Race Reports
Juniors lead the way for Winchester Running Club – 24 Mar 2024
25 March 2024Lara Noott
Another packed weekend of racing saw athletes from Winchester Running Club compete across a variety of distances. First up was Ruben Price, fresh from a top 20 finish at last weeks National Schools Cross country Championships. Ruben is one of several talented tri-athletes in the club and he stormed to victory in the British Schools…
Salisbury 10 Mile – 17 Mar 24
19 March 2024Nick Wood
This weekend saw round 9 of the hotly contested Hampshire Road Race League (HRRL) take place in Salisbury over a tough and hilly 10-mile course. The 19-strong team from Winchester Running Club (WRC), continued to perform exceptionally well. This time round, it was all about the women’s team, with a plethora of solo and team…
Parkrun Roundup – 16 Mar 24
18 March 2024Steve Oliver
111 runners have now associated their parkrun ID with our club and of those 19 spread themselves far and wide to take part in 13 different Parkrun events in 5 different countries around Europe this past weekend....no doubt there's keen interest in this week's Top Tourist award. This weeks highlights included: Just a reminder that…
Mud and Cake at Itchen Valley Country Park
17 March 2024Stephen Lowy
On the 10th of March, the last cross-country race of the CC6 took place on the muddy fields of Itchen Valley Country Park. Being the inaugural season for the club, it was pleasing to have 9 members (7 men and two women) join in. Itchen Valley hosts a parkrun, one of the few to continue…
Parkrun Roundup – 09 Mar 24
12 March 2024Steve Oliver
109 runners have now associated their parkrun ID with our club and 21 of us were out and about taking part in 12 different Parkrun events around the world this past weekend. This weeks highlights included:
Harestock Handicap – Mar 24
8 March 2024Steve Oliver
The March Handicap turned out to be a thrilling race with 18 runners out there for the last of the dark night events.....next month is traditionally the handicap busting yahoo as folks can again see the racing lines. Anyway to the March event....10 runners meeting or beating their handicaps and 9 enjoying the thrill of…
Parkrun Roundup – 02 Mar 24
4 March 2024Steve Oliver
108 runners have now associated their parkrun ID with our club. Despite our home event, Winchester, being again cancelled (it's raining again....) 22 of us still managed to take part in 11 different Parkrun events around the world this past weekend. This weeks highlights included:
Parkrun Roundup – 24 Feb 24
26 February 2024Steve Oliver
Despite all the real racing going on elsewhere there were still 21 of us out and about taking part in 10 different Parkrun events at the weekend. Some special parkrun performances though as folks were changing plans in face of many weather cancellations (not least the National XC Champs). Parkrun highlights included:
Juniors – Poole Parkrun – 24 Feb 2024
25 February 2024Lara Noott
With the Nationals cancelled at the last minute, some of the junior boys decided to put their training to good use and headed to Poole Parkrun. All 6 came in the top 20 with fantastic times. Ruben was 4th (15:41), Ethan 5th (15:54), Ieuan 7th (16:20), Seth 8th (16:27), Stan 9th (16:32) and Casper 13th…
Parkrun Roundup – 17 Feb 24
19 February 2024Steve Oliver
There were 28 of us out and about taking part in 12 different Parkrun events at the weekend. Highlights included: