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Our coach Chris Hollinshead is a level 4 UKA endurance coach with over 30 years of working with runners at all levels, from complete beginners to British Masters Champions.
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Castle Coaching Fitness
Run by Chris Hollinshead, UKA level 4 coach and England Athletics tutor, over 20 years of experience
Huge #medalmonday congratulations to Ann Robinson who completed her first marathon yesterday by running the Manchester Marathon.![]()
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All those long runs in the wet and windy winter laid the foundations for Ann’s achievement yesterday. Well done Ann you are now a marathon runner 👏👏👏![]()
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Next week it’s the turn of Malcolm and Emma on the streets of London![]()
#manchester #manchestermarathon #marathon #marathonrunner #marathonrunning #thisgirlcan #thisgirlcanrun #mastersrunner #mastersrunning #runner #running #marathoncoach
Huge #medalmonday congratulations to Ann Robinson who completed her first marathon yesterday by running the Manchester Marathon.![]()
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All those long runs in the wet and windy winter laid the foundations for Ann’s achievement yesterday. Well done Ann you are now a marathon runner 👏👏👏![]()
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Next week it’s the turn of Malcolm and Emma on the streets of London![]()
#manchester #manchestermarathon #marathon #marathonrunner #marathonrunning #thisgirlcan #thisgirlcanrun #mastersrunner #mastersrunning #runner #running #marathoncoach
Would anyone of our running friends be able to help with the following:![]()
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An athlete has approached me who is running a major city marathon this month. The athlete has an hearing impairment and asks whether anyone knows if there is something they can purchase to attach to their back to alert other runners. They want other runners to be aware that they may not respond to information directed at them from the rear.![]()
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Please post up or message me direct.
Last night I was invited to be the guest coach at Ashbourne Running Club and I throughly enjoyed working with everyone. I have delivered a number of sessions at the club over the years but this was my first visit since Covid. A big thank you to Harvey Murray Smith for organising the night.![]()
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In true fashion it did not stay dry but at least I was able to entertain the runners with a rendition of The Eurythmics “Here comes the rain again” during the warmup ☔️🤣![]()
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The group remained active with a RAMP warm up followed by some long interval repetitions in and around Ashbourne Park. Who would have thought on the last repetition the return section uphill could be run faster then the out downhill section? 😃 Excellent work everyone 👏👏![]()
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I also now have a greater understanding of Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football (mob football) which has been played since 1667. Thanks Harvey for the history lesson![]()
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I look forward to seeing everyone when I return on the 7th May.
It is not so much medal Monday for me these days but survival Sunday 😂. After a very stop/start 2024 due to injury and illness it was so nice just to be out racing again. The race I chose was the Keith Hall Memorial 10k, a race in Thorney near Peterborough in glorious Fenland. Well what a gem of a race it was:![]()
Closed roads ✅![]()
Well organised ✅![]()
Friendly marshals ✅![]()
Put on by a local running club ✅![]()
Excellent post race cakes 😋✅![]()
Absolutely superb and a huge thanks to everyone at Thorney Running Club for putting on such a fabulous event 👏👏![]()
I finished 24th and 2nd M55 in 38:10 which these days is amazing. ![]()
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It was also great to catch up with Claire Ashton and members of BRJ Run and Tri . Claire ran her fastest 10k for many years with 52:17, which was even more impressive in view of the 15mph head wind over the last 3 miles! Well done Claire 💪💪👏👏
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