A charity fun run in which participants dress up as elves is returning to Bradley Stoke on Sunday 4th December following a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Organised by members of North Bristol Running Group, the 6km Mental ‘Elf Run starts from Meadowbrook Primary School and takes in parts of the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve.
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After having to take a 2-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, North Bristol Running Group will be starting a new ‘Couch to 5k’ course from February. The course will be held on Friday evenings, with ‘homework’ nights on a Wednesday evening. It starts on 4th February and will take place at Bradley Stoke Community School, commencing at 6.30pm.
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Sunday 1st December saw North Bristol Running Group hosting a fun run in aid of the Mental Health Foundation. The 6km Mental Elf Run started and finished at Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School. The route took runners through the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve up to Primrose Bridge, where ‘The North Pole’ was the halfway point, and back again. Participants
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Back in October, on a cold, dark, Friday evening, just over 30 local residents joined members of North Bristol Running Group (NBRG) to begin their journey to become runners. Week by week, working in small groups, supported and encouraged by a team of experienced runners, the group increased their fitness and stamina. This was achieved by following a routine of
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On a cold, dark November evening, Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre was turned green by the ever-growing numbers of the popular North Bristol Running Group (NBRG). The group had gathered together to celebrate five years of running in the community, and friends, families and runners met together for a slice of celebratory cake, a group photo and, of course,
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Many members of our community have taken up running over the past few years and enjoy the health and wellbeing benefits that often come with increasing your fitness and spending time in the great outdoors. North Bristol Running Group (NBRG) is once again offering its popular ‘Couch to 5k’ course from October, and over a period of eight weeks will
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North Bristol Running Group (NBRG) is once again offering its popular beginners’ course, starting on Friday of this week. The course will run for eight weeks and support you to reach the goal of completing a 5km (3.1 mile) run or jog by the time you graduate at a local parkrun (even if you have never run before!). The course
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Members of Bradley Stoke based North Bristol Running Group (NBRG) have helped celebrate a noteworthy sporting achievement by one of their most enthusiastic supporters. Richard Nuell completed his one-hundredth half marathon in a race in Stroud on Sunday 23rd October and members of NBRG were on hand to cheer him along and share a post-race cake. The lifelong runner is
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The Little Stoke parkun on 19th March saw a record turnout from members of Bradley Stoke based North Bristol Running Group (NBRG), including many “graduates” from the group’s recent ‘Couch to 5k’ course that had started on 29th January. ‘Couch to 5k’ is a beginners’ programme that the group runs two or three times a year. It involves exercises and
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By Moira de Groot of North Bristol Running Group (NBRG). Thanks to the efforts of Alan and Sheila Wilcox and their band of helpers, ‘running fever’ is spreading around Bradley Stoke at a great pace. A fabulous team of runners, dressed in the new North Bristol Running Group green kit, took part in the Bradley Stoke Festival 10k on Sunday
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