Friday 11th August saw the award-winning Sleaford 10K race take place round the Lincolnshire countryside. Starting and finishing at Scredington Village Hall, the route is on quiet roads with some gentle hills and a welcome descent down Scredington Road back into the village. The evening was very warm and a slight headwind at halfway was... Continue Reading →
Dovedale Dipper
On 5th August 26-mile Big Dipper and 15-mile Little Dipper trail races (which turned out to be 16 miles) took place in the Peak District. Organised by Peak Running, this is a challenging trail event for runners. The race starts in the village of Hartington and takes in the stunning scenery of the National Park... Continue Reading →
Bassingham Bash 5 Mile
On 5th August the Bassingham Bash took place. This flat, fast five mile race always attracts a high calibre field of runners and this year was no different. The day started off with typical British weather of rain and more rain, but this had subsided by the start of the race leaving perfect running conditions,... Continue Reading →
Odyssey 12 hour Trail Race, St Neots
Saturday 15th July saw 4 members of Grantham Running Club join members of the Spider Runners online running community to participate in the Odyssey 12 hour trail race in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Staged as part of a larger triathlon weekend, the looped trail race saw competitors complete as many laps of the course as possible... Continue Reading →
Rasselbock Summer Run 2023
9th July saw group of runners from Grantham Running Club take part in the Rasselbock Summer Run, a looped 6 hour race at Sherwood Pines. The race is run on a scenic 5.79km loop in Sherwood Forest, and has one simple goal, to attempt to complete as many laps as possible over the six hours.... Continue Reading →
Lincoln Wellington 5K Series and Memory Mile
Meet 3 and County Championships The third in the series of 5K races run by Lincoln Wellington AC saw a bumper 20 members of Grantham Running Club showing up to rub shoulders with some of the region’s most elite athletes. A 4 lapper round the less than scenic Yarborough Leisure Centre grounds, the course offers... Continue Reading →
Heckington Show 10 Mile Road Race
The weekend saw the 155th Heckington Show – a quintessential show celebrating and championing the best of rural life and pursuits. It is purportedly ‘The Largest Village Show In England!”As part of the event schedule it hosts a 10 mile road race in the surrounding fenland, this too continuing some sense of nostalgia having been first... Continue Reading →
Waddesdon Manor 5K
Whilst working in Buckinghamshire, Andrew Pask decided to enter the mid-week summer 5k at the stunning Waddesdon Manor. Andrew was without mates, being the only one in the famous green vest of our gorgeous town, as he joined 300 local runners. On a tough out 'n back course, which was a climb in the first... Continue Reading →
Land’s End to John O’Groats
GRC member and ultra running specialist Nick Payne has always had the goal of being able to eat 6,000 calories a day and still lose weight. To help him achieve this he decided to try to run the length of Great Britain.His route covered over 1,000 miles taking in some of the best trails and... Continue Reading →
Whissendine 6ix
26 members of Grantham Running Club took the short journey to the village of Whissendine for the Whissendine 6ix which has been an annual event in the running calendar since 1985. The six-mile course is an anticlockwise one lap circuit bordering Stapleford Park and features a number of rolling climbs and descents typical of the... Continue Reading →
Elephant Bear and Bull 100
Grantham Running Club's Paul Rushworth accomplished a long held ambition by completing the Long Distance Walkers Association's flagship 100 mile event. The 'Elephant Bear and Bull 100' began in south Birmingham and visited Stratford Upon Avon, Warwick, Kenilworth, Coventry and Meridan in the heart of England, before returning back to Birmingham via the Grand Union... Continue Reading →
Normanby Hall 10K
Two GRC members joined 648 other runners for a 10k round the lovely Normanby Hall estate just outside Scunthorpe. First back was Dale Towning in his first race since completing the epic 30 plus mile Canalathon recently and he was pleased with his time of 53:08 as he was still carrying some fatigue in his... Continue Reading →
Summer Solstice 10K
