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Striders First Weekend trip away 3/4 July 2010
There were 10 clc striders plus an excitable evan who
participated in the first club trip away. The setting was llanwrtyd wells, the
smallest town in Britain although it appeared to be a village maquerading as a
town. So small infact we were able to do a complete tour during halftime of the
Germany argentina match!
The first sporting activity was a game
of cricket with distinctly
wonky stumps, no one is sure
who won due to the lack of runs. A quick change and time for
dinner- by this time many an addlestones cloudy had been
drunk and we resorted to mocking lee as he proclaimed 'i don't
really drink or smoke' whilst holding his 4th pint in one hand
and a cigarette in the other.
With lee, nath
and gps positively chomping at the bit for food we sat down to a
lovely meal- 3 courses, starters mains and desserts -apparantly
lee has enjoyed 3 courses many a time- especially in
Bratislava!
At this point we
discovered that carla enjoys a wide ranging diet and wouldn't
mind trying a spider or two given their high protein content. She
was dissapointed to hear though that her spider of choice 'the
taranchula' was 'quite quick mind' and she'd struggle to catch
one!
Next in sporting terms was a game of
pool. The titanic Tussle of lee versus rich c ended in
a 2 1 victory to rich! Not to be defeated - lee resorted to more
macho tales and how he wanted to get a good 2 hours of tabbing in
before breakfast! This apparantly involves running with 5 stone
of gravel in a backpack.
Bellies full
of food and drink we went to bed! Rich thought this was
a bit tame at 12.30 but we're well honed atheletes you
know!
First man up was rich s who made the
mistake of setting his alarm an hour early- which didn't go down
to well with carla! By 8 am we were set to go for a lazy sunday
run that is until rich informed us we were about to run 480metres
uphill and pointed to what appeared to be a mountain. A few of us
thought about going back to bed at this point! We set off at a
steady pace, lee with his 5 stone of gravel who after 2 minutes
stopped and said' I don't think I've much chance of running with
this' as he staggered down the road!
The next
few miles were a hard old slog uphill but the views from
the top were amazing! The decent back was fairly unauothodox
and mainly involved Gingerly walking down a stoney boggy bank.
This took gps and nathan completely out their comfort zone, quote
from nath'i didn't sign up for this'. It wasn't long before we
were at ground level and nathan and gps eyes lit up as they were
back on road and battled to race each other
home!
The race for the showers insude and we
sat down to breakfast. Gps and I relied on the black
pudding to replenish iron levels and rich relied on some coffee
with his sugar in an attempt to repair
himself!
It wasn't long before we were packed
and ready for home but not before a stop off in hay on Wye. At
times I doubted whether nath would get up the hills with 5 stone
of gravel in his boot!
Whilst the cultered
among us browsed the book shops in hay on Wye, rich
and I raided the fudge shop for
souveniers!
Thanks everyone for such a good
time, and special thanks to gps for organising it
all.
Rachel
The first sporting activity was a game of cricket with distinctly
wonky stumps, no one is sure who won due to the lack of runs. A quick change and time for dinner- by this time many an addlestones cloudy had been drunk and we resorted to mocking lee as he proclaimed 'i don't really drink or smoke' whilst holding his 4th pint in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
With lee, nath and gps positively chomping at the bit for food we sat down to a lovely meal- 3 courses, starters mains and desserts -apparantly lee has enjoyed 3 courses many a time- especially in Bratislava!
At this point we discovered that carla enjoys a wide ranging diet and wouldn't mind trying a spider or two given their high protein content. She was dissapointed to hear though that her spider of choice 'the taranchula' was 'quite quick mind' and she'd struggle to catch one!
Next in sporting terms was a game of pool. The titanic Tussle of lee versus rich c ended in a 2 1 victory to rich! Not to be defeated - lee resorted to more macho tales and how he wanted to get a good 2 hours of tabbing in before breakfast! This apparantly involves running with 5 stone of gravel in a backpack.
Bellies full of food and drink we went to bed! Rich thought this was a bit tame at 12.30 but we're well honed atheletes you know!
First man up was rich s who made the mistake of setting his alarm an hour early- which didn't go down to well with carla! By 8 am we were set to go for a lazy sunday run that is until rich informed us we were about to run 480metres uphill and pointed to what appeared to be a mountain. A few of us thought about going back to bed at this point! We set off at a steady pace, lee with his 5 stone of gravel who after 2 minutes stopped and said' I don't think I've much chance of running with this' as he staggered down the road!
The next few miles were a hard old slog uphill but the views from the top were amazing! The decent back was fairly unauothodox and mainly involved Gingerly walking down a stoney boggy bank. This took gps and nathan completely out their comfort zone, quote from nath'i didn't sign up for this'. It wasn't long before we were at ground level and nathan and gps eyes lit up as they were back on road and battled to race each other home!
The race for the showers insude and we sat down to breakfast. Gps and I relied on the black pudding to replenish iron levels and rich relied on some coffee with his sugar in an attempt to repair himself!
It wasn't long before we were packed and ready for home but not before a stop off in hay on Wye. At times I doubted whether nath would get up the hills with 5 stone of gravel in his boot!
