Bourton Roadrunners' Members' Library

With the Jersey trip having been such a massive success, the sister island Guernsey is now looking favourite for the club trip in 2012. With the event being held on the weekend of 25th/26th August, it gives everyone the chance to enjoy the Olympic Games and be further inspired to come along and race in a new location. Please check-out the attached information sheet and let Steve Edwards know if your might be interested by 9th December at the latest.

We are collating the data to enable us to build a member-focused library, recording club records, competition winners and a 'hall of fame', recording the many representative honours that club members have achieved since the club was formed. At the time of writing we are trying to locate the official record book.

We have a few new additions to our Club Kit range; take a look at the photos.

Catch up on our recent race reports and the back-library of reports.

We are building a library of club newletters and past results from our club races.   Our latest newsletter, the Christmas 2011 special, is available as a PDF (portable document files) to download.  We have transferred the Newsletter library of back-issues to a separate page to make it easier for you to select the one you want.

If you do not already have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is used to read these files, the latest version is available for free at:

Team Nutrition. Steve Edwards has negotiated with Team Nutrition on behalf of Bourton Roadrunners' members a 15% discount on orders of its natural-based nutrition and hydration products. We are able to obtain this discount (and possibly avoid postage & packing) by ordering via Steve, who will seek to 'bulk' orders on our behalf.

Team Nutrition has a considerable pedigree, having developed products for a number of major sporting events, including the 2000 and 2004 Olympic games. Read about the product range and deal on offer and download a price list (which shows the full retail prices). If you have any queries please feel free to discuss these with , who has considerable experience of the product range and their benefits.

We are starting to put together a comprehensive members' photo library, representing the activities, achievements and history of Bourton Roadrunners. If you are able to contribute to this photographic collection please let us know. In the meantime, visit the library and enjoy what we have made available.

Further to the recently reported achievements of Norm Lane and Chris Bence in their marathon majors quest, Steve Edwards was formally presented with his certificate the Guinness World Record. Steve was very happy to concede the marathon majors record to his fellow club members , as he was a little busy setting another record at the time! See the photo below.

The November 2011 edition of e-Inspire is worth a look, featuring “Coaching Education”.

Keep in touch with the top UKA events, athletics news and ticket sales, by reviewing their Trackside newsletter.

What's happening in the world of ultras? Read the January 2012 edition of Ultra News. Steve Smith and Trinity Booth were crowned as the 9bar UK ULTRArace Champions of 2011 at the Nottingham ULTRA. Read their stories.

Take a look at Althletics Weekly’s e-Zine. This edition is an 84-page special containing in-depth reports and results from the IAAF World Championships in Daegu.

The Active Network delivers integrated technology solutions, marketing services and online media properties that encourage and enable participation in activities and events. Subscribe to their newsletter.

For those of you wishing to track the progress of Dr Kate Evans, who heads the charity Elephants for Africa, can read the latest edition of their newsletter - Elephant Tails - or read their blog. Kate and her partner Simon trained with us last year, mainly through the cold winter months pior to emigrating to Botswana, are currently experiencing high temperatures and are longing for the rains! As they note, it is not only the humans that feel it, the elephants are all looking a little skinny and a little hot under the collar, the rains will bring the fresh grasses they need to bulk up again.

Current Matters

Dates for your diary:
Check-out the “Other Races” page for details of the Gloucestershire Cross Country League and Championship race dates.

Read about the Bud Baldaro training evening organised specially for Bourton Roadrunners, at Cheltenham's Prince of Wales stadium. There is a nice selection of photos too.

The final position for the Club’s Competitions for 2011 is available.

Steve Edwards reaches 500 marathons, and a step nearer his long-term challenge of achieving 500 sub-3:30 marathons by 2012. Steve hopes to establish the blistering world record by April/ May 2012. This will require one every 12-13 days through to May 2012!

The Members' Library is designed to supplement the highly successful and informative Club Newsletter.   If you would like to influence what we display here please let me know.

We have transferred the Newsletter library of back-issues to a separate page to make it easier for you to select the one you want.