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Thursday 7th September 2017 SH (Editor)

[Letter] Running in support of mental health

I’m 46 and have been a resident of Bradley Stoke for the last 22 years. I will be taking part in the 2018 Virgin London Marathon following a successful application for a charity place in the team for the Mental Health Foundation. Promoting mental health awareness is something that I feel very passionate about, and personal experience has highlighted the

Blind runner Chris Blackabee competing in the 2016 Budapest Marathon with his guide Colin Johnson.

Tuesday 7th March 2017 SH (Editor)

Local runner pulls out all the stops to help visually impaired access his sport

Blind and partially-sighted people across Bristol are being offered help in taking up the sport of running, thanks to the efforts of a Bradley Stoke resident. Colin Johnson, a member of Westbury Harriers and a keen runner for over ten years, has organised a ‘Couch to 5k’ training course aimed specifically at blind and visually impaired people. The course, which

Members of Sole Sisters Running Club on a Christmas-themed training run.

Sunday 8th January 2017 SH (Editor)

Get running with Sole Sisters in the new year!

The Sole Sisters beginners’ course is ideal for any ladies who want to start running, but don’t know how to begin. Three times each year (each course has a limit of 45 people for ‘health & safety’ reasons) we offer a training course for women who wish to start running, have never run before or are returning after a long

Richard Nuell (back row, centre) celebrates with friends from North Bristol Running Group after completing his 100th half marathon. Richard reached his record by completing the Stroud Half Marathon on 23rd October 2016.

Wednesday 30th November 2016 SH (Editor)

Local runner’s century of half marathons

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

Members of North Bristol Running Group join graduates of the group's recent 'Couch to 5k' course at the Little Stoke parkrun on 19th March 2016.

Friday 8th April 2016 SH (Editor)

‘Couch to 5k’ participants graduate at parkrun

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

Approaching the finish line in the Bradley Stoke 10k Run 2015.

Monday 8th February 2016 SH (Editor)

Entries open for 2016 Bradley Stoke 10k Run

Entries have now opened for the 2016 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 5th June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Organised by local ladies-only running club Sole Sisters, the race starts and finishes at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road, where there will also be free car parking, showers, toilets and

Members of Sole Sisters, the north Bristol ladies-only running club.

Friday 8th January 2016 SH (Editor)

Sole Sisters can get you running – Beginners’ course starts Monday

Karen Gaman of Sole Sisters ladies-only north Bristol running club writes: The Sole Sisters Beginners’ Course is ideal for any ladies who want to start running, but don’t know how to begin. Three times each year, we offer a training course for women who wish to start running, have never run before or are returning after a long period of

Members of North Bristol Running Group prior to the start of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run on Sunday 7th June.

Tuesday 21st July 2015 SH (Editor)

‘Running fever’ spreading in Bradley Stoke

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

Participants in North Bristol Running Group's 'school run' prepare to set off from Bradley Stoke Surgery.

Tuesday 28th April 2015 SH (Editor)

Local group’s ‘couch to 5km’ course attracts more than 50 new runners

By Moira de Groot of North Bristol Running Group (NBRG). What an exciting month April is! The sun is shining, it is lighter and brighter and we are seeing more and more enthusiastic athletes out and about. Some of our runners are training for marathons and other challenges, whilst our first group of Couch to 5km runners (now the Improvers’

Photo showing participants of a North Bristol Running Group beginners' course.

Tuesday 17th March 2015 SH (Editor)

Beginners’ running course: From couch to 3 miles in 8 weeks!

By Moira de Groot of North Bristol Running Group (NBRG). What a huge success the Beginners’ Course has been at the North Bristol Running Group! Despite the icy, wintry conditions, Alan and Sheila Wilcox have supported over 30 new runners on Wednesday and Friday evenings to learn how to run. Their goal was to run the parkrun in Little Stoke