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Club photo 2019

Once again we had a fantastic turn out for the Redcar Running Festival and our annual club photo. As usual, the weather was less than brilliant but thanks to Photoshop, we can all pretend the skies were as blue as our running kit… Feel free to download and print a copy as memento...
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Running into trouble…

On a recent evening run, alone and in the dark, I was unnerved to find myself being followed by some random guy in a car. He drove past me and waited at deserted, empty junctions for me to pass him. Doing this once was suspicious, but I figured he could have been lost or looking...

In case of emergency…

At a recent club evening, one of our members – a young, apparently healthy, regular runner – collapsed and almost died. Thanks to the valiant efforts of several club members and the quick arrival of an ambulance, he’s thankfully making a speedy recovery but this shocking...

Annual club photo

In time-honoured tradition, club members assembled before the various races at the Redcar Running Festival for the annual club photo. After some wrangling, the motley crew lined up for a quick photo before heading off to warm up, marshal or just cheer on the other runners. Feel...

EA Club Run coaching

So, last week was the first of the three England Athletics #ClubRun coaching sessions by Daz Reevell and we had a fantastic turn-out, beautiful weather and a good laugh. We also suffered mightily. It was far too hot for anything more strenuous than a gentle jog and we attracted...

Club Run: England Athletics Training

Earlier this year we applied for a training course package run by England Athletics where by, if successful, a highly qualified England Athletics Coach would run 3 free training sessions at our club over a 6 week period.  This would enable our coaches to deliver better quality...

Discount sports massage

Feet First are offering 20% discount during January and February on Massages and reflexology. Why not give Brenda a ring on 07581158342  

Brass Monkey Predicted Times

Below are the predicted times for Sunday’s race. Thanks to Barry and Ness for compiling them and good luck to everyone taking part including new member Sarah Vickers who will be setting a qualifying time for her next race. Kerry Graydon 01h:54m:04s Paul McDermott...

Now you see me…

Ah, autumn – Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, falling leaves and fluorescent yellow. Yep, it’s time to pack away the short shorts and dig out the high-vis! We encourage all our members to start wearing reflective/high-vis running clothing at this time of year – we...

Injury – how to avoid the inevitable

You’ve probably been told by well-meaning (or just mean) friends and relatives that running is bad for your knees, hamstrings, ankles, joints, ligaments and just about everything else. Science has proven that all to be utter bunk, but one thing the naysayers may just have...
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