Crewkerne Running Club is a small friendly club catering for all abilities of runners wishing to run on or off road.
The Club is Affiliated to Association of Running Clubs (ARC) and UK Athletics (England Athletics). This means the club has signed up to the rules and policies of these governing bodies and is striving to meet the revised EA Club standards recommendations. The Club currently only accepts member 18+ in age.
The club has UKA (EA) recognised Leader in running fitness and Coaching in Running fitness trainers. Our Coach is now making specific training available on club nights. Another Couch to 5K course in scheduled to start in September.
Organised runs leave from the George Reynolds Centre in Crewkerne on the following days
| Tuesday | 6:30 PM | Fast and slower groups, road and off road available. Training sessions for all abilities. |
| Thursday | 6:30 PM | Social run. Fast and slower groups, road and off road available. |
| Sunday | 8:30 AM | Slower pace generally off road. |
As last year we have a 50/50 chance of getting 1 place for the Club which we will know in a months time!. If this is successful then any members who meet the criteria will go into a club ballet for the place. Way back when entries opened for the Marathon and you found out if successful I asked who wanted to go into the club place draw and we had two people (Hilary and Darren). Hilary already has a place through the ballot and Sarah Fooks has also added her name to the list. There are currently 11 members…
A small but competitive group took part in tonight’s Merriott handicap. Finishing in front, as he did last month was Colin Tyler, finishing over 30 seconds quicker than last month. Well done Colin. Andy Gould finished in second place with another stong run and Andy Dickinson finished in third just over his predicted time. Last home was Dave Carnell who pushed hard all the way to the finish line in an effort to stay ahead of Paul. Unfortunately, Paul had to pull up very early into the run with a calf problem, let’s hope this clears up quickly Paul. Thanks…
Some more impressive performances at tonight’s Merriott Handicap. Taking home the wine tonight was Colin Tyler who showed a great improvement from last month’s run, finishing three minutes quicker. In second place, also with an improved time, over a minute quicker than last month was Andy Dickinson. In third was Anthony Strugnell with another great effort. Dave Carnell was feeling the effects of a cold put still pushed hard all the way. Well done everyone, see you next month.
From now on club runs will be on road. Please wear appropriate hi-viz and in the coming weeks head torches.
At Wednesday’s Committee meeting we discussed the lower turnout of runners on Tuesdays evenings compared to Thursday. Several people have mentioned that they are unable to start at 6pm due to work. We have decided to change the start time to 6.30pm. Hopefully this will allow more members to attend.