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Welcome to the Swindon Striders web site A selection of recent events and some of the diverse activities that the Striders have been involved with in previous years. Great performances by all brought both the Mens and Ladies team prizes home for the Striders in the recent Back in a Flash 5K. Claire Smith was third lady and Chris Sykes was fourth man. Full details and results can be found on http://www.grassrootsevents.co.uk/  Photo reproduced by kind permission of Steve Goulding More Back in a Flash Pictures Henry has kindly submitted some more pictures of this event, a gallery can be viewed by clicking on one of the images below:   XC '08/'09 Pictures Paul Batsford has kindly submitted various pictures of the men (sorry ladies) running in rounds four and five of last years' Oxford Mail Cross Country league. Click on the pictures below to take you to the gallery:   Club Constitution Updated All members should make sure that they are familiar with the updated version of the club constituion. It can be found here.  The Striders gather before a Monday night club run. Picture courtesy of Paul Batsford. Race for Life The 2009 Race for Life is on 11th and 12th July; the Swindon events are, as usual, being hosted at Lydiard Park. Event details can be found here Race for Life is Cancer Research UK’s flagship event, which brings together thousands of women each year to walk, jog, or run 5k and raise money to beat cancer. To date, four million women have raised over £240 million for Cancer Research UK. The
Striders will be providing marshalls for the event on both days. The
committee will be asking for volunteers in the coming months. Please
talk to a committee member if you would like to get involved. Ridgeway Relays 2009 This year the Ridgeway Relays will be held on 21st June. We will be entering one team again, and will be taking names for that team from the end of May. This event is open to every member to take part. Grand Prix 2009 Details of the 2009 Swindon Striders Handicapped Grand Prix have been added here. Entry forms can be obtained from commitee members on club nights or by e-mailing website@swindonstriders.org Swindon 10K Lots of Striders braved the weather and ran the new 10K from the Wroughton Aerodrome. The course was nice and flat, and the worst of the rain held off. Results Links to image Galleries: (Thanks for Bob's Uncle for the pictures) 
 A Busy Day for the Striders Sunday 12th October was a busy day for the Striders as members competed in the Swindon Half Marathon, Swindon Multi-Terrain 5 Mile, and the Commando Challenge! There were some great performances on the day, despite the un-seasonably warm weather! Swindon Half Results. 5 Mile Multi-Terrain Results. Results of the Commando Challenge. Links to image galleries: 
 A big thank you to Dave, Ray, and Wendy for the Commando Challenge Pictures. Barbury Castle Track'n'Trail 5 There was a good turn out by the Striders at this popular, but tough, local race. It was hot, it was sticky, and the hills were steep.....but everyone put in good performances. Rumour has it that a few Striders came away with prizes, more details to follow. Results A picture gallery can be viewed by clicking on one of the images below: 
 Ridgeway Challenge 86 miles and still smiling!
Huge Congratulations to Neil Pringle who completed the 86 mile Ridgeway Challenge just before lunch on Sunday 26th August in an impressive time of 23 hours and 21 minutes! It was an inspirational run and, as always, Neil did it with a smile on his face!
A few more photos of Neil completing this event can be found here. Not got a GPS??? Then try out this nifty little utility on the London Marathon website: http://www.realbuzz.com/flmroutes/map.html (now requires (free) registration) It allows you to plot the routes you run and it'll give you a fairly good idea of the distance travelled......it's probably slightly more accurate than Andy Smith's assurances that it's "about six"!!! Just done a PB? Have you checked our Club Records page here? Do you now hold a Striders age-group record? If so, please let us know at the usual e-mail address: website@swindonstriders.org Need a Running Log? Lee Armitage, the partner of one of our runners, has developed a rather nice (Microsoft Excel format) running log and very kindly agreed to let us all give it a "test run"! You can find a link to it here Please feel free to give it a try and send us any feedback so we can forward it on to Lee. Thanks Lee! This
site is a resource for members, so please let us know what you would
like to see.
Also if you've got any pictures, race results, links to running-related web sites, or details of up-coming events please let us know and we can get them posted up. Send an e-mail to the club: website@swindonstriders.org |
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