Where to find races?

[Clarmurs]

Still on week 6 but wanting to plan beyond graduation. Can anyone tell me how to find out about races or other events to take part in locally?

[rmnsuk Graduate]

runningbug is one place. I just used it to enter a run in Worcester!. There must be others.

[Dunder2004 Graduate in reply to rmnsuk]

I use the running bug too:

therunningbug.co.uk/events/...

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to Dunder2004]

Great, thanks

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to rmnsuk]

Thanks, I'll Google it

[no-excuse Graduate]

The running mags have races listed. I found that speaking to people at parkrun helps, there's always someone running a race somewhere and also maybe joining a local running group if there is one near you. Mine has put me in the know for loads of them x 😀

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to no-excuse]

What's park run?

[rmnsuk Graduate in reply to Clarmurs]

google it to find if there's one near you. It's a timed 5k run in local parks all over the country and free. I live in a semi-rural backwater and there are 350 people do it each week.

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to rmnsuk]

Brilliant, I will. Thanks

[no-excuse Graduate in reply to Clarmurs]

Yes, what rmnsuk said, it isn't a race it's a timed run, you register on-line and print off a barcode which you take with you each week. This is scanned after the run to establish your time. I am lucky and have 3 within 20 min drive. They are for all abilities. Once you register you can run at any of them. Once you get talking to others it leads to all-sorts, or at least it did with me. Good luck x 😊

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to no-excuse]

Thanks, I've had a look and there are several near me so will give it a go after I graduate. A timed run will probably suit me best to start with while I build up stamina and strength

[MarkyD Graduate]

I tend to use the Runners World site:

runnersworld.co.uk/events/

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to MarkyD]

I'll have a look, thanks

[Pamchopslim Graduate]

Hey Clarmurs have you seen posts about podcasts for speed and stamina etc post graduation. Def gonna look at these if they are appropriate! Funny I was thinking about post graduation having finished week five and peeking at six earlier 😃

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to Pamchopslim]

Well done for finishing week 5, how did you find the 29 min run? No I've not seen the podcasts for speed and stamina, can you point me in the right direction? I'm just home from doing w6r2 thought I was dying while I was running the second 10 min but when I finished I realised I'd run a lot faster than before

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to Clarmurs]

Oops typo, I meant 20 min run

[Pamchopslim Graduate in reply to Clarmurs]

Lol! Darned autocorrect . Was thinking blimey only did 20! Went really well thanks chuffed to bits! I haven't investigated only noticed people posting about these post grad programmes! Well done for week 6 run 2!

[Clarmurs Graduate in reply to Pamchopslim]

Thanks, I'm pretty nervous about run 3, I found 20 min hard so don't know how I'll manage 25 but going to give it a good go