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Aldridge 10k & 5k, June 14th 2020, Early Bird entries NOW Open
This Week's Club News:
We had 53 parkrunners on Saturday 17th August, with 28 at Walsall Arboretum, 12 at Chasewater and 5 at Sutton Park. Congratulations to Adam Smith, 6th overall finisher at the Arboretum to Toby Oury, (10th) and Claire Crook (1st ARC lady). Ian Jennings and Laura Kirwan were first ARC man and woman finishers at Sutton Park, whilst Mark Shaw was 6th overall finisher at Chasewater and Louise Booker was 10th lad. Elsewhere Sharon Fern ran at Cannock Chase, Gordon Walker ran at Brueton, Lynda Elmore ran at Wolverhampton, Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons ran at Sandwell Valley, Dan Ford ran at Burnham & Highbridge, Mandy Brassington-Harris ran at Eden Project and Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow. Congratulations to all those who gained a new parkrun PB this weekend: Dan Williams, Steve Hammond, Martin Wall, Charlotte Newman and Garry Newman; also to John Pearce, who gained an age-grade in the top 10 of his event. Special congratulations to Elliott Salt, who completed his 100th parkrun and to Kevin Galer, who completed his 50th run, also his 25th volunteer. Many thanks go to all those club members who volunteered at a parkrun this weekend.
Well done to all who took part in events over the week:
Wednesday 14th
Sunday 18th
2019 in (some) pictures will be built up over the year below: Hover over the main photo below and press 'play' to scroll through photos of events so far this year, or click on the thumbnails.
Well done to all who took part in events over the week:
Wednesday 14th
- Telford Timeless 5k (tech-free race, times are minutes away from prediction): Emma Preston (00:14), Nicola James (0:57), Gemma Archer (2:08) and Lynda Elmore (2:19)
Sunday 18th
- Leek Half Marathon (GP): Mandip Thandi, Simon Hudson, Lorraine Beesley, Lynda Elmore.
2019 in (some) pictures will be built up over the year below: 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 list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables.
The 2019 club handicap races began on Tuesday 16th April and will take place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in May, June, July and August, with a final race on September 3rd. This year we are using a new 3 mile route to encourage all members to take part. Many thanks to Ron Reynolds for all his work organising this event and keeping the results tables. The most up-to-date results list can be found here. 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 list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables.
The 2019 club handicap races began on Tuesday 16th April and will take place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in May, June, July and August, with a final race on September 3rd. This year we are using a new 3 mile route to encourage all members to take part. Many thanks to Ron Reynolds for all his work organising this event and keeping the results tables. The most up-to-date results list can be found here. 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.