On Sunday 11th September, whilst most sporting events were on hold following the death of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,there were a couple of running events that took place to raise money for local and national charities. Whilst most of the attention was on Newcastle where the 41st Great North Run took place, 170 miles... Continue Reading →
Peterborough 5k
Eight members of GRC took the trip down the A1 to Ferry Meadows for the final race of the Peterborough 5k GP Series. With temperatures being at least 10 degrees cooler than the previous races, runners took to the start line hoping to make use of this in search of a PB. Starting at the... Continue Reading →
Holme Pierrepont RC Grand Prix Series
Two runners from Grantham Running Club made their way to Nottingham for 4 races that were included in the GP series organised by Holme Pierrepont Running Club. For Robin Atter and Marj Spendlow, this was their first time competing in the Notts GP series and the daunting task of running four races in two weeks.... Continue Reading →
Peterborough GP Series 2022 (Race 2)
On Wednesday 6th July, 7 members of Grantham Running Club headed southbound down the A1 to partake in the second race of the Peterborough GP Series, hosted by the Stamford Striders at Stamford Rugby Club. There were 219 participants taking part in the 2-lap course which took them through a housing estate to start, then... Continue Reading →
LWAC 5k Series, Match 2
On the final Tuesday of the month nine athletes from Grantham Running Club travelled to Lincoln to take part in match two of the LWAC 5k series and challenge the perceived wisdom that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result” as they tried in blustery... Continue Reading →
GRC Club 5K Race
For the 2nd year, Grantham Running Club hosted its 5K road race at Harrowby Hall Lane. This popular club event also welcomes graduates from its 2022 ‘Begin to Run’ course who get to sample one of the perks of running club membership and having a bash at racing. This race also acted as round 9... Continue Reading →
Peterborough GP Series 2022 (Race 1 Eye)
On a sunny June evening, 6 members of Grantham Running Club took a trip down the A1 for the Peterborough GP Series, with the first of 5 races starting in Eye. After a 3 year break due to Covid, 324 runners tackled the out and back route which starts at the Lindisfarne recreational ground before... Continue Reading →
Grimsthorpe Gallop – 5k, 10k, 10 Mile, Half Marathon and Canicross
On the 12th June, Grantham Running Club staged its own invasion of Grimsthorpe Castle when 21 members descended to take part in the Grimsthorpe Gallop. Set in the beautiful grounds of the castle, the event hosted 4 distances: 5k, 10k, 10 miles and half marathon. Various Canicross races were also on the agenda. All four... Continue Reading →
Great Estates Run Belvoir
On a warm Saturday 11th June, Grantham Running Club members Marj Spendlow and Peter Jennings took on the 5k and 10k Great Estates races at Belvoir Castle. Taking place over picturesque trails, Marj took on the 5k event which saw a dreaded hill climb over the first few Km’s of stone and more stone. Then... Continue Reading →
Chase the Sun
The annual Leicestershire Chase the Sun multi-distance running event tempted 8 Grantham Running Club members to the airfield at Prestwold Hall on Thursday, 9th June. While the previous year's event had been cold, wet and windy, this year's was at least dry and warm. Runners that warmed up alongside the finishing straight soon discovered that... Continue Reading →
Lincoln Wellington 5K Series + Memory Mile
Grantham Running Club turned in an impressive array of results on Tuesday 31 May 2022 as sixteen members took part in the first round of the Lincoln Wellington 5K series and supporting Memory Mile, which made a welcome return to the local running events calendar after a two year hiatus. The race formed part of... Continue Reading →
Longhorn 10K
The Thoresby estate provided the was the setting for the SBR Longhorn Running Event which ran over a multi terrain course of tracks, tarmac and woodland. The event offered a range of distances from 5k up to the 60k ultra along with Cainicross. The backdrop to the start and finish to all races was the... Continue Reading →
Peterborough Grand Prix 5k Series: Stamford Race
Back Row: Rob, Peter, Nev, Catherine and Robert. Front Row: Helen, Jaime and Suzy The Stamford leg of this series attracts the fewest runners either because it is so far out of the city or because it is not as fast a course. As prizes are awarded on cumulative positions rather than time this makes... Continue Reading →