Entries by Carol Austin

Berlin delight for Wraight and Kipchoge!

Despite a string of injuries hampering her preparation, Vicki Wraight was pleased to finish the BMW Berlin marathon on Sunday, one of the Marathon majors.  She completed the 26.2 miles […]

AVRs make a splash at the Honiton Hippo

Eleven AVRs took on the  Honiton Hippo; a tough, hilly off-road challenge of more than 7 miles with many river crossings to navigate. Eleanor Wood was an impressive third female […]

Frost smashes PB at Great North

Matt Frost competed at Sunday’s Great North Run, a half-marathon starting in Newcastle and finishing along the seafront in South Shields.  Matt finished in an excellent 1:23.20, 450th, a huge […]

GRIZZLY 2022:  DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES

The 2022 Grizzly will take place on Sunday 6 March 2022.  There will be a full (c20mile) and Cub (c9mile) race as usual.     Entries will open around September […]

Sid Valley Half and a 100m bike ride

On Sunday Richard Jackson completed the Sid Valley Ring half marathon finishing 25th out of 177 in 2hours 14 min. The course followed the newly created Sid Valley Ring walking […]

Club runs return

With effect from 12 April, official club runs returned in accordance with the England Athletics and Sport England’s “return to play” guidance. All runs must be pre-booked with club leaders. […]

Virtual Ekiden3 – success for AVR

Eight AVR teams took part in last weekend’s third virtual Ekiden marathon relay organised by City Runs. Three teams won their age group with many more individual success stories as […]

Club Runs Suspended

Following the Government announcement of a third national lockdown all club runs are suspended with immediate effect. Members are reminded that within the new guidance we may leave our homes […]

AVR AWARDS GO VIRTUAL

With the Covid restrictions still in place the club was unable to hold an awards evening. However that minor detail wasn’t going to stop us! Following a record number of […]