The fourth Red Rose Championship race was the Wesham 10k held last Wednesday evening from the BNFL site, in Lea. This was an excellently hosted race by Wesham Road Runners with close on 400 runners. Red Rose were well represented with over 90 runners. So many of our club achieved…
Red Rose News
Look out for an in depth report about this great event. Meanwhile , these are the results. http://bit.ly/joescuphillraceresults2019 [Weekly roundup 6 May 2019] category race reports]
Red Rose News
The Standish Hall Trail Race over 10k was the latest race in the Red Rose Grand Prix. In bright conditions and drier than normal conditions, 35 of our runners lined up. We had success with our first three men Michael Oddie 44.36, Barry Wheeler 45.25 and David Brunton 45.30 taking…
Emails and Spam
It is membership renewal time and emails have gone out to let everyone know. Have you had yours yet? It is increasingly likely that your email provider has and will continue to upgrade the anti spam protection they provide. In many cases that will be a welcome move but it…
Red Rose Fell Running Weekend 2019 – Expressions of interest
This year’s Fell Running weekend is arranged for 13th – 15th September 2019. This has been a really popular event in the last few years. We have 32 places in Shackleton Lodge at Brathay Hall. The cost per person is £30 for the two nights of self catering accommodation. We…
Foot Health Month 2019
An interesting leaflet about Plantar Fasciitis has arrived in the club’s inbox. Click here to read it. The leaflet gives a podiatrist’s advice on this painful condition. Specifically how to avoid it, which is by far the best course.
Couch to 5K course: Registration Required
Tell your non running mates about this… Pete O’Grady will be leading the next Beginners’ course on Thursday 14th March 2019. Meet at the Poachers at 7:00pm. This popular 10 week course will build to a graduation event at Avenham parkrun on the 11th May. Registration is essential as there…
Runner’s Runner of the Year 2018 – Voting
Voting has now closed for Runner’s Runner of the year 2018. Thanks for all of those who did amazing things last year, all those who nominated and all those who voted. Nominees and the winner will be recognised at the Presentation Evening – Friday 1st March – 7PM – Bamber…
Runner’s Runner of the Year 2018 – The Nominees
John Wiseman, last year’s winner was nominated for being a supportive and motivated leader on the Thursday night runs. He has stood down from nominations this year, but please give him a big “Wahay” the next time you see him at a race, parkrun, training, or just in town shopping!…
Red Rose Road Runners
The big event for Red Rose this weekend was the Hunters 10k with nearly 60 of the club racing. Starting and finishing at the Walton le Dale ‘Park and Ride’ runners needed to keep on the move to warm up for the race. A bitterly cold wind reaching 50 mph…