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http://www.flickr.com/photos/shrewsburyac/

Coming up on the fells...........

THURSDAY 1st JANUARY - THE MORNING AFTER
BS. 11.00am 5m/900' Registration at Church Stretton Social Club in Essex Rd
(Turn R over Railway Bridge on entering Church Stretton from A49) £3.00/£5.00 family on day only
Tel: Terry Davies 01694 723477
phil172@btinternet.com

SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY - TITTERSTONE CLEE
AS. 11.45am 2.5m/750' from Cleeton St Mary GR 608788 combined prizes with the Long Mynd Valleys £4.00 on the day
Details: Keith & Pauline Richards, Tel: 01743 352387
keithandpauline01@btinternet.co.uk

On the road.........

SUNDAY 6TH DECEMBER - HELENA TIPPING MEMORIAL 10k ROAD RACE (11:00am), The Club House, Wrexham Industrial Estate, LL13 9PH 2009 entry fees: £6/£8 +£2 on the day (pay "Wrexham AAC") c/d 25/11Contact: Peter Jones, 45 Cherry Tree Road, Bradley, Wrexham LL11 4DN - tel. 01978 756142

SUNDAY 27TH DECEMBER - THE SEVERN LOOP 5KM RACE (10:30AM) 2Km Junior race at 10:00am. Race, hosted by Shrewsbury Athletic Club, to be held in 'The Quarry Park', Nr. Shrewsbury Town Centre. Accurately measured fast PB course. Click link from the menu on the top right hand side of this screen to access entry form

On trails........

SUNDAY 13TH DECEMBER (11:00AM) - MORTIMER FOREST HILL RACE (10 miles), Moor Park School, Overton, nr. Ludlow, Shropshire Race description: "a challenging course over ten miles of forested hills above Ludlow."2009 entry fees: £5 +£1 on the day (pay "Ludlow Runners") Min age 18.Contact: Russell Mapp, 44 Clee View, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1HY - tel. 01584 874538 - Club web site - Venue map link Entry form: Enter online - Word .doc (28k) - Acrobat .pdf (19k)

Welcome

Hello Shropshire Runners,

Whether you are a club runner, a fun runner or simply somebody with a passing interest you are very welcome to contribute to this blog. Use the blog to advertise local events and if you wish, set up a training event and invite other blog users to join you for a run. Discuss your injuries or other issues that help or hinder your running performance and share training tips to help others to improve. In essence, this is a site for Shropshire Runners to network and collaborate, just click on the comments icon at the bottom of the post to which you want to contribute. Enjoy the site and please alert others to enable the community to grow.

Cafe Bar......

Use this area of the site for general chat about running.

Results.......

Use this area to place links to results of races that may be of interest to Shropshire runners. Some useful links are included below:

UK Results.net
http://www.ukresults.net/

Sportsoft Race Results
http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2009/index.htm

North Wales Cross Country League Results
http://wrexhamroadrunners.org.uk/

DK Race Results
http://www.dk10k.co.uk/

Races and events..........

Use this thread to advertise races or other events that might be of interest to other Shropshire runners. Some useful links are included below:

Shropshire Summer Fell Series 2009
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fellrunner/fixtures/fixtures06.htm

Telford Sexarathon Series 2009
http://www.telfordathleticclub.co.uk/events/sexarathon/

Oswestry Pentarathon Series 2009
http://www.oswestryolympians.co.uk/seniors/s-entry%20forms.htm

Injuries and Illness Thread.........

Use this thread to discuss running injuries and illnesses. Seek advice from other network members or share your own experiences in response to others.