Club news

167 Redway Runners donned the now famous bright green shirt and took part in the MK Winter Half Marathon on 13 December.  Ben Fairhall (pictured below) celebrated his birthday by coming 2^nd overall in the race with a superb personal best time of 1.11.31.  Ben’s wife Philippa also ran a personal best of 2.05.08 so quite a day for the Fairhall family!  First Redway Runner lady home was Camilla Meakins in a very impressive 1.29.56.  At the other end of the running scale 17 of the clubs “Zero to Hero” Group took a massive step towards their first marathon in May 2016 by doing their first ever half marathon.  Many congratulations to Stephanie Dutton, Danny Welford, Bill Collins, Sam Barry, Annette Wadsworth, Bali Turner, Natalie Smart, Wendy McConnell, Layla Morrison, Amanda Holland, Darren Klein, Aimee Purnell-Willett, Constance Hobbs and Paul Cobbet, Sarah Woodruff, Ashley Flanagan and Glynis Wiles for completing this major milestone.  Personal bests were recorded by many Redway Runners, including Helen Whalley, Sarah Lawrence, Paul Hull, Sam Bates, Elaine Wells, Suzanne Sharp, Helen Wiggins, Sharon Vallance-Kirby, Pet Hedges, Jo Crisp, Paul Newton, Adam Sharman, Nicole Clarke, Lindsay O’Kane, Amanda Clark, Simon Read, Paul Mizon, Steve Burlace, Hannah Watkins Connelly, Warwick Payne and mother and son Ali and Nathan Rutherford.    Well done to everyone who took part.  Redway Runners have a number of 8 week Beginner’s Courses starting in January – please see redwayrunners.com for details and to sign up.