- May 2026 – Nicci Whittaker
There were 102 performances in a bumper month for GRC. Members covered the Half Marathon distance in Leeds, Birmingham and… Continue Reading → - April 2026 – Gav Potter
April saw the opening of marathon season within the club with 29 members competing in 5 races at the marathon… Continue Reading → - March 2026 – Jake Richardson
March saw a variety of race distances covered by 79 members of the club. We saw the latest rounds of… Continue Reading → - February 2026 – Peter Bonner
February saw a variety of race distances covered by 42 members of the club, ranging from 10k’s to Marathons to… Continue Reading → - January 2026 – Jo Grace
January saw GRC represented 36 times in a cold and miserable month for running. There were 10k races on offer… Continue Reading → - December 2025 – Kate Marshall
December saw GRC represented 34 times to round up 2025. We had the continuation of the North Midlands Cross Country… Continue Reading → - November 2025 – David Poole
November saw GRC Represented 116 times. Numbers were higher than usual, boosted by cross country events at Wicksteed Park and… Continue Reading → - October 2025 – Kev Wallace
The month of October saw GRC represented 69 times. The major race of the month, and the continuation of the… Continue Reading → - September 2025 – Nicola Ruston-Litchfield
September saw GRC represented 99 times in a bumper month. The club held its annual club handicap race at Ropsley…. Continue Reading → - August 2025 – Peter Jennings
The month of August saw GRC represented 66 times duringt the summer month of racing. The club Grand Prix series… Continue Reading → - July 2025 – Andrew Goddard & Marj Spendlow
The month of July saw GRC represented 138 times. 76 of those performances came in the GRC 5k race held… Continue Reading → - June 2025 – Riley Maksymiw-Magan
June saw GRC represented 83 times in various events. The Club Grand Prix’s sole June race was the Peterborough 5k… Continue Reading → - May 2025 – Caroline Davis
May was a very competitive month for GRC with the club represented 120 times. Races included 4 rounds of the… Continue Reading → - April 2025 – Gav Potter
Historically April is a notoriously difficult month to call for member of the month with the Spring Marathon season in… Continue Reading → - March 2025 – Alan Carley
March saw 55 runners representing GRC at various distances, ranging from 10k to the first major marathon of the year… Continue Reading → - February 2025 – Marj Spendlow
February was another quieter month for racing in GRC with representation from 38 runners. Round 3 of the club Grand… Continue Reading → - January 2025 – Sarah High
January is usually one the quieter months for racing and this was true once again as only 39 GRC members… Continue Reading → - December 2024 – Jaimie Lord
In December, GRC was represented by 71 runners in 7 races, in what was a fairly quiet month for the… Continue Reading → - November 2024 – Russel Whittaker
In November, GRC was represented by 149 runners in 16 races. The month started with a big turnout in the… Continue Reading → - October 2024 – Emma Duncan & Joe ClarkOctober saw the start of the X Country season and GRC represented by 44 runners in 9 different races. The… Continue Reading →
- September 2024 – Catherine Payne
In September, GRC was represented by 106 runners in 20 races. This month saw a big turnout for two of… Continue Reading → - August 2024 – Jo Grace & Sam CatonIn August, GRC was represented by 39 runners in 6 races. The month also saw a big turnout for two… Continue Reading →
- July 2024 – Dale TowningThis July, GRC was represented by 97 runners taking part in 14 races with a big turn out for the… Continue Reading →
- June 2024 – Catherine PayneIn June, GRC was represented by 38 runners in 6 races throughout the month of June. The month also saw… Continue Reading →
- May 2024 – Jack Heathershaw
May saw GRC represented by 73 runners in 19 races throughout the month. There was also a big turnout for… Continue Reading → - April 2024 – Gav Potter
April saw GRC represented by 101 runners in 14 races with 31 also members taking part in their chosen marathons…. Continue Reading → - March 2024 – Cameron Hoggan
