Striders strong at the Lewes Easter Monday 10k

By Ben Shorer Having seen this Easter Monday race billed as a ‘fun run’, I thought there might be 50 people and I might therefore have a good chance of me getting into the top 10. However, when I arrived I realised I was horrendously wrong! There were hundreds of...

Couch to 5k ParkRun – 13 May

By Hilary Humphreys The first 5k race for our Couch to 5k group will be Saturday 13th May. We will aim to run in groups with a Strider to act as pacer and encourage you around. This race will be the Preston Park Parkrun in Brighton and the race will commence at...

What to do with all those race medals!?

By Martin Bulger Don’t make the same mistake as me! Medals engraved with the name, date and distance of the event are generally quite acceptable souvenirs of your running. If you are disciplined enough to keep a paper/electronic record of those achievements as well,...

A visit from some old friends…

By Hilary Humphreys Two Bude Rats came out to play! For those of you who do not recognise these two – they are Rob and Jackie Webber, who were long standing Seaford Striders until they went and moved to Bude. They made the pilgrimage to Hastings for the Half and also...

My Hastings Half: Hilly, windy, wow!

By Emma Goodwin I had heard many things about the Hastings course. Having completed the Eastbourne half two weeks previously, and claiming at the finish line that that was it, no more, I was convinced to enter by the rave reviews about this race. (I don’t race by the...