Hinckley Running Club is a friendly running and athletics club for children and adults, based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK. Learn more about our club.

Team photo at the Joy Cann 5 race tonight.

HRC Juniors, Seniors & All Sorts competing together at our Quadrathon today. Pic by Rich Guest.

Beer and Bling Night

Saturday 14th July – Social night in town – bring your medals etc. to show them off! Meet in the Railway at 7pm.

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…..
Please share 

-Leanne

Prestwold 10k Post-Race Social

Prestwold 10k Social ????
Sunday 24th June
Meeting at Hansom Cab from 1pm
All welcome ?

Celebrating running, graduating and football ??‍♂️????

Hermitage 10k Entries

Entries for the Hermitage Harriers Carl Rutt Memorial 10k will open at 8:30pm on Thursday 14th June . This will be the 8th race of the 2018 LRRL season.

Entry Link

More Info

At the end of tonight’s training session with Michelle.

HRC on Instagram

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

HRC Newsletter – 23rd May 2018

Dear Club,

LRRL Update, HRC Quadrathon, 100 Lap Challenge, New LRRL Rep, Final Newsletter

LRRL Update
On Sunday 13th May was the Bosworth Half which was the 3rd LRRL race of the year. Great to see 19 HRC members taking part in the tough race on a hot day.

The next LRRL races are:

Sun 27th May – Race 4 – Kibworth 6 – Race full
Sun 3rd June – Race 5 – Swithland 6 – Race full (but places can be transferred)
Sun 24th June – Race 6 – Prestwold 10k – Race full (but places can be transferred)

HRC Quadrathon
A special event coming up on Sunday 8th July at the running track at the Pingles, Nuneaton. 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. A fun day with running, throwing and jumping. To enter see the info here 
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 or visit the facebook event.
New LRRL Rep
The club’s new LRRL Rep on the committee is Chris Langham. Welcome Chris, and thanks to Sarah Garford who did this role for many years.
Dates for your diary
Sunday 27th May – Kibworth 6 (LRRL Race 4)
Sunday 3rd June – Swithland 6 (LRRL Race 5)
Sunday 24th June – Prestwold 10k (LRRL Race 6)
Sunday 1st July – Running For Rainbows 100 Lap Challenge
Sunday 8th July – HRC Quadrathon
(More dates in our Calendar)

Finally… after 16 editions of this Newsletter, I have decided to make this my last one. I have really enjoyed writing them and I hope you have enjoyed receiving them. (If anyone wants to take it over – let me know.) Thanks and see you around!

-Nick

Read past newsletters in the archive.

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)

Kibworth 6 Info & Car Share

The re-arranged Kibworth 6 LRRL race is on 27th May.

IMPORTANT: If you have your race number from either Stilton 7 or Desford 5 you will need to bring it with you again for this one. (This being a “closed” race we are using our own set of numbers and chips.)

Race is full and places can be swapped until 20th May via https://www.evententry.co.uk/kibworth-6

This is the original info from the organisers from March:
https://www.hinckleyrunningclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kibworth-6-clubs-doc.pdf

Car Share:

Meet at old leisure centre carpark (Trinity Vicarage Road – LE10 0BU) 8:30 for 8:45 depart.

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.