Whilst the cultered among us browsed the book shops in hay on Wye, rich and I raided the fudge shop for souveniers!
Thanks everyone for such a good time, and special thanks to gps for organising it all.
Rachel
Striders Summer Dinner & Awards 15 May 2010
CLC Striders had a fantastic night packed
with fun at the Clubs 2nd year anniversary dinner held at the Beehive Pub in
Montpellier Cheltenham on Saturday 15th May 2010. Twelve awards were presented
this year which made it even more exciting for me personally to
present.
Well done to Chris Slade (Social Sec) for organising the event,
a massive thank you to Siri (Ross Aldridge) who very kindly supplied the Wine,
and a big congratulations to all the Award Winners and to everyone else who
attended and made it real fun.
Thanks.
Brendan Ward (Chairman)
PS
More photos to follow shortly...............
Saturday 27th March 2010
The last Cross Country event takes place at Plock Court on Saturday 27th March so to temp more of you to take part we'll also tie in a social night out afterwards.
Location Slug &
Lettuce
Time
8.00 - 8.30pm
If you can't make the Xcountry then you must still come out in the evening! It's one or the other but preferably both!
I'll also shortly be confirming the date for our Annual Summer Dinner, just waiting on some menu details!
Speak to you soon
Chris
Social Sec.
Tel 07900 223837
Saturday 20th February 2010
"10 Striders (and 1 junior Strider) had a day out in Birmingham at the indoor athletics Grand Prix at the NIA. Everyone enjoyed the experience and it was good to see a number of top notch athletes in action including various World and Olympic champions. Highlight of the day was seeing Jenny Meadows breaking Kelly Holmes national record for 800m. Low point was the fire alarm going off in the pub just a few seconds after our lunch had arrived, causing us to abandon it! The Boots meal deal we had instead just didn’t do the job…", Dave Smeath
Saturday 6th February 2010
Firstly I hope you've all had a good start to 2010 - I think we've all missed the training sessions over the past few weeks. However the snow and ice is melting fast so next Monday and Wednesday sessions are looking good to go ahead - watch out for a weather forecast update from Brendan 'McElwee' if the big freeze returns! Secondly, as you may of heard CLC Striders will be Co Promoting the Final Glos League Cross Country Race in Cheltenham! The course will be in Pitville Park - a location very familiar to us. This will be a big day for CLC Striders Running Club as this is the 1st race we have helped to promote and organise. The day will be our chance to stand out and show other clubs (and potential new members) that we are a great friendly fun club that can organise a successful event.
There are a number of people in our Club that are giving up their time working hard to make this race a success - so lets show our thanks and give our support by running on the day. You know the drill just let Brendan Know! If you've never run Xcountry before this will be a great place to start as the course is through Pitville Park - it would be great to see some Xcountry 1st timers!
Of course the highlight will be the Striders Social in the evening after the cross country - those that have helped organise, marshal or run will be ready for a drink or two by this time! However, if your unable to run on the day or help out don't worry, we still want to see you out in the evening - especially those that haven't come along to a social night yet.
Ok heres what you need to know..
Location Slak Bar (around corner from
Taylors Estate
Agents)
16
Bath St
Time Sat 6th
February
8.00 - 8.30pm
This bar has a late licence so we can party as long as we
wish!
See you there!
Chris
Saturday 21st November 2009
In keeping with tradition there will be a Striders social night out after the Blackbridge Glos league Xcountry on Saturday 21st November. (Please let Brendan know if you plan to run - if you haven't already done so).
As always everyone is welcome on the social whether your running during the day or not. This will also be the last social night out before our Xmas party and will be an ideal warm up!
Time & Location 8.00 - 8.30pm @ Copa (Back bar)
Regent Street
Hope to see you there.
Chris
Saturday 10th October 2009
Hope your all looking forward to the start of the Xcountry season. The 1st race in the series is at the Cotswold Farm Park on the 10th October and this will be our 2nd appearance as a club to this scenic course!
Those that have ran during the day will want to reward their achievements of the day so we'll be heading out later on. If you can't run during the day don't worry we still want to see you out in the evening, you've all been training hard over the summer and would be great to see you out on a social..
Location : The Retreat, Suffolk Parade,
Time : 8.00 - 8.30pm, 10th October
Saturday 25th July 2009
"Another great Striders night
out. We managed to cool down with a few chilled drinks after all our
training and racing during June and July" Chris Slade, Social
Secretary
1st Year Anniversary & Awards 30 May 2009
| 1st Year Anniversary & Awards Dinner | 30 May 2009 | Photos |
Christmas meal 20 December 2008
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"I would like to thank Chris Slade, Social
Secretary (and a good friend), for organising the CLC
Striders Christmas meal for us all to enjoy." Brendan Ward, Club
Chairman
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Chris took this role on very recently and has proved to be an asset to the club. Not only is he a nice guy, but he really cares for the club and the wellbeing of its members. Thanks mate, you're a legend!! The Christmas meal was at Zizzi's on 20 December 2008 - over 40 attended.
| Christmas Meal | 20 December 2008 | Photos |