- December 2025 – Kate MarshallDecember saw GRC represented 34 times to round up 2025. We had the continuation of the North Midlands Cross Country… Continue Reading →
- November 2025 – David PooleNovember saw GRC Represented 116 times. Numbers were higher than usual, boosted by cross country events at Wicksteed Park and… Continue Reading →
- October 2025 – Kev WallaceThe 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-LitchfieldSeptember saw GRC represented 99 times in a bumper month. The club held its annual club handicap race at Ropsley…. Continue Reading →
- August 2025 – Peter JenningsThe 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 SpendlowThe 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-MaganJune 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 DavisMay was a very competitive month for GRC with the club represented 120 times. Races included 4 rounds of the… Continue Reading →
- April 2025 – Gav PotterHistorically April is a notoriously difficult month to call for member of the month with the Spring Marathon season in… Continue Reading →
- March 2025 – Alan CarleyMarch saw 55 runners representing GRC at various distances, ranging from 10k to the first major marathon of the year… Continue Reading →
- February 2025 – Marj SpendlowFebruary was another quieter month for racing in GRC with representation from 38 runners. Round 3 of the club Grand… Continue Reading →
- January 2025 – Sarah HighJanuary is usually one the quieter months for racing and this was true once again as only 39 GRC members… Continue Reading →
- December 2024 – Jaimie LordIn December, GRC was represented by 71 runners in 7 races, in what was a fairly quiet month for the… Continue Reading →
- November 2024 – Russel WhittakerIn 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 PayneIn 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 HeathershawMay saw GRC represented by 73 runners in 19 races throughout the month. There was also a big turnout for… Continue Reading →
- April 2024 – Gav PotterApril saw GRC represented by 101 runners in 14 races with 31 also members taking part in their chosen marathons…. Continue Reading →
- March 2024 – Cameron HogganMarch 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 VeaseyThe opening month of the year is traditionally something of a quieter month for racing but a return to the… Continue Reading →
- December 23 – Russel WhittakerTraditionally 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 PotterNovember 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 2023Runner 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 2023Batten down the hatches as we summarise superb September… Belvoir Castle Half You fine Green & Black kin of Grantham… Continue Reading →
- Robin Atter August 2023Runner Up First on the pedestal is an enigma within our club – on form he is known for his… Continue Reading →
- Nick Payne July 2023The 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 2023Showing 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 2023Strap in, readers, this is a long one, even by Mr Jepson’s usual standards. Part ONE Friday 12th May –… Continue Reading →
- Zoë Wragg, Mar 2023Blimey 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 2023Same message as last month re: tardiness, life has a funny way of galloping away from you, right? So, same… Continue Reading →
- Rachel Hamilton, Jan 2023January 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 2022December was full of festive frivolities and a chance to celebrate with family & friends the success and victories of… Continue Reading →
- Holly Wragg, Nov 2022XC Round Up The beginning of November sees one of the highlights of the XC calendar; The National Relays held… Continue Reading →
- Rob Howbrook, Oct 2022As 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 2022Round Up One of the largest half marathons in the world, the Great North Run is one of the jewels… Continue Reading →
- Hannah Whittaker, Aug 2022Salutations once again my dear ol’ things! As the summer wore on, the hectic schedule of athletics reached its zenith… Continue Reading →
- Stefan Latter, Jul 22As the sporting world set to gorge itself on an unprecedented run (geddit?!) of Athletics starting with the World Athletics… Continue Reading →
- Daniel Pearce, June 22Oooof! Well, what can I say? Sorry, sorry and “Sorry” again! Not exactly my usual introduction, Dear CR, but I… Continue Reading →
- Sam Dodwell, May 22Greetings! Can I once again effuse my sincerest apologies from the very top of the piece. For various reasons, I… Continue Reading →
- Sarah High, Apr 22As is usually the case, the beginning of April signals the beginning of the major Marathon season for club runners… Continue Reading →
- Kate Marshall, Mar 22As 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 223…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 21Firstly, 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 21Sink 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 21Well now, dear Constant Reader, may I be the first to colourise a picture of a simply outstanding October for… Continue Reading →
- Aaron Smith, Sept 21Hello Constant Reader and a warm welcome to September Member of the Month. September saw the last throes of summer… Continue Reading →
- Julie Riggall, Aug 21Races 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 21As we entered July the nations sporting gaze turned from Europe to the jewel of East Asia: Japan and the… Continue Reading →
- Ben Hatherley, June 21Ahhh June – the height of the British summer; Wimbledon starts, Football was supposed to ‘Come Home’ and GRC saw… Continue Reading →
- Chris Limmer, May 21The 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 21April… ahhh yes the Month of Marathons – all those winter moths of long, hard training paying off and coming… Continue Reading →
- Wendy Fraser, March 21A plethora of virtual events coloured March with stellar performances across multiple disciplines. Firstly, when asked to think of historical… Continue Reading →
- Alan Carley, Feb 21In a month usually focused on longer runs and hard races to finalise those Spring marathon plans and tactics, February… Continue Reading →
- CJ Walker, Jan 21This January saw the return of the clubs “Member of the Month” award. The year started with a new lockdown,… Continue Reading →
- Sarah High, Jan 20The New Year kicked off in its customary underwhelming manner in terms of racing with just a smattering of events… Continue Reading →
