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This Week's Club News:
Well done to Martin Wall, who completed the Andy Holden 5-mile race on Wednesday 8th August in 35:50.
We had 48 parkrunners on Saturday 11th August, with 35 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Adam Smith, first home for the club and 7th overall finisher on his first parkrun, also to Roxy Babla, first ARC lady. Elsewhere, Barbara Johnson ran at Cannock Chase, Rob Foster, Claire Foster and Steve & Diane Hammond ran at Wolverhampton, Dave Ellis and Emma Hawkey ran at Arrow Valley, Alison Deeley ran at Brueton, Chris and Karen Waple ran at Rothwell, Terry & Gill Hastings ran at Linford Wood and Kat Stevenson ran at Portrush. Well done to Carol Watson and Alison Deeley, running their 100th parkrun and to all those who achieved parkrun PBs this weekend: Nick Ford, Andrew Fisher, Matthew Lowther and Kat Stevenson. Many thanks too, as always, to those who volunteered - it's worthy of note that 11 of this week's parkrunners are proud owners of a 25-volunteer shirt.
There weren't many races over the weekend but congratulations to Lisa Wakeman, who was 8th lady in the Draycote Water 10k on Sunday 12th, in a time of 47:11 and to Jo Dulson-Cox, who completed the Mudnificent7 Obstacle Course on Saturday 11th.
2018 in (some) pictures will be built up below over the year. Hover over the main photo below and press 'play' to scroll through photos of events so far this year, or click on the thumbnails.
We had 48 parkrunners on Saturday 11th August, with 35 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Adam Smith, first home for the club and 7th overall finisher on his first parkrun, also to Roxy Babla, first ARC lady. Elsewhere, Barbara Johnson ran at Cannock Chase, Rob Foster, Claire Foster and Steve & Diane Hammond ran at Wolverhampton, Dave Ellis and Emma Hawkey ran at Arrow Valley, Alison Deeley ran at Brueton, Chris and Karen Waple ran at Rothwell, Terry & Gill Hastings ran at Linford Wood and Kat Stevenson ran at Portrush. Well done to Carol Watson and Alison Deeley, running their 100th parkrun and to all those who achieved parkrun PBs this weekend: Nick Ford, Andrew Fisher, Matthew Lowther and Kat Stevenson. Many thanks too, as always, to those who volunteered - it's worthy of note that 11 of this week's parkrunners are proud owners of a 25-volunteer shirt.
There weren't many races over the weekend but congratulations to Lisa Wakeman, who was 8th lady in the Draycote Water 10k on Sunday 12th, in a time of 47:11 and to Jo Dulson-Cox, who completed the Mudnificent7 Obstacle Course on Saturday 11th.
2018 in (some) pictures will be built up below over the year. Hover over the main photo below and press 'play' to scroll through photos of events so far this year, or click on the thumbnails.
We like to think of ARC as a friendly, supportive club. The video clip below, taken from Cannon Hill Park, on the route of the Birmingham Marathon and Half on October 15 2017 shows us at our best. Some of the supporters had entered one of the races but had to pull out due to injury but instead of moping about it they came and cheered on all those who were running, despite the logistical difficulties of getting there with all the road closures. Well done Sarah Hinkley and crew!
Information for members:
Help us give credit to all who take part in races by letting us know your achievements. Email using this link by Monday lunchtime please.
See the Diary section for races that we know about, either local or that our members have enjoyed in the past. Check the race folder on club nights for lists of upcoming runs - entry forms will no longer be available in this folder due to lack of demand. Social events now have their own page here. Friends and family welcome at our socials.
We also have a regular walking group. More details are on our About ARC page. All welcome. For any members injured or resting we also have Biscuit Club on Tuesday nights, so you don't have to miss out on the social aspect of the club.
The 2017-18 list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables so far.
Best of the Vest entries are coming in and current entries can be viewed here.
This year's club handicap races began on April 17th and will take pace on the third Tuesday of each month up to and including August, then a sixth and final race on September 4th. The route is the Greenwood 4. Rules and results so far can be viewed here. If you have not taken part before please let Ron Reynolds have your 5k time before the race night. For more information about the handicap races see our About ARC page.
If you want to know the routes for Tuesday nights, you can download the schedule here or from our diary page. This also includes the rota for back marking and mustering.
See the Diary section for races that we know about, either local or that our members have enjoyed in the past. Check the race folder on club nights for lists of upcoming runs - entry forms will no longer be available in this folder due to lack of demand. Social events now have their own page here. Friends and family welcome at our socials.
We also have a regular walking group. More details are on our About ARC page. All welcome. For any members injured or resting we also have Biscuit Club on Tuesday nights, so you don't have to miss out on the social aspect of the club.
The 2017-18 list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables so far.
Best of the Vest entries are coming in and current entries can be viewed here.
This year's club handicap races began on April 17th and will take pace on the third Tuesday of each month up to and including August, then a sixth and final race on September 4th. The route is the Greenwood 4. Rules and results so far can be viewed here. If you have not taken part before please let Ron Reynolds have your 5k time before the race night. For more information about the handicap races see our About ARC page.
If you want to know the routes for Tuesday nights, you can download the schedule here or from our diary page. This also includes the rota for back marking and mustering.
New Members
If you are new to running or looking to improve we can help & support you all the way. To find out more, check out the About ARC page and the New Members section. We have in the past run a number of successful Couch to 5k groups but there are several groups now run by Walsall Council in different locations around the Borough.