Striders soar at the Steyning Stinger

By Joel Eaton  The first weekend in March has been a staple in our race calendar for the last few years since Emily and I both started running. The Sunday plays host to the Steyning Stinger, a tough off-road challenge that goes up, down, and around the South Downs....

My Moyleman: Ed takes on the challenge

by Ed Tuckley The Moyleman is a Downland marathon which starts and ends in Lewes. The course features over 2,750 feet of climbing including Blackcap, Kingston Ridge, Firle Beacon and Mount Caburn. It’s very well organised and there’s even a relay option for pairs of...

Five Striders close XC season at Pett

By Peter Weeks A calm and dry morning greeted the five Striders who made the trip along the south coast to Pett for the final race of the East Sussex Cross Country League. This is my favourite race in the series because not only is the five-mile course a mixture of...

Taking on the Jog Shop 20

By Hilary Humphreys The Jog Shop Jog has always been a bit of a cult race and is an ideal marathon training run; however, with race features like ‘Death Valley’, ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Big W’, you could be forgiven for thinking that this race takes place in the Wild...

Strider Claire joins the Maverick Race trail

 by Claire Dean 25 February saw the first in the series of Maverick Race trail running events, with the debut starting in Amberley. In each event, there are 3 distances to choose from – on this day the ‘short’ was 7km with 137 foot of climb, the ‘medium’ was 13km with...