- Andrew Pask, Dec 2019December is definitely one of the quieter months of the year for racing – it’s not hard to wonder why… Continue Reading →
- Sylv Hull, Nov 19Before we kick off with the run through of nominations for November, a little book keeping is in order to… Continue Reading →
- Phil Devine, Oct 19Despite the start line cancellation of the Great Eastern Half – one of the most popular events amongst GRC runners… Continue Reading →
- Holly Durham, Sept 19Another month, another set of superb results from many members of Grantham Running Club: victories, podium finishes, extreme distances covered… Continue Reading →
- Sam Jepson, Aug 19The summer holidays means different strokes for different folks. Some like to enjoy the beach in hot climes, some exhaust… Continue Reading →
- Catherine Payne, Jul 19The 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 19It was another strong month for Grantham Running Club and its members, with victories, club records and personal bests aplenty…. Continue Reading →
- Simon Smith, May 19Having harped on about how hard it was to produce a concise, definitive list of GRC Member of the Month… Continue Reading →
- Jonny Palmer, Apr 19As alluded to in the March MotM write up, April 2019 was a pretty spectacular month for Grantham Running Club… Continue Reading →
- Adam Wasiołka, Mar 19Writing 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 19In some ways February is a bit of a curious month. With many runners targeting a spring Half Marathon or… Continue Reading →
- Ian Williams, Jan 19The opening month of the year is traditionally something of a fallow month in this region for racing. The Folksworth… Continue Reading →
- Sylv Hull, Dec 2018Although one of the quieter months for racing, December still saw many club members taking part in a variety of… Continue Reading →
- Tony Johnson, Nov 18November saw another long list of worthy nominees for Grantham Running Club Member of the Month with some outstanding performances… Continue Reading →
- Andrew Pask, Oct 18October 2018 saw a record number of nominations for GRC member of the month, so many that that there were… Continue Reading →
- Julie Braker, Sept 18With 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 18For a month that is traditionally one of the quieter months on the racing scene, there were a surprisingly high… Continue Reading →
- Peter Bonner, July 18After a succession of months with increasingly large numbers of nominees the July 2018 GRC Member of the Month had… Continue Reading →
- Grant Davies, June 18Halfway 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 2018May’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 2018With 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 2018For many a British based runner, the Beast from the East I / Beast from the East II made March… Continue Reading →
- Craig Drury, Feb 2018The 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 18In a month short on races, many of those shortlisted took part in the Folksworth 15 Mile Race, which will… Continue Reading →
- Andy Atter, Jan 2017Age: 35 Occupation: Primary School Teacher Years running: 2 with GRC. I dabbled in running a little bit before joining… Continue Reading →
- SJ Willis, Dec 2016Age: 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 2016Occupation: Water Engineer. Favourite Race: Langtoft 10k -not my fastest 10k but proved to myself I could run well if… Continue Reading →
- Scott Jones, Oct 2016Occupation: Postman Years Running: 6 Favourite Race: I have a few favourite races for different reasons, and in fact i… Continue Reading →
- Martin Carter, April 2016Age: 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 2015Occupation: Science Teacher Years Running: 8 years 6 months (14 marathons) Favourite Race: Ashby 20, lovely undulating course, great support… Continue Reading →
- Gav Meadows, Sept 2015Age: 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 2015Age: MV40 Occupation: Motorsport Picture Desk Editor Years Running: 36. I was hooked the moment I finished second at the… Continue Reading →
- Andrew Pask, Jun 2015Age: 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 2014Age: 25 Occupation: Teacher Years Running: 17, though I only started thinking about it and training more efficiently a few… Continue Reading →
- Abi Kefford, Nov 2014Age: 24 Occupation: Special Needs Teacher Years Running: 4 Favourite race: London Marathon 2013 Least favourite race: Nene Valley 10… Continue Reading →
- Matthew Kingston-Lee, Aug 2014Member of the Month for August after he broke two Personal Bests and set two new club records at races… Continue Reading →
- Sarah High, Feb 2014Age: FV50 Occupation: Manager of a local charity, Home-Start Grantham – a charity that recruits and trains volunteers to support… Continue Reading →
- Matthew Kingston-Lee, Jan 2014Age: MV35 Occupation: Self-employed photo editor for motorsport agencies. I spent 10 years attending F1 Grands Prix all over the… Continue Reading →
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Run for Cake – Caroline Davis
The Zig Zag Event run held at Ferry Meadows in Peterborough is their most northerly run and is another 6-hour event with the added bonus that you can run another lap if you go out before the 6-hour mark is up.The event offer 5k through to ultra marathon and there is the option of starting……
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Volunteers Needed – Stroxton XC 22/02/26
GRC will again be co-hosting (with Grantham Athletic Club) the Lincs League Cross Country match on Sunday, 22nd Feb at Stroxton, just outside Grantham (///toenail.windpipe.concerts or Google Maps). It is very important to the Club that we support the Lincs League otherwise there is a very real possibility that it will be lost for good, so we really encourage……
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Our 2026 Begin to Run Scheme is Open for Registration!
Ever fancied trying running but no idea how to start? We can help! Grantham Running Club runs a 10 week beginners programme to assist new runners and is open to non-members. All sessions are designed by UK Athletics-qualified coaches and supported by UKA-approved run leaders plus volunteers from the club, so participants are well supported……






























































































