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The #MileShyClub visit Sale Water #ParkRun
After only operating for a few weeks, our Sale #MileShyClub felt it their duty to go and support the lovely peeps (Dave Murray!) at the new Park Run taking place at the exact same spot where we meet for our Summer #MileShyClub runs! We had an amazing time and ALL of our runners were either first timers or got a PB (personal best). AWESOME!
Club owner Jane runs the Manchester Half Marathon
After celebrating our award success at the National England Athletics Awards in Coventry, on very few hours sleep, club owner Jane took on the Manchester half marathon and finished in a very respectable 1 hour 52 minutes. Not a PB but... next year! To read Jane's review of this race, please follow this link.
The #MileShyClub is named runner up in the National England Athletics Awards!
We were delighted to be invited to attend the National England Athletics Awards this evening at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry after coming runners up in the NATIONAL awards! We are unbelievably proud of this accolade and it was wonderful to be part of such a special evening. Huge thanks to England Athletics for making us feel so welcome.
Ultra runner and triathlete Paddy Logue visits to talk about mental STRENGTH
We had a lovely #runandtalk session this morning in the sunshine. Our guest speaker Paddy talked to us about his navy seals and SAS training, together with his 10 Iron Mans and 36 marathons. Paddy explained he had also been a beginner and how the mental challenges he faces when running are just the same as when he started. "It is better to try and fail, than to try and quit". We couldn't have put it better ourselves.
The #MileShyClub collects award at England Athletics presentation evening
We were honoured to collect our first award for Innovation Project of the year this evening from England Athletics. Jane Wilby-Palmer talked about what the #MileShyClub has achieved so far, and how being a good coach isn't just about showing people how to run, but giving people the belief in themselves that they CAN run. Great night with great people. We love our Club and are thoroughly proud of all our runners and their achievements. Click on the images below to scroll through a few photos!
Self defence experts show us their moves to keep our runners safe on darker nights
This evening a group of our runners took up a free self defence class offered by the #MileShyClub and Sale Wado Ryu Freestyle Karate Club. We learnt so much useful information and tips and tricks on staying safe when out running on our own! The tuition was excellent. Huge thanks to Chris Eaton from Sale Wado Ryu Freestyle karate club and to his colleague Tony who came from his club K.S.D.S (Tel: 07340 950 785). They were patient, kind and thoroughly knowledgeable. We highly recommend you check them out, not just for self defence classes but for martial arts too - adults and children classes! For more information check out: https://swfkc.wordpress.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/swfkc/ Click to scroll through the photos!
Raising money for St Ann's Hospice by taking on the Gauntlet Games
The #MileShyClub had the most AMAZING morning today. Eight of us took on the Gauntlet Games, raising over £400 for St Ann's Hospice! We ran a little, took on giant water slides, fought off gladiators (it was awful, honest), got stuck in mud, pelted by balls, covered in foam and navigated rafts fearlessly. IT WAS BRILLIANT! Here are just a small selection of some photos and video from the day... (click to view)
The #MileShyClub wins its first award from England Athletics
We are absolutely over the moon to tell you that the we were contacted by England Athletics today and informed that we had WON AN AWARD (!!!) for our innovative work with running beginners. We are receiving the award for our cone and ribbon based system, our warm up games, for our total commitment to our runners when they start and keeping them going, even after reaching 5k, and for our positive wider impact on the community. The Club has been selected from all other (fantastic) North West running clubs for this prestigious award which they will collect at a presentation evening on the 25th of this month. We’re now an award-winning club!
The #MileShyClub goes on the #MileShytour with a visit to Stretford ParkRun!
We had five newbies this morning and many more supporters at Stretford ParkRun today. What a morning and a wonderfully warm welcome from Stretford ParkRun! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to ELIZABETH who impressed us all with her gutsy determination to get through her very first ParkRun, to ANDY who took off miles ahead of us and as we expected finished in a great time, to IRAM who isn't even on Facebook but as one of our Tuesday night runners has been super fun to work with and who loved every minute of today, to ELISE who remained steady throughout and finished brilliantly with a smile, and to LISA who ran the entire 5k in one go and can go back to the park in the week with her dogs and say I DID THAT. Great thanks to all our other #MileShyClub runners (and other supporters) who turned up and stayed to cheer all of our beginners through the finish line. A little thank you to to Lisa for the present you bought Jane too!