The evening of Friday 23rd June 2023 marked the running of 11th annual Summer Solstice 10K, the flagship race organised annually by Grantham Running Club. Starting at the pavilion at Long Bennington and winding round the quiet country lanes, the course offered a good chance of a PB as well as post-race goodies such as... Continue Reading →
Lincoln Wellington 5k Series (Meet 2)
On Tuesday 27th June 2023, Grantham Running Club achieved some great results as sixteen members took part in the second round of the Lincoln Wellington 5k series. The race formed part of GRC’s Grand Prix Series and expectations were high as the group travelled to Lincoln ready to take part in the fast, flat, four-loop... Continue Reading →
Rutland 10k
On Saturday 24th June, 9 members of GRC took part in the Rutland Water 10km race.As the name suggests it was a run round part of the beautiful setting and backdrop of Rutland Water. The route was an out & back from Whitwell to Normanton and has been described by some runners as twisty but... Continue Reading →
Canalathon 2023
Saturday 4th June marked the second annual Grantham Running club canalathon. In this event a group of 6 runners set off from Nottingham at 8am running the entire length of the canal back to Grantham, a distance of 34 miles. They were joined by more and more members at various points along the canal before... Continue Reading →
Woodhall Spa 10K
16 members of Grantham Running Club arrived to support the return of the popular Woodhall Spa 10k in boiling June conditions. New organisers Curly’s Athletes brought the Lincolnshire spectacle back for the first time since 2019. Runners started near the Petwood Hotel and headed out on a flat, rural route, first turning down Monument Road... Continue Reading →
Peterborough GP Series – Eye 5k
On Wednesday 14th June 2023 the annual Peterborough GP Series returned to Eye for the first of the 5 races. There were 8 GRC runners amongst the total 347 participants who tackled the out and back route on a hot, sunny evening. The course starts at the Lindisfarne recreational ground before crossing the bridge over... Continue Reading →
Buxton Half Marathon
On Sunday 28th May Mark Carter was the sole representative for Grantham Running Club in the Buxton Half Marathon. This was only his third half marathon and the first on open roads. Mark wanted to gain the experience of running in hilly terrain and can confirm that the course was definitely in that category! Soon... Continue Reading →
Gordon Welbourn Race Week
It was back to school for GRC runners Stefan Latter and Daniel Pearce on Tuesday 6th June as the field at Newark Academy was the setting for the second race in a memorial series. The 36th Gordon Whelbourn Running Week commenced on June 5th. There were a series of 5 races during the week, inspired... Continue Reading →
Helvellyn and the Dodds
50th Birthday Celebrations for Grantham Running Club’s Craig Drury There are many ways to celebrate a 50th birthday but Grantham Running Club's Craig Drury chose to race up England's third highest peak and shaved nearly an hour off his course best to boot. Family and friends came from as far away as Geneva and London... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Marathon Festival
The bank Holiday weekend saw seven members of Grantham Running Club pack their PE Kits and head north and over the border to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. The festival has different running events on over the Saturday and Sunday including 1K, 2K and 5K for juniors, and an adults 5K and 10K... Continue Reading →
Beeston Trent 5
On the very warm evening of 24th May, 16 members of GRC took part in the Trent 5 mile race hosted by Beeston AC. The course was a mix of terrains which made some sections more challenging than others. After coming tantalisingly close to the finish line, runners were sent on what felt like a... Continue Reading →
Deepings 10k
On a lovely late spring day, 3 GRC members made their way to Deeping St James to take part in the Deeping Rotary 10k charity race. The race takes place through town and county and is a flat single circuit which finished on the playing fields. The 163 runners taking part were treated to idea... Continue Reading →
Luxembourg Half Marathon & 5K
After years of envying other local clubs with their foreign trips, Grantham Running Club finally put one together and what a weekend it was. Luxembourg City was the chosen venue and what an impressive city. Everything was pristine, the inner-city views were astonishing and getting around was so easy with free public transport. A team... Continue Reading →