Runners from HRC camped overnight at Belvoir Castle for the 24-hour Equinox24 challenge. Participants ran solo, in pairs, or as part of teams, aiming to complete as many laps as possible between 12 noon on Saturday and 12 noon on Sunday. This year, the weather added an extra layer of difficulty, but the team spirit remained strong throughout the event.
Perfect evening for a run up castle street 😆
Well done everyone.
And well done to our new club runners tonight, you smashed it
A mildy-chaotic-as-usual team photo from the Swithland 6 on Sunday. We’ve been treated to good weather for most of the LRRL league races so far! These local road races are inexpensive and open to all senior club members. Our thanks to Birstall Running Club for organising the race.
Juniors vs. Seniors — Your Club needs you in the battle of the 2024 Quadrathon!
Who will run fastest, throw the furthest and jump the greatest distance? Come and join us on Saturday 6th July (12pm — 4pm) at Pingles Stadium in Nuneaton to show the other half of the club who’s best.
It will be a fun day for the whole club and all Senior and Junior members of the club are invited.
The event will be similar to Juniors’ Quadkids events, with all participants taking part in a sprint, long run, long jump and howler throw on a real athletics track.
Everyone will receive a medal and bragging rights will go to the winning team!
The run distances are:
– Sprint: 60m (Year 3 and below), 75m (Year 4-6), 100m (Year 8+ and Adults)
– Long Run: 400m (Year 3 and Below), 600m (Year 4-5), 800m (Year 6-8), 1500m (Year 9+ and Adults)
The event has been arranged to commemorate Sally Zelenczuk, a much loved member of HRC Seniors who died earlier this year of cancer aged just 31. All entry fees for the event will go to Neuroendocrine Cancer UK in her memory.
Special thanks go to Pingles Stadium who have donated the use of the venue for the event free of charge. We look forward to seeing you all there!
TICKETS
Price: £8 per participant.
Click here to buy tickets from the “Store Purchase” option in your HRC member account. CLOSING DATE – 15th JUNE
Log in with the same email that you use when buying/renewing your membership.
Tuesday training this week was in Queens Park. There were plenty of regular faces and we welcomed a couple of newbies who were coming along for the first time to try us out. Here is what the session was, to give a flavour of what our Tuesday “seniors” nights are like:
Session: “The Accelerator”
Session location and time: Queens Park (entrance by The Lawns) @ 6.30pm
What3words ref: ///booster.arose.evoked
Please arrive warmed up and ready to start the session. It’s light now, but you may need something visible for your run home!
If you’ve never done the accelerator, then you are in for a treat! The aim of this session is to try and use all of your running “gears”.
You will start at a 2/10 effort. Each time I blow the whistle, you will increase your speed to the next level, so 3/10, 4/10 etc. until you are sprinting. You will then come back to 1/10 effort (walking) and we will go again.
Don’t worry if you struggle with pacing it the first time round as you get to repeat this 3 times, so plenty of opportunities to practice!
Great turn out tonight despite a slightly blurry location map. Especially well done to those that did Ashby on Sunday and still trained tonight!
Coach Odette
How could I not post this one? Cross country nutters at Grace Dieu 2024…
… and a great turn out from the HRC juniors as at this race.
Well done to you hard core lot who braved the cold tonight
Coach Liz
Lovely to see so many smiling faces considering
Looking back to last month when Hinckley members “took over” the volunteer roles and provided pacers at Hastings High School parkrun. Our storage container in the background contains all our Juniors athletics equipment as well as signs, poles and other paraphenalia for our cross country races. It’s also used by the parkrun team to store kit used every Saturday morning.
Club XC at Bagworth Heath today… it was so, so wet and muddy. Fantastic running from everyone in tough conditions.
Jenny
One picture from today’s Derby 10 mile. We did it 💪💪🎉
Paula
Well done to all the juniors who attended the second sportshall on Saturday. You all did amazing! 💙🤍💙
hinckleyrunningclub.juniors
Applications are now open for this year’s awards.
Application Form — Microsoft Excel version (.xlsx)
Application Form — Apple Numbers version (.numbers)
To apply, download and fill in the application form spreadsheet, and email it to loading...
Please include in the form a few words about your running year — highlights, lowlights or stories — and also attach to the email your favourite running-related photo of yourself from this year. This is for the yearbook and presentation night (see the past yearbooks on the Award Winners page).
The deadline for applications is Midnight on Tuesday, 2nd January 2024. Early entries are encouraged!
For full information, times, and rules see the Standard Times Awards page.
Looking forward to receiving your applications. If you don’t get a reply to your email within 7 days, please contact Nick Moore in case it was not received.
Great turn out on a chilly evening, well done everyone 😊
Coach Liz
