Contribution to Running Award

PENKRIDGE RUNNERS ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED BY ENGLAND ATHLETICS FOR OUR “CONTRIBUTION TO RUNNING” AT THE WEST MIDLANDS VOLUNTEER AWARDS 2023.
PENKRIDGE RUNNERS WERE AWARDED RUNNERS UP IN THIS CATEGORY, THIS WAS DOWN TO A SUPERB NOMINATION WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED BY CARLY.
IT’S A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR PR TO BE RECOGNISED ON THE BIGGER STAGE COMPETING AGAINST SOME OF THE LARGEST ATHLETICS CLUBS IN THE MIDLANDS….

PR&PROUD 🇳🇺🇳🇺👏👏

Penkridge Runners take on the Spitfire 10k at Cosford

It was another great turnout this year for Penkridge Runners at the Cosford Spitfire 10k, with 22 members taking part in today’s run.
I am proud to say you didn’t disappoint with numerous PB’s and course records broken.
We had new PB’s for:
Heather Wright
Elaine Burns
Brandon Taylor
Warren Parish
Louise Heath
Joanna Terry
Karen Andrews (2nd PB in a week) James Jones

New course best for:
Alice Pooley
Kristian Russell…

Congratulations to all 🇳🇺👏🇳🇺👏

Karen Andrews runs a new PB following the Goal Pace 10k plan

It’s another success story for one of our Penkridge Runners members, Karen Andrews, who took on the 10k Goal Pace training challenge.
Karen ran her final session today and gained a new PB of 51:26.
She was determined to go under 51min but just missed out, nevertheless she had a perfect run and gained that new PB. Congratulations Karen 👏 👏🇳🇺

Kirsty Fullwood smashed her 10k target & PB

Congratulations go to Kirsty Fullwood who ran her final 10k at the end of her 12 week GP Plan. Kirsty had a target time of 56mins and managed to finish with an impressive 52:48…. smashing her target & PB. Well done 🇳🇺👏🇳🇺👏

Lucy Wellsbury & Louise Heath both complete their 10k Goal Pace Plan.

Congratulations are in order for two Penkridge Runners who both completed the 10k Goal Pace training plan.
Both Lucy Wellsbury and Louise Heath smashed their set targets after following the 12 week GP plan.
Lucy had a target of 66mins and ran a fantastic time of 63mins which she had not run anywhere near for two years.
Louise had a target of 65 mins which was 4mins faster than her previous PB and she didn’t disappoint, running her best 10k today of 64:09.
Massive congratulations to you both…
👏🇳🇺👏🇳🇺

Mat Howell completes his 10k Goal Pace Plan

It is with great pleasure to announce that we have had our 1st Member to complete the 10k GOAL PACE training plan for 2023.
The 12 week plan saw Mathew Howell complete his final 10k run today. Mat’s target was to break 65mins, he not only smashed his target but also run a new PB of 59.16. Mat described the conditions as perfect today and said the last time he ran under 60mins was in 2017.
Fantastic achievement 👏🇳🇺👏🇳🇺

Alice Pooley completes the 10k Goal Pace

Congratulations are in order for Alice Pooley who completed her final run today of her 10k Goal Pace training plan.
Alice had a target of 1:35 but managed to beat this in week 7, with a new PB of 1:34:45. Instead of finishing the plan that week we decided to reset her target and aimed to knock another minute off by week 12. Alice completed her final run today smashing her new target with a new PB of 1:32:23, knocking just over 2 minutes off week 7.
“THIS GIRL CAN”….. 🇳🇺👏🇳🇺👏

Stafford Half Marathon

A fantastic turnout for Penkridge Runners with around 30 members taking part in the Stafford Half Marathon 2023.

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