Ian Smallwood has shared this approach by the running clubs in and around York: In the 1980s running boom, the York running clubs organised themselves into a league, with each club arranging a 10km road race on a Tuesday evening. So from May to July there are six 10km races,…
What’s been happening with you guys last week? Laura chose to try out what’s it like to be an ironing lady – I thought she knew that already (!) – in-between chose to run 16 times round the club track to get 10k in under 45 minutes. Lots of guys…
With no responses – apart from the fab 4 – to my request for articles of your favourite or your best race. I have asked Hipperty-Hopperty to send me some race reports. However, It would be nice if some of our other 96 members email theirs – please. Over to…
Well a few weeks has passed since we started his article. An update on ststus is below: New Jarrod is first to acknowledge his predicament. A pain in the bum I’ve been called (a lot) worse. My injury, high hamstring tendinopathy began summer 2019. Up to then, I’d probably been…
Hope everyone is holding up and keeping positive. A bit of a change from Carolyn, to your core routine today. The core corner message remains the same; ‘a strong trunk (or core) gives you the strength to hold a good posture, keeping your lower limbs biomechanically efficient and less at…
Dear WRC Members, We’ve been weighing up the right thing to do for the 2020 Festival. Once again the landscape is not what we expected it to be but this time we have the opportunity to get ahead of events. It’s unlikely that there will be any mass races in…
Tell me more, tell me more, tell me more … Trevor Faulkner has kindly provided a map and notes about some of our Thursday routes we ran during summertime. You may have seen it in an email from Paul recently. It’s captured now here on the website ..Over to you…
One fairly simple test you can do at home to check your level of core fitness is the Core Strength and Stability Test. Get into the plank position and hold for 60 seconds. Then lift your right arm off the ground and hold for 15 seconds. Return to the original…
Life may be a little downhill at the moment but I promised you an article on running downhill. Why do we need to think about downhill running? When running downhill, your body is fighting gravity. The natural reaction is to slam on the brakes by leaning back and striking through…
I first met George very shortly after joining Wilmslow RC in 2010. I was taking part in the Wilmslow HM and wearing the vest for the first time. Shortly after the start, after we turned onto Burleyhurst Lane, a shadow appeared next to my shoulder. I thought who’s this old…
