about, see the summer outrun page.
Following the recent AGM, this year’s membership form, the safeguarding policy and (shortly) the updated constitution are available via the Club documents page.
Please see below for the latest newsletter – including history of the Striders, LRRL recap, a look forward to the summer outruns, and more!
Thanks to Michael, Emma, Katie, Chris and Andy for pulling this together.
As mentioned at this week’s Wednesday club run, if anyone needs a little incentive to chase race times over the coming months then do check out our club standards page.
This has full details of how it all works, including those all important time goals…
Happy racing!
In addition to our usual runs:
Wed 13th Mar Twyford headtorch run & normal Melton road run
Thu 14th Mar Indoor technical session (Remount Barracks)
Sun 17th Mar Kibworth 6 (LRRL) – 6 miles
Sat 30th Mar Frisby Fun Run
Sun 31st Mar Desford 5 (LRRL) – 5 miles
Fri 5th Apr Hope for Justice 10K **
Wed 10th Apr Somerby headtorch run & normal Melton road run
Wed 24th Apr Annual General Meeting
Sun 5th May Livingston Relays / Wymeswold Waddle
Sun 12th May Bosworth Half Marathon (LRRL)
Sun 19th May West End 8 (LRRL)
LRRL (Leicestershire Road Running League) – entry in advance, details of how
to enter will be released when announced
** Local runner Andrew Wrath will be running 10K at each of a number of
different locations across Europe on Friday, April 5, showing how easy it is to
traffic people across borders. He will be finishing in his home town of Melton
Mowbray. Melton Running Club-MRC and Stilton Striders will be co-hosting a
10K run with Andrew when he arrives by train approx. 21:30pm in Melton and
we’d like your support for this serious but special occasion. Melton Sports is
putting a pair of AfterShokz Trekz Air open ear headphones and a goodie bag
(worth over £150) up for grabs to boost the fundraising total on the night.
Please see the link below for this month’s Striders newsletter, including a welcome to our newest members, messages from our new club captains, race reports, upcoming events, diary dates and more…
Please see below for draft results – also posted via the LRAN website (http:\\lran.org.uk) – any issues can be raised via your club’s league representative and emailed to lrrlresults@gmail.com by Sat 2nd March, at which point the results will be considered final.
One point of feedback from last year’s event, in common with many others, was that participants struggled to hear the race briefing at the start. A loudhailer will again be used this year, but to give everyone the best chance of receiving key messages, below is a link to the briefing:
For all other Stilton 7 information, please see the race page
The 2019 Stilton 7 road race is scheduled for Sunday 24th February 2019.
Entries will open at 8.30pm on Tuesday 29th January (and close as soon as the race is full) – via the following link: https://www.runbritain.com/entries/EnterRace.aspx?evid=7fbb0fcc5e75&erid=78b906cc5e63
It’s an undulating 7 mile road race that forms part of the Leicestershire Road Running League. Please be aware, that this race is for LRRL affiliated members only.
Thank you to everyone who attended this week’s AGM. As emailed to the mailing list following the AGM, the club’s committee and associated roles are as follows for the year ahead:
Committee Roles
Shane Sharkey – Chairman
Andy Nicholls – Club Secretary
Theresa Coltman – Treasurer
Darren Glover – Men’s Captain
Vicki Lowe – Ladies’ Captain
Simon Bottrill – Run Co-ordinator
Di Underwood – Juniors Head Coach/Safeguarding Officer
Other Committee Members
Ian Johnson
Abi Arnott
Katie Hateley
Ian Mason
John Houghton
Dan Valencia
Matt Chalmers
Key Club Roles (not already mentioned)
Mark Stoneley – Coach
Matt Chalmers – Social Media
Clive Kent/Mark Ashmore – Website
Michael Cooke – Melton Sports – Club Kit
Obviously, this is not an exhaustive list of the roles that people perform within the club – there are many many more who do very important things to support the progression of the club, but it would be impossible to name them all individually, so to everyone else I would like to issue a blanket thank-you for all your hard work.
