Cross Country
Seaford Striders compete in the East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League, during the winter months. A six race programme, with the last event being in spring the following year.
Announcements: Track Nights are every Monday 19:00 at Lewes
Cross Country
This is a great way to build up your stamina whilst enjoying the Sussex countryside (fields, hills and woods). This is an opportunity for your to discard your watch and forget about times or PBs and get involved in some real head to head racing or a slightly different challenge.
East SUSSEX SUNDAY Cross Country LEAGUE
For the 25/26 season each event costs £8 if unaffiliated to England Athletics or £6 affiliated on the day for adults and free for juniors up to the age of 16. However, if you want to pre-register for all 6 races you can do so before the first race in October for a heavily reduced cost **
The other benefits of pre-registering are that you keep the same race number, which you bring to all 6 events (or however many you want to run), therefore you don’t have to queue up to enter on the day.
**To pre-register you must be a paid up England Athletics member for the current year.
For further details visit the East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League website – click here
WHEN?
The Sunday season starts in mid October each year, the first of a six race programme, with the last event being in spring of the following year.
Each event starts at 10:30am and is approximately 5 miles.
There are also Junior races for ages age 8 to 16. The U15 and U17s start at 9:50am with races between 2-2.5 miles long. The U11 & U13 races start at 9:55am and are between 1.5 to 2 miles long.
WHERE?
The Sunday cross country league races change on an annual basis. In recent years the races have taken place at Warren Hill, Lewes, Pett, Ashdown Forest, Wadhurst, Whitbread Hollow and Framfield to name a few.
The provisional calendar for this season is below:
Sunday 12 October 2025 – Blackcap, Lewes (hosted by Lewes AC)
Sunday 23 November 2025 – Snape Wood (hosted by Wadhurst Runners)
Sunday 14 December 2025 – Abbot’s Wood, Hailsham (hosted by Eastbourne Rovers)
Sunday 11 January 2025 – Seaford Head (hosted by Seaford Striders)
Sunday 08 February 2026 – Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head route (hosted by Run Wednesdays)
Sunday 29 March 2026 – Pett (hosted by Hastings Runners)
For further details visit the Sunday cross country website – click here.
SUSSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE
We also have a few Striders that run in the Saturday Sussex County Cross Country League, details of this can be found here https://www.sussexathletics.net/take-part/cross-country/sussex-cross-country-league/.
The provisional calendar for this season is below:
Saturday 11 October 2025 – Goodwood
Saturday 8 November 2025 – Stanmer Park, Brighton
Saturday 6 December 2025 – Ardingly Showground
Saturday 14 February 2026 – Glyndebourne, Lewes
There are also a number of other off road races that we compete in, the most popular ones being Seaford Martello Half Marathon and Beachy Head Marathon. For details about the above races and other off road events keep an eye on the fixture list in the club newsletter, Sussex Races http://www.sussexraces.co.uk/sussexraceseventplanner.html or ask at the training nights.
Why Join a Running Club?
There are many benefits to joining a running club here just a few reasons:
Meet like-minded people
Make lots of friends with people you already have running in common with and you can talk with people who understand your running interest/obsession! (blistered feet and all!)
Improve your running
You will always find someone who can run a little faster than you to be able to chase after. Organised sessions with interval training are designed to push you a little bit each week.
Support & Motivation
You will not only have your own personal bunch of cheerleaders but those days when you lack motivation become alot easier when there are others going out and getting it done and encouraging you. Just knowing other people will be there can make all the difference in lacing up your shoes and getting out that door!
"The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life."
GEORGE SHEEHAN, M.D.
AUTHOR OF GOING THE DISTANCE