On the 9th November, Grantham Running Club member Dale Towning crowned his amazing year of becoming a fully-fledged ultra runner by taking on the 10th Warrington Way 40 mile trail ultramarathon. Organised by Lymm Runners, the event offered various distances including the solo 40, and relay 10 and 20 milers. The race starts and finishes... Continue Reading →
Equinox24
Best make yourself a cup of tea and get comfy, this one's a beast... The weekend of the 21st of September saw Equinox24 return to the beautiful grounds of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Runners complete a mixed terrain 10k loop as many times as they can over a 24-hour period, as part of a large... Continue Reading →
Robin Hood 100
Two years after deciding to take on the Dukeries 40 and seeing the Hobo Pace 100 mile race and thinking there was no way I could complete a 100 mile run. Then a year after completing 15 laps at Equinox and realising that I did need a bit more time, I booked myself onto the... Continue Reading →
Big School 12 Hour Run
On Sunday 4th August, it was time to go back to school for Curly's The Big School 12 hour run. This is an endurance event where runners can compete as solo entries or as part of a team with the opportunity to complete as many 5k laps as they can (or want) within 12 hours. ... Continue Reading →
Race to the Stones 100K
Never one to shy away from a challenge, and fast becoming one of the club’s gnarliest runners, Grantham Running Club’s Dale Towning continues his mission to take on implausibly long races by completing the 100k Race to the Stones. This event begins in Lewknor in Oxfordshire and takes competitors along the oldest path in Britain,... Continue Reading →
Rasselbock Run
On the 7th July 7th 2024 four members of Grantham Running Club took on the Rasselbock Run, which consisted of 5.54 km laps around a multi terrain course around Sherwood Pines. The 168 runners set off at 9 am, with the aim of completing as many laps as they could in 6 hours. The course... Continue Reading →
Grim Reaper
The bank holiday weekend saw Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire providing the backdrop to the Grim Reaper endurance running events. Competitors undertook various distances from 10, 40, 70 and 100 miles on a 10 mile loop around the estate. The route challenged runners with a mix of estate roads, limestone tracks and grass trails and there... Continue Reading →
Dukeries 40
Perfect weather greeted Grantham Running Club’s long distance expert Caroline Davis who took on the Dukeries 40 on the bank holiday weekend. Starting at Walesby, the 40.8 mile run is also a canicross event so Caroline and her trusty Whippet lined up at the start 5 minutes prior to the main body of competitors who... Continue Reading →
Great British Seaside Marathon
On a sunny but chilly 23rd March 2024, 3 members of Grantham Running Club headed off to the coast to take part in the Great British Seaside Marathon and Ultra. Starting at Skegness Pier, the ultra-marathon took runners all the way to Mablethorpe where they turned round and ran back again, covering over 35 miles.... 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, gargantuan, Herculean five-week effort racked with immense physical endurance, a strength of guts, soul and undeniably extreme mental fortitude reserved for a small but very special breed of ‘ultra’ Ultra-runners...running the entire length of Great... Continue Reading →
Thames Ultra Challenge
Kate Marshall was the solo representative of Grantham Running Club at the 100k Thames Path Ultra Challenge. Following the Thames from Putney Bridge to Henley, the course takes in a variety of landmarks along the way, including the historic Hampton Court Palace and Windsor Castle. The route provided a true snapshot of the river, with... 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 →
Equinox24 2022
On the 17th September, Equinox24 returned to the grounds of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. The 24-hour takes place around the beautiful grounds of the estate on a mixed terrain loop of 10k and played host to huge numbers of runners over the weekend. Competitors have 24 hours to cover as many laps as possible, as... Continue Reading →
TR24
Grantham Running Club had a bumper 33 athletes taking part in this year’s 24h Continental Thunder Run at its regular venue Catton Park, Walton-on-Trent. The Conti Thunder Run (affectionately known as “TR24”) is an off-road 10km relay race against the clock. Renowned for being physically and mentally challenging to competitors whether they’re running solo, in... Continue Reading →
Joust 24hr
Kate Marshall was the sole runner for Grantham Running in the Joust 24hr on 25/26 June. With 12 and 24 hour options and solo and team events, there is lots of choice for the ultra fan. The challenging endurance event is takes place on an undulating loop of approx. 5.5-mile through farmland and local villages at Holts Heath... Continue Reading →
Millennium Way Ultra Marathon
Chris Limmer lined up at the start line of the 41mile Millennium way ultra marathon just a week after running the Manchester marathon dressed as Tinkerbell. The two events could not be more different with just 99 starters standing in the bus station of the town of Newport near Telford on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border. The... Continue Reading →
