After weeks of training, the magnificent 7 delivered in style this weekend.

With Stuart running in the Vienna marathon and Ian, Owen, Susan, Davide, Sean and Harvey running in the London marathon it was a super busy weekend for club runners.

Sounds nuts doesn’t it? Let me convince you…

An Ultra Marathon is basically any distance over a Marathon, but your starting Ultra is 50km (that’s  about 31 miles).  So why would you want to run even further than a Marathon? Because it’s a completely different event.

This race report has been kindly sponsored by Howden Insurance.

I am sure that there are corny expressions about speed/pace not mattering so long as you complete the distance or enjoy the journey. Was it Confucius or some cheesy motivational quote I saw on Pinterest? Either way try telling this to the 11 members of the Farnham Town Running Club who achieved a PB at the Fleet Half Marathon. Quite an achievement bearing in mind that this number is almost half of the 23 members who started the race.

Running is a great leveller. It's a place where everyone faces their own physical and mental challenges and where anyone can thrive.

I took part in the Balwin Sport Jeppe 10km race with my older brother, Adam. I'm glad I chose the 10k race over the half marathon because I totally underestimated running at 5,700ft above sea level and the African heat – I also wasn’t quite ready for a half!

Just a month after the success of many of our runners at Farnborough half, which feels like yesterday, here we were again with yet another fun filled event with plenty of runners in attendance. With not much change in weather temperatures being zero degrees and starting the day at 6am with plenty of comments “it’s soooo soooo cold” we had limited choice of warm clothing due to the very small race bag! We were soon in the underground having to get the body prepared for what’s to come! Despite this shivering feeling, it was soon warmed up by the positive crowd boosting the energy to complete the 6.2 miles task ahead. 

This year at Farnham Town Running club we had so much to celebrate with all of our runners putting in fantastic performances at Farnborough Half 2024

Wow, what a weekend of running some of our members have had. We were represented at The Royal Parks Half Marathon and also The Bournemouth Half Marathon. While some jetted off for The Chicago Marathon. Well done Sharon, Stuart, Kat and Owen.

This weekend we saw a number of runners taking part in the Wellesley 10K. This is a really nice flat trail run around Wellesley Woodland and Basingstoke Canal towpath.

Well done to all those that took place, especially to Chris, Jack, Kim, Krissy, Jenny and Rachel who all achieved a personal best at this distance.

A really busy weekend of events for Team FTRC.

A good turnout joined the local Pilgrims half and full marathon and well done all who ventured out on the beautiful local trails in hot weather.

FTRC does Elstead Village Marathon! What a great event and nice and cool for a change! Well done everyone

There is something rather special about running with friends through the lamp lit woods on a trail run at 3am in the morning.

This weekend 26 club runners/campers took part in Endure 24. This is a 24 hour event where teams, pairs and solos' complete as many laps as possible of an 8k woodland loop in 24 hours. Over 3,000 enter and it is probably our most enjoyable event of the year. Some take it seriously and some take the camping seriously.

Friends, running, camping, wood fires and food and beer, what more could you need.

Our running club is all about the friendly community and this event is perfect fit for us. Enjoying the running whilst having fun with friends

Well done to our FTRC members who completed the first of the Yateley 10k Series yesterday evening. It was warm out there but that didn’t stop these guys bringing home PBs, placements and medals all round!