A Christmas Message

Nope, I’ve not turned into the Queen (not my style darling) but as a year of running closes, I thought I’d take the opportunity to write a little piece to look back on the year, and to reflect. Christmas for runners can be a nightmare – endless parties, copious amounts of food and seeing your […]

Hip Hop Hopity Hip! Jan to May!

The length of time between newsletters is increasing, in part due to the increasing amount of events Striders are now attending. I am therefore conscious that it has been a while, and that I’ve been putting this off in the same way the Government has been putting off Brexit! First event was the annual […]

End of the year….and what a year!

So the monthly newsletter has ended up being a six monthly affair, Well the same length as a Cheryl Cole marriage. This resonates a little with my running of late – six months good. Six months bad, but thankfully without Cheryl Cole. We have to go back to dizzy heights of the summer from when […]

Rock ‘n’ Roll Striders

Ok so I’ve been a bit behind with the newsletter. Any longer and it’ll become an annual affair. I’ve no excuses really, I’m just a busy dude! That said, in the same way that I’m kept out of mischief, the amount of running has also stepped up a gear (not a biking pun for you […]

The March of Miles, and April Running Showers

As I stated in the mock March post, the beginning of this month was the Sahara of running – nothing at all, sod all life, not a footstep. There were more cancellations of events than a Great Western Railway Sunday train schedule. To be fair for some Striders (Emma Jackson Phillips, Jeffrey Evans) not much […]

March’s Newsletter

Thought I’d do an overview of our running for the month of March…………… Mind you it’s a lengthy post! Newport x 2 Forest of Dean Bath Half Weston Super-Mare Parkrun x 1 Rhyader around the lakes And any other sodding organised run All cancelled due to weather…………. Happy no Striding……………

A Winters Tale: January and February maketh the Striders!!

At last I’ve finally found some energy to sit and write the newsletter – I think Christmas zapped me of any thinking time, which for a thinker is quite debilitating, but I was Maria Carey’d out, plus I had fifteen stone to shift. Well I exaggerate slightly, but needless to say my running was truly […]

Ding Dong Stridely on High…..

Christmas is great for us moaners in life. Plenty of things to grump about including obscene and incandescent happiness, with lots of people screaming Merry Christmas at any given opportunity. It’s also the time to witness parents with tears in their eyes watching little Johnny and Gladys pelt out ‘Away in a Manger’ at the […]

Merry Christmas from all of the Striders!

Wishing you the warmest season greetings, and a hope that 2018 will bring you more great running opportunities! Happy Striding!

And the winner is….

November has been surprisingly quiet. Good news for me as I have less words to type, but it is a signal that formal running events take a bit of a back seat in the cold dark nights! November is an odd month. Christmas adverts begin to blare their jingles on the tele, Mariah Carey is […]