Aldridge 10k and 5k, Sunday 10th June 2018. Entries Now Open
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This week's News:
ARC members once again did the club proud on Saturday 14th April after a last-minute request to provide marshals for the National Road Relays in Sutton Park. Despite the long day we had sufficient volunteers to cover all required positions. Thank you and well done to Lynda Elmore (clerk to the course), Karen Waple, Tony Baker, Cathryn Jones, Emma Preston, Amanda Wollaston, Mike Rogers, Liam Bradley, Martin Wall, Anne Kelsall, Claire O'Brien, Eamon Lyons, Katrina Wyke, Rob Foster, Laura Kirwan, Jane Quinn and Helen Hirst with special thanks to Karen and Tony for getting us all organised. You are all awesome, giving up your whole Saturday (not to mention your parkrun!) to support the club. We may be asked to marshal again in October - watch this space!
Despite so many occupied as above we had 46 parkrunners on Saturday 14th April with 39 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Steve Blakemore, who was the 5th overall finisher and to Louise Booker, first ARC and 3rd overall lady. Elsewhere, Nicola James and Sarah Bishop ran at Cannock Chase, Edward Evitt ran at Shipley Country Park, Jo Dulson-Cox ran at Hove, Jo Yarnall and Simon Hudson ran at Bevendean Down and Jayne Bunch ran at Bushy Park, the 'birthplace' of parkun. Well done all. Congratulations to Ian Malsbury, who gained a parkrun PB at the Arboretum and to Jane Sutton, who ran her first parkrun there.
Sunday 15th saw more ARC marathoners in action. Congratulations to those who ran at Brighton: Leigh Ally (3:25:56), Dave Ellis (3:32:47, official PB), Emma Hawkey (4:15:11, official PB) and Jo Yarnall (5:38:52). Also to Barinderjit Cheema, who completed the Boston (UK) marathon in 4:44:42. Special mention goes to Leigh and Barry, for whom this was the second marathon in two weekends, with both within a minute or two of their PBs last week.
Also at Brighton, Jo Dulson-Cox completed the 10k in 1:17:20 whilstViki Dobbs completed the Run in the Forest 5 mile, nearer home in Swadlincote, in 53:17 and John Pearce completed the Newcastle (Staffs) 10k in 45:23. Further afield, Paul and Jo Butler completed the Cambridge Cambourne 10k in 48:14 and 1:08:54 respectively. Well done all.
Sunday 15th was also the rescheduled Stafford Half Marathon, with many ARC runners. Well done to Mandip Thandi (01:38:19), Eamon Lyons (01:41:19, PB), Lorraine Beesley (01:42:00, PB), Lisa Wakeman (01:42:06, PB), Laura Kirwan (01:50:45, PB), David McHugh (01:51:42), Les Reeves (01:56:29), Garry Newman (01:56:31), Paul Allen (01:57:01), Jackie Newman (01:57:05), Sue Baker (02:05:11), Katrina Wyke (02:13:30), Rebecca Grimshaw (02:16:16, PB), Laura Malsbury (02:24:55, PB), Ian Malsbury (02:24:57), Michael Mason (02:24:58), Josephine Clensy (02:26:42), Stephen Plant (02:40:25), Victoria Bird (02:44:34, first half), Emma Preston (03:03:42, first half) and Gemma Archer (03:11:06, first half).
Well done too, to Rich Deeley, who completed the 74-mile Mad March Hare (cycling) sportive on Sunday 15th.
This year's club handicap began on Tuesday - April 17th and provided great motivation for members to push themselves. See below under 'Information for members'. Results will be posted here when they become available.
Wednesday April 18th saw the Lilleshall 5 mile race completed by Viki Dobbs (56:31), Emma Preston (64:52) and Laura Malsbury, (66:06). Well done all. This was the first of Telford Athletics Club's Sexarathon series the remaining races can be found on our diary page.
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.
Despite so many occupied as above we had 46 parkrunners on Saturday 14th April with 39 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Steve Blakemore, who was the 5th overall finisher and to Louise Booker, first ARC and 3rd overall lady. Elsewhere, Nicola James and Sarah Bishop ran at Cannock Chase, Edward Evitt ran at Shipley Country Park, Jo Dulson-Cox ran at Hove, Jo Yarnall and Simon Hudson ran at Bevendean Down and Jayne Bunch ran at Bushy Park, the 'birthplace' of parkun. Well done all. Congratulations to Ian Malsbury, who gained a parkrun PB at the Arboretum and to Jane Sutton, who ran her first parkrun there.
Sunday 15th saw more ARC marathoners in action. Congratulations to those who ran at Brighton: Leigh Ally (3:25:56), Dave Ellis (3:32:47, official PB), Emma Hawkey (4:15:11, official PB) and Jo Yarnall (5:38:52). Also to Barinderjit Cheema, who completed the Boston (UK) marathon in 4:44:42. Special mention goes to Leigh and Barry, for whom this was the second marathon in two weekends, with both within a minute or two of their PBs last week.
Also at Brighton, Jo Dulson-Cox completed the 10k in 1:17:20 whilstViki Dobbs completed the Run in the Forest 5 mile, nearer home in Swadlincote, in 53:17 and John Pearce completed the Newcastle (Staffs) 10k in 45:23. Further afield, Paul and Jo Butler completed the Cambridge Cambourne 10k in 48:14 and 1:08:54 respectively. Well done all.
Sunday 15th was also the rescheduled Stafford Half Marathon, with many ARC runners. Well done to Mandip Thandi (01:38:19), Eamon Lyons (01:41:19, PB), Lorraine Beesley (01:42:00, PB), Lisa Wakeman (01:42:06, PB), Laura Kirwan (01:50:45, PB), David McHugh (01:51:42), Les Reeves (01:56:29), Garry Newman (01:56:31), Paul Allen (01:57:01), Jackie Newman (01:57:05), Sue Baker (02:05:11), Katrina Wyke (02:13:30), Rebecca Grimshaw (02:16:16, PB), Laura Malsbury (02:24:55, PB), Ian Malsbury (02:24:57), Michael Mason (02:24:58), Josephine Clensy (02:26:42), Stephen Plant (02:40:25), Victoria Bird (02:44:34, first half), Emma Preston (03:03:42, first half) and Gemma Archer (03:11:06, first half).
Well done too, to Rich Deeley, who completed the 74-mile Mad March Hare (cycling) sportive on Sunday 15th.
This year's club handicap began on Tuesday - April 17th and provided great motivation for members to push themselves. See below under 'Information for members'. Results will be posted here when they become available.
Wednesday April 18th saw the Lilleshall 5 mile race completed by Viki Dobbs (56:31), Emma Preston (64:52) and Laura Malsbury, (66:06). Well done all. This was the first of Telford Athletics Club's Sexarathon series the remaining races can be found on our diary page.
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.
This year's club handicap races begin 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 will be the Greenwood 4. Final results from last year can be viewed here. If you have not taken part before please let Ron Reynolds have your 5k time by April 10th. 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.
This year's club handicap races begin 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 will be the Greenwood 4. Final results from last year can be viewed here. If you have not taken part before please let Ron Reynolds have your 5k time by April 10th. 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.
