Membership fees

Despite the name, the club participates in all disciplines of running, fell, cross country and road and welcomes applications from runners of all abilities to join us. If you are not sure if the club is for you, why not come to one of our training sessions or one of our regular pub runs. You will be under no obligation to join, but you will get a feel for the club and a better idea if the club is for you. You can merely turn up to a training session unannounced, but it would be better if you contacted our club secretary first (details on the contacts page) and let him know that you will be coming and he will make sure that whoever is leading the group will look out for you. If you are an absolute beginner to running, you too are most welcome to join us in one of our sessions, but please contact our secretary first and he will make sure that you will have a programme with which you are comfortable. Membership fees for the club are as follows:
  • Seniors
  • For members over the age of 18
  • £10/year
  • For runners of all abilities over the age of 18
  • For runners participating in all disciplines of running, fell, cross country and road running
  • Regular training and coaching sessions provided
  • Apply
  • Juniors
  • For members under the age of 18
  • FREE
  • For runners of all abilities under the age of 18.
  • Regular (weekly) training sessions led by experienced runners/coaches
  • Advice about how to train properly so juniors can develop as athletes
  • Apply
  • Non-runners
  • For non-running members
  • £5/year
  • For supporters of the club and club members
  • Support the club and all the senior and junior runners
  • Apply
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Saturday, 09 November 2024

New York City Marathon - 3 November 2024

John trying to keep warm before the start John trying to keep warm before the start

This year, the race became the world's largest marathon with 55,646 finishers.  John Boothman went over with friends and family to take part and here is his account of race day.

A 5.00 am wake up to catch a coach to the start on Staten Island where we had a very long and cold wait of approx. 3 hours. 
I met and buddied up with a great guy called Trent who was from Brisbane, Australia and was doing his first marathon. Great to share time and help each other get through the cold wait time.   Pictured wrapped in disposable old clothes and bin bags/foil blanket, I didn't move much until the sun came up taking the chill away.
I was in wave 2 thankfully getting going a lot sooner than many others. Trent's wave didn't set off until after 11 making his a very long day.
Once the sun did rise, we were fortunate to have a brilliant day, with the steep and long climb out from Staten over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge providing amazing views and I was lucky to be on the top deck.
Half of the runners are on the lower deck.
Our gang provided brilliant support at a couple of points along the route which was packed with thousands of spectators (apart from the bridges ) which were empty and quiet apart from the sound of feet.
As with most big city marathons, the crowd were super enthusiastic and noisy.
All went very well apart from the last two miles where again I struggled but did hang on to finish very similar time to the last one (York) a couple of weeks ago.
Central Park providing the finish venue and what a fantastic oasis this space is in the middle of a very mad place.
 
A couple more days in NY sightseeing rounded off a really good trip. 

 

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