March saw GRC represented by 63 runners in 17 races ranging from 10k to 35 miles, with many runners getting… Continue Reading → - February 2024 – Joaquim JeronimoFebruary saw Grantham Running Club celebrate the achievements of all the club members throughout 2023 and it also saw the… Continue Reading →
- January 2024 – Carlene Veasey
The opening month of the year is traditionally something of a quieter month for racing but a return to the… Continue Reading → - December 23 – Russel Whittaker
Traditionally a quieter month, December bookends the year as we perhaps wind down and switch focus to celebrating with loved… Continue Reading → - November 2023 – Judi Allsopp & Gav Potter
November notables: The inaugural Mallard Cake Dash (it’s amazing what folk will do for cake…) saw a 5k and 10k… Continue Reading → - Piers Pye-Watson – October 2023
Runner Up I distinctly remember having a conversation with this athlete in early March at the Holme Pierrepont Notts 10-mile… Continue Reading → - Kate Marshall September 2023
Batten down the hatches as we summarise superb September… Belvoir Castle Half You fine Green & Black kin of Grantham… Continue Reading → - Robin Atter August 2023
Runner Up First on the pedestal is an enigma within our club – on form he is known for his… Continue Reading → - Nick Payne July 2023
The winner of this month’s member of the month earned the title in what can be described as a monumental,… Continue Reading → - Nicci Whittaker June 2023
Showing absolutely no sign of slowing down on her meteoric rise and vast improvement was the winner of June’s Member… Continue Reading → - Russel Whittaker May 2023In what seems to be a lifetime since we last praised and trumpeted the exploits of you crazy cats in… Continue Reading →
- Dean Riggall, April 2023
Strap in, readers, this is a long one, even by Mr Jepson’s usual standards. Part ONE Friday 12th May –… Continue Reading → - Zoë Wragg, Mar 2023
Blimey o’Reilly – it’s that time once again, Ladies and Gents! Assume the position… Let’s get ready to marvel at… Continue Reading → - Joaquim ‘Flash’ Jeronimo, Feb 2023
Same message as last month re: tardiness, life has a funny way of galloping away from you, right? So, same… Continue Reading → - Rachel Hamilton, Jan 2023
January can be a dark, dank and miserable month if you let it, but we won’t let it will we?… Continue Reading → - Peter Bonner, Dec 2022
December was full of festive frivolities and a chance to celebrate with family & friends the success and victories of… Continue Reading → - Holly Wragg, Nov 2022
XC Round Up The beginning of November sees one of the highlights of the XC calendar; The National Relays held… Continue Reading → - Rob Howbrook, Oct 2022
As we hurtle toward the autumnal and wintery months with alarming speed, welcome to October’s Member of the Month! Round… Continue Reading → - Andrew MacAllister, Sept 2022
Round Up One of the largest half marathons in the world, the Great North Run is one of the jewels… Continue Reading → - Hannah Whittaker, Aug 2022
Salutations once again my dear ol’ things! As the summer wore on, the hectic schedule of athletics reached its zenith… Continue Reading → - Stefan Latter, Jul 22
As the sporting world set to gorge itself on an unprecedented run (geddit?!) of Athletics starting with the World Athletics… Continue Reading → - Daniel Pearce, June 22
Oooof! Well, what can I say? Sorry, sorry and “Sorry” again! Not exactly my usual introduction, Dear CR, but I… Continue Reading → - Sam Dodwell, May 22
Greetings! Can I once again effuse my sincerest apologies from the very top of the piece. For various reasons, I… Continue Reading → - Sarah High, Apr 22
As is usually the case, the beginning of April signals the beginning of the major Marathon season for club runners… Continue Reading → - Kate Marshall, Mar 22
As the dust settles on the 3rd month and indeed first quarter of the year, it’s that time once again… Continue Reading → - Piers Pye-Watson, Feb 22Welcome to the review and Member of The Month of the ‘blink-and-you’ll-miss-it’ month that is February. A month that started… Continue Reading →
- Louise Kennedy, Jan 22
3…2..1… HAPPY NEW YEA… wait a second! Can you believe that was over a month ago! Where does the time… Continue Reading → - Sam Jepson, Dec 21
Firstly, before It’s not too late, may I personally wish you a happy, prosperous and healthy New Year, Constant Reader…. Continue Reading → - Alex Curtis, Nov 21
Sink into a comfy chair, Constant Reader. Pour a glass of something (‘Tis the Season after all) and let’s get… Continue Reading → - Joe Diggins, Oct 21
Well now, dear Constant Reader, may I be the first to colourise a picture of a simply outstanding October for… Continue Reading → - Aaron Smith, Sept 21
Hello Constant Reader and a warm welcome to September Member of the Month. September saw the last throes of summer… Continue Reading → - Julie Riggall, Aug 21
Races are well and truly up and running again now and August’s race performances proved that we’re very much back… Continue Reading → - Caroline Davis, July 21
As we entered July the nations sporting gaze turned from Europe to the jewel of East Asia: Japan and the… Continue Reading → - Ben Hatherley, June 21
Ahhh June – the height of the British summer; Wimbledon starts, Football was supposed to ‘Come Home’ and GRC saw… Continue Reading → - Chris Limmer, May 21
The Darling Buds of May, May Day Bank Holiday/s, the blossoming spring and longer, lighter evenings… Traditionally May is a… Continue Reading → - Aaron Smith, April 21
April… ahhh yes the Month of Marathons – all those winter moths of long, hard training paying off and coming… Continue Reading → - Wendy Fraser, March 21
A plethora of virtual events coloured March with stellar performances across multiple disciplines. Firstly, when asked to think of historical… Continue Reading → - Alan Carley, Feb 21
In a month usually focused on longer runs and hard races to finalise those Spring marathon plans and tactics, February… Continue Reading → - CJ Walker, Jan 21
This January saw the return of the clubs “Member of the Month” award. The year started with a new lockdown,… Continue Reading → - Sarah High, Jan 20
The New Year kicked off in its customary underwhelming manner in terms of racing with just a smattering of events… Continue Reading → - Andrew Pask, Dec 2019
December is definitely one of the quieter months of the year for racing – it’s not hard to wonder why… Continue Reading → - Sylv Hull, Nov 19
Before we kick off with the run through of nominations for November, a little book keeping is in order to… Continue Reading → - Phil Devine, Oct 19
Despite the start line cancellation of the Great Eastern Half – one of the most popular events amongst GRC runners… Continue Reading → - Holly Durham, Sept 19
Another month, another set of superb results from many members of Grantham Running Club: victories, podium finishes, extreme distances covered… Continue Reading → - Sam Jepson, Aug 19
The summer holidays means different strokes for different folks. Some like to enjoy the beach in hot climes, some exhaust… Continue Reading → - Catherine Payne, Jul 19
The summer holidays has seen the announcement of July’s Grantham Running Club Member of the Month delayed somewhat but the… Continue Reading → - Sam Dodwell, Jun 19
It was another strong month for Grantham Running Club and its members, with victories, club records and personal bests aplenty…. Continue Reading → - Simon Smith, May 19
Having harped on about how hard it was to produce a concise, definitive list of GRC Member of the Month… Continue Reading → - Jonny Palmer, Apr 19
As alluded to in the March MotM write up, April 2019 was a pretty spectacular month for Grantham Running Club… Continue Reading → - Adam Wasiołka, Mar 19
Writing this with the knowledge of the performances that took place in April 2019, March’s GRC Member of the Month… Continue Reading → - Caroline Davis, Feb 19
In some ways February is a bit of a curious month. With many runners targeting a spring Half Marathon or… Continue Reading → - Ian Williams, Jan 19
The opening month of the year is traditionally something of a fallow month in this region for racing. The Folksworth… Continue Reading → - Sylv Hull, Dec 2018
Although one of the quieter months for racing, December still saw many club members taking part in a variety of… Continue Reading → - Tony Johnson, Nov 18
November saw another long list of worthy nominees for Grantham Running Club Member of the Month with some outstanding performances… Continue Reading → - Andrew Pask, Oct 18
October 2018 saw a record number of nominations for GRC member of the month, so many that that there were… Continue Reading → - Julie Braker, Sept 18
