Two members of DK Running Club ran off their Christmas dinner and more on Friday 27th December. Claire Hancox and Samantha Hemming took on the mammoth Sunrise to Sunset Challenge at the Shrewsbury Cycle Track with participants running as far as they can between the hours of sunrise (8.20am) and sunset (4.01pm). Music, food and […]
The rules and fixtures for the DK members only Grand Prix event for 2020 have been released. Click here for the information and various documents.
THE EVENT IS NOW FULL AND NO ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN ON THE DAY. This year’s DK New Year’s Day Handicap will take place on 1st January 2020 at DK Rugby Club, Wall Heath. The race will start from 11am so you have plenty of time to shake off your New Year’s hangover. All you […]
Seven runners from DK Running Club took part in a Turkey Trot in Wolverhampton on Sunday 15th December. The five-mile race started and finished on the track at Aldersley Leisure Village and also took runners round nearby housing estates. There was an unusual treat in store for all finishers: a four and a half kilo […]
The second race of the 2019/20 season, run by the Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League and Midland Women’s Cross Country League, saw a strong turnout by members of DK Running Club at Betley Court Farm, Crewe on Saturday 7 December. In the men’s race Jonathan Pearce was the first DK runner to finish in […]
Over fifty members of DK Running Club travelled to the home of British motor racing today (24th November) to take part in a range of races round the Formula 1 circuit. The Hoops set off from their Wall Heath HQ at 6:30am on Sunday and fielded runners in the half marathon, 10k and 5k races at […]
The start of the cross country running season saw a strong performance by Dudley Kingswinford (DK) Running Club at Coundon Hall Park, Coventry on Saturday 9th November. The Hoops fielded several men’s and women’s teams with all club members running well in difficult wet, muddy and cold conditions. Paula Alder, Helen Bingham, Claire Hancox, Kelly Idoine […]
Photo courtesy of Matt Noke. The streets of Kingswinford were invaded by some athletic ghouls on Halloween night. In what has become an annual tradition, members of DK Running Club donned some seriously spooky fancy dress as they set off on their five-mile training run. Skeletons, werewolves, ghosts, witches and Freddy Krueger pounded the pavements […]
THREE WOMEN from Dudley Kingswinford (DK) Running Club took on one of the UK’s most formidable marathons on Saturday (26th October). Samantha Hemming, Vanessa Harris and Farrah Hunter-Coley travelled to north Wales to represent the Hoops at the Snowdonia Marathon. As icy rain lashed down, the three Black Country athletes set off with over 2,000 […]
Twenty-eight Dudley Kingswinford (DK) Running Club athletes finished strongly in the Almost 8k race in Stourport today (20 October) scooping both the Men’s and Women’s fastest team prizes. Jacqui Elson-Whittaker was the fastest finisher in the 50 plus age group on a challenging route while Jane Campbell came top in the 60 plus age group. […]