This story starts long before signing up for the Wild Horse 200 South Wales, even before its creation but for now I shall keep that part off these pages. I had been looking for a multiday event for months, something that didn’t need the house to be re-mortgaged and somewhere that I would love. Step […]
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It was one simple idea, one wonderful facility provider (Newport Live), one incredible T shirt provider (Logo Leisure Wear) pulling out all the stops, numerous volunteer coaches & first aiders, lots of bakers making hundreds of cakes and over 170 participants composed of members, junior members, families & friends. All this added up to be
24hrs dedicated to the Ukraine Relief Effort! Read More »
Intrepid trailers by Lisa Nicholls CJ, Stuart, Claire & I set off from NISV at 8am. We park up near Llanfoist garden centre and straight ahead the hills are beckoning. The weather is perfect, its a lovely sunny day so we are hopeful of glorious views. Down the other side of Blorange and we head
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Tracey and myself managed to finally get some time off together, so booked a week in Cyprus, Paphos the preferred destination as there seemed to be plenty of history/culture for us to explore. Whilst surfing the net, we also found out that the Paphos marathon/ half marathon/ 10k was taking place, so emailed the organisers
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We’re normally keen to share what club members achieve wearing their running shoes, but the club’s community spirit has been raised to another level. David Jones plea for help in our Members Facebook Group didn’t go ignored. He’d volunteered for a couple of hours supporting the “Women of Newport” action group sorting donations for Ukrainian
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Lliswerry Runners juniors have been representing the club at various cross-country events the past few weeks. The Welsh Schools XC Championships were held in Brecon on 12th February and Lucas Salvage, Vaughn Hughes and Clara Rhodes all represented their schools. Great running all! This weekend then saw the return of the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships
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After a disrupted couple of years (looking at you, Covid-19!), the Club Championship is getting back on track. Literally! Wednesday 2 March saw the latest event – a 2k time trial on the track. With four separate waves, there was a chance for everyone to test themselves or just take part in the free, timed
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With spring on the horizon, races (and the club championship) get into full swing. This week sees a 2k time trial on the track (2 March), the ever-popular Newport Half Marathon (6 March) as well as the last two cross-country fixtures of the year (13 March, GLCL Fairwater, and 19 March, Gwent League at Singleton
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Saturday saw our ladies team make the trip west to Pembrey Country Park for the 117th Welsh Cross Country Championships. In recent years, our ladies have performed well at these championships, so our small team comprised both previous medal winners and new club members making their debut at the championships. Despite the blue skies and
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Congratulations to Sue, who is an Event Director of Newport junior parkrun. She completed her 250th volunteering occasion on Sunday 27th Feb. With true motivational genius, she’d organised a daffodil and a heart shaped welsh cake which Sue had baked herself. These were available to all finishers, so really great encouragement for the younger end
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