With the voting panel (the club’s committee) being disbanded, only to be formed again, in a new, larger form, after… Continue Reading → - Sarah Chynoweth, Aug 18
For a month that is traditionally one of the quieter months on the racing scene, there were a surprisingly high… Continue Reading → - Peter Bonner, July 18
After a succession of months with increasingly large numbers of nominees the July 2018 GRC Member of the Month had… Continue Reading → - Grant Davies, June 18
Halfway through 2018 and the sixth GRC Member of the Month was another closely fought affair, with a very good… Continue Reading → - Matthew Kingston-Lee, May 2018
May’s GRC Member of the Month was a fiercely fought battle between the (fairly) young and not so young; the… Continue Reading → - Julie Gilbert, Apr 2018
With April being a month dominated by marathons, a distance which conjures countless tales of heroism and inspiration, April’s GRC… Continue Reading → - Nick Payne, March 2018
For many a British based runner, the Beast from the East I / Beast from the East II made March… Continue Reading → - Craig Drury, Feb 2018
The month’s shortlist was dominated by runners who took part in two races that took place on the same day… Continue Reading → - Sarah High, Jan 18
In a month short on races, many of those shortlisted took part in the Folksworth 15 Mile Race, which will… Continue Reading → - Andy Atter, Jan 2017
Age: 35 Occupation: Primary School Teacher Years running: 2 with GRC. I dabbled in running a little bit before joining… Continue Reading → - SJ Willis, Dec 2016
Age: 37.. still! Occupation: Teaching Assistant in Village Primary School. Favourite Race: Favourite race was the London Marathon…..especially the end…. Continue Reading → - Martin Carter, Nov 2016
Occupation: Water Engineer. Favourite Race: Langtoft 10k -not my fastest 10k but proved to myself I could run well if… Continue Reading → - Scott Jones, Oct 2016
Occupation: Postman Years Running: 6 Favourite Race: I have a few favourite races for different reasons, and in fact i… Continue Reading → - Martin Carter, April 2016
Age: 33 Occupation: Water Engineer. Years Running: Just over a year. Favourite race: Newton’s Fraction, as it was my first… Continue Reading → - Chris Limmer, Dec 2015
Occupation: Science Teacher Years Running: 8 years 6 months (14 marathons) Favourite Race: Ashby 20, lovely undulating course, great support… Continue Reading → - Gav Meadows, Sept 2015
Age: Male Senior Occupation: Retained Firefighter/Lorry Driver/Delivery Driver Years Running: On & off since I joined the army at 18… Continue Reading → - Matthew Kingston-Lee, Aug 2015
Age: MV40 Occupation: Motorsport Picture Desk Editor Years Running: 36. I was hooked the moment I finished second at the… Continue Reading → - Andrew Pask, Jun 2015
Age: 34 Occupation: RAF Aircraft Avionics Engineer (currently Typhoon) Years Running: My first race was the Sleaford Half Marathon 2010…. Continue Reading → - Anna O’Hare, Dec 2014
Age: 25 Occupation: Teacher Years Running: 17, though I only started thinking about it and training more efficiently a few… Continue Reading →
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The Great Barrow Challenge
The Great Barrow Challenge, held at the Suffolk Running Centre from 23 to 31 July, offers 10 days of running with distances from 5k to ultra. Each day features a different course, loop length, and either a 6- or 7-hour option. I took on two of the days: day 1 and day 5.On day 1,…
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GRC Charity Quiz Raises £1,000
Grantham Running Club has raised £1,000 for Kesteven Rideability after holding a charity quiz and raffle in support of the Hough-on-the-Hill organisation. The volunteer-run charity, a member of the Riding for the Disabled Association, provides riding and equine therapy activities for children and adults with disabilities. The fundraiser followed a break-in at Kesteven Rideability’s yard…
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Newstead Abbey Dash
A hot friday night was the time and the historical home of Lord Byron was the place for the Newstead Abbey Dash 5K. Organised by Redhill Road Runners, the event offered a challenging out and back course with a downhill start that soon bit runners in the bum with a sharp climb after 1k. The…