Cotswolds 100 mile run!

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Huge congratulations to Rachel who completed a 102 mile ultra marathon along the Cotswolds Way Trail!

The Cotswold Way is a beautiful 102 mile national trail running from the picturesque town of Chipping Campden in the North to the stunning Georgian city of Bath in the south. En route the trail passes through stunning and quintessentially English countryside, beautiful Cotswold stone villages and along the majestic Cotswold Hills, and you camp inbetween at Runners Villages.

The event took place from the 8th – 11th August. For more info and to be tempted to sign up yourself, see http://www.100milerun.com/

A blog is promised soon – keep an eye out!

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Virgin London Marathon 2014

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The sun was shining for the 2014 Virgin London Marathon, with seven Clapham Runners joining the 35,000 runners for London’s best road race, cheered on at miles 14 and 21! Congratulations to Damian 3:36, Rachel 3:14!, Kathryn 3:54, Amanda 3:57, Niamh 4:06, Anthony 4:14, Frank 4:34

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The Cotswolds Way Ultra – 57 miles in 2 days

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Fiona took part in the two-day, 57 mile ultra in the Cotswolds, finishing in an incredible 17:20:56. Hugely well done Fi!

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For more information about the event, go to http://www.xnrg.co.uk/events/details/cotswold-way-challenge-2014.aspx

The Cotswold Way Ultra takes in 57 miles of quintessentially English Countryside, passing through rolling farmland and ancient beech woods, and taking in a rich slice of British history from Bronze Age barrows to Neolithic burial grounds and Stone Age hill forts. But don’t be fooled by the Cotswolds’ reputation for gentle contours: this route takes in 2750m of vertical ascent over two days (1140m over 27 miles on Day One and 1610m over 30 miles on Day Two), making it a great training weekend for anyone preparing for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc or the Marathon des Sables.

The Cotswold Way National Trail runs from Chipping Campden in the north, to Bath in the south.

Battersea Santa Run 2013

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A few of our club took part in the Santa Run organised by 209 events in Aid of Disability Sport on 7th December 2013. Sometimes it’s just not about the time (although with an unusual 6km distance, safe to say a PB all round!), but running with 2,000 other Santas around beautiful Battersea Park.
Entries for 2014 are open here: http://www.209events.com/uk-running-events/london-santa-run-battersea-park

(Member blog post) ING New York City Marathon 2013

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2013 has been another year of international marathon achievements by Clapham Runners, including in London, Nepal, Rome, Hamburg, Norway, Amsterdam et al.  Two teams of five also ran in a Thames marathon River Relay.On 3rd Nov it was my turn to have a crack at one in New York, which I was fortunate enough to get an invite to via work in ING’s 11th and last year as main sponsor.

 

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(Member blog post) The Run in the Dark

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OK so compared to the Himalayas, Battersea Park is perhaps not so impressive and, compared to the marathons and ultras that others have been doing, 5km definitely isn’t. However, no-one has written anything on here for absolutely ages and this event was quite good fun.

I spotted the poster for The Run in the Dark on the way to the track last week and it sounded quite interesting and fun. There were both 10km and 5km races, and there were races being run simultaneously in Belfast, Dublin, Cork and Manchester. As the name suggests, the race was after dark and everyone in the race was given a flashy red LED armband. Read more →