News

General news and announcements.

Tuesday Training – 11 Sep

RUGBY ROAD LAY-BY LOOPS
Working in 3’s as ABC 2 Laps on one lap off.
Depart from LC at 6:30pm or meet at lay-by (top of Rugby Rd just before the roundabout for the Sketchley grange turn) for a 6:45pm start

-Jenny

Presidents Shield Update – 17 Aug 2018

As some of you may know, each year we award a presentation called the Presidents Shield. This is Presented by our very own esteemed Club President, Geoff Oliver.

It is awarded to HRC members, individually for men and women, and is based on their age graded times for each LRRL race.

So as to make it harder for those among you who are gifted at math I have only given the results as far as the Joy Cann 5 race.

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New Beginners Groups Start Wed 27th June

7 days to go…

Hinckley All Sorts 
Beginners and intermediate running group
New groups start Wednesday 27th June 
Beginners 6:30pm
Intermediates 7:30pm

£2 per session
Meet outside Hinckley Leisure Centre ??

More info…..
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-Leanne

HRC on Instagram

Hinckley Running Club is now on Instagram so check it out!

HRC Quadrathon

Special event coming up! Shawn Wilebore has been hard at work putting this together.

Think of it as a sports day for the club. The idea is to bring all parts of the club together – all sorts, juniors and the seniors club.

  • When: Sunday 8th July 11am
  • Where: Pingles Stadium, Nuneaton
  • Price: £6.50

Entry is in advance –  cash, or cheque to “Hinckley Running Club Juniors” which you can bring along to training nights.

Download & print the entry form below. We will have forms available at training nights too.

→ ENTRY FORM (PDF)

Club 5k Time Trial – Tuesday 22d May

We will be holding the biannual club 5k time trial this coming Tuesday and it is open to all members.
The start and finish will be at the usual place at Logix Park (see map).

Meet at the Leisure Centre 6:30 departure as normal, or down at the start.

Tuesday Training – 8 May

Hansom Cab/Hungry Horse Loops
20mins of ABC’s doing 2 laps on 1 lap off then for the last 10mins switch to solo Fartlek work around the loop followed by a cool down drink in the pub for anyone who fancies it
6:30 depart from LC or 6:40 start from near the hansom cab entrance

Coach: Jenny

Rainbows 100 Lap Challenge

HRC has been invited again to take part in the Rainbows 100 Lap Challenge. This year is is on Sunday July 1 11:00 at Saffron Lane athletics track. We need a team of 20 to collectively run 100 laps as a relay (so 5 laps of 400m each). Entry fee of £5. If you would like to take part please let Céline know.

Swithland 6 Entries

The Swithland 6 Race is on Sun 3rd June 2018.

Entries will open 8:30pm on this Tuesday, 10th April. Entry link is: https://www.evententry.co.uk/birstall-running-club-swithland-6

This will be the 5th LRRL league race of the season. A popular and very nice 6 mile course. Hope to see another great turnout, all members of the club invited and encouraged to enter. The limit is 750 entries.

More info: http://www.birstallrc.org.uk/Swithland.html

Livingston Relays

The Livingston Relays are back in 2018 on Sunday, April 29th in Braunstone park!
It would be great to enter a few HRC teams. Please let Céline know if you are interested.

Car Share for Desford 5

To car share for the race, meet from 9am at the old leisure centre car park (Trinity Vicarage Lane LE10 0BU) for setting off by 9:15.

For those who have not done one of our car shares before, parking is free all day on Sundays so you can leave your own car there.
If you don’t have a car it’s OK just pop along, there are always plenty of spaces and someone will be happy to get you to the race and back.

ALSO Bike ride courtesy of Stephen Penney… there is a group going to meet at 8.50am and leave at 9.00am from the old leisure centre car park calling by Barwell centre at 9.15am. Everyone is welcome to join in…