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Let me introduced myself. My name’s Walter. I’ve joined Red Rose because I managed, mostly thanks to the encouragement I was given, to complete the last two of the “short” Thursday evening runs you’ve done from the Poachers. First, a bit about myself. I was born during WW2 so I’m…

Cross country review Following recent changes at the helm of the cross country team it’s been really pleasing to see the increase in bodies on the ground The team spirit has been second to none , we’ve seen newcomers and returners plus the usual stalwarts The running scene is going…

With the Red Rose awards night coming up and the Runners Runner nominees on the website, I thought it was a good time for a quick blog to help everyone understand the competitions and if bling is your thing, how to win something. The club website includes full instructions on…

2018 started not really knowing what to do with myself after the challenge to run every day had come to an end. As with the start to most years we set ourselves goals/challenges/targets to aim for throughout the year and I have been no different to the masses in this…

It’s been a mixed running year for me. I started 2018 with my usual vague aims of ‘just trying to be faster’ and ‘can I do more miles than I did last year?’. I started following a random plan that I found on the Internet and for the first three…

#jacobsjoin Three plus weeks after the event and I can’t stop thinking about it so I thought I’d get a few things down in B&W and submit a rare blog post just before entries open for next year. The Lakeland 100 and the Lakeland 50 take place at the end…

Hi so I’ve finaly wrote a blog. Warning it’s long ha ha “who’s behind the RAINBOW 🌈” It’s time I wrote a blog as I’ve Been member for over a year. ” why do you wear all that colour?”, ” gosh your bright” and ” does the sweat not run…

It’s been a few months now since I was more than proud to accept and take on the role of road captain. It is a position that I regard as a great honour and responsibility and so far the role has been to turn up at as many Red Rose…

I marshalled worden Park 10k last weekend and realised just how many faces I hadn’t seen before. Plus I noticed the blogs had died down (unless everyone is still reading Gareth’s London marathon blog!?) so maybe this will encourage others to write their own. So a bit of background. I…

It seems like a long time ago now, but at the beginning of the year, club members were asked to fill in a series of questions in a club survey. This is the third year that we have asked our members to put their views forward and the involvement of…