news and updates
Updates, stories and useful information from the club.
18 May 2026 · Lisa Bailey
London did not go the way I’d hoped. I crossed the line in 4:19:40 , a long way off my target of 3:44:40 . By mile six I already knew it wasn’t going to be my day — I felt drained, heavy‑legged, and as if I’d somehow skipped straight to mile twenty‑two. That realisation is horrible. Suddenly the w
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8 April 2026 · Lisa Bailey
I ran the London Marathon in 2006. Back then, 119,000 people applied to run the 26th London Marathon and 47,200 were given a place. In simple terms, for every five applicants, two got in . Looking back, that seems unbelievable.
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18 April 2025 · Lisa Bailey
9 days to go! Never one to turn down an opportunity to run one of the most iconic marathons in the world, I was so excited to be drawn out that hat in December.
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5 March 2025 · Lisa Bailey
We are pleased to announce our donation of £250 to the Cleobury Mortimer Food Bank, a gesture made possible by the success of the club
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3 May 2024 · Ian Steele
Heather Morgan What an experience! What a day! The weeks of training to get there, the hundreds of miles in my legs, the adjustment to fuelling on the go, the anxiety of how to get to the start, the uncertainty about what to wear, the worrying about the queues for the Portaloo’s – all of this seem
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9 April 2024 · Ian Steele
Cleobury Mortimer Running Club has always been important to me, but over the last 14 months, that feeling of community and friendship which the club has given to me has been so wonderful. The icing on the cake came for me at the Christmas Party when Nikki drew my name from the Marathon ballot. Unfor
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13 December 2023 · Ian Steele
It’s a wrap! Well done to all of our runners this season, you have all worked so so hard, kept turning up and always with a smile bringing that unforgettable CMRC energy to each venue. What a year its been for all of our runners, and dedicated support crew too! There has been so many PB’s this
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24 November 2023 · Ian Steele
Part and parcel of many running clubs nationally, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to meet new people, who overtime become friends and much loved members through the mutual love of the sport. Over the last 18 months or so, we have had the company of some new friends who have found a place
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14 November 2023 · Ian Steele
Another much loved local event, we send big thanks to our other neighbours ‘up the way’; Bridgnorth Running Club, for a spectacular Autumn event. Another huge turn out from CMRC! What a superb show for our club, and superb effort round this undulating and tricky course. The course takes a sceni
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29 October 2023 · Ian Steele
Rebecca is one of our long standing CMRC members and is part of husband and wife team often competing in events with partner in crime; Martin. Both the Davey’s are super strong long distance runners with big batteries and a keen lust for adventure….. We caught up with Beccy after she won The Jous
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16 October 2023 · Ian Steele
An unprecedented amount of CMRC members took to the streets of Cardiff for #11 of our Championship Rounds. Roughly over 50 of us were taking part in the 20th Anniversary Principality Half Marathon, and boy was it a sight to behold!
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29 September 2023 · Ian Steele
Roll up roll up, this is Championship Round #10, Worcester 10K. A brilliant turn out every year for a much loved event. Worcester is a beautiful place to be and the 10K always gets the excitement and adrenaline going! Being relatively flat with some minor short inclines back into the town, the rout
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26 September 2023 · Ian Steele
For those of you out there that like a bit of distance, you know - more than 6 or so miles…..Maybe throw in some mad terrain, amazing views, big climbs, sea swimming, cross-bow fishing, a fight with a grizzly bear and a cup of tea halfway round; then read on my dears because one of our Group 4 run l
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7 September 2023 · Ian Steele
CMRC’ers go to Tenbury! ……. It’s actually not that far away, but with the rolling wheat fields, endless views and scorching heat; its easy enough to imagine you’re on the Continent…(though just don’t think about the lack of Olive Trees…!).
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5 August 2023 · Ian Steele
The final of the trio of Fast and Furious rounds at Stourport circuit. Cue that chorus of sighs of relief….. Firstly a huge well done to everyone who took part in these intense rounds at the circuit. Whether you did one, two or all of them don’t forget they are miles in the bank and a great experie
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19 July 2023 · Ian Steele
Championship Round no.7 saw somewhat of an increase in CMRC’ers competing at Stourport Circuit’s 2nd Fast and Furious round. Many of us have been on holiday, or tapering for other events, so the 2nd round of the three mad 5K dashes saw some new faces looking to take on the deceptively undulating cri
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10 July 2023 · Ian Steele
CMRC like many other running and athletics clubs are set up and run solely by volunteers. Every year England Athletics with whom we are affiliated, recognise this necessary and fantastic work by asking for nominations in the following categories: &a
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28 June 2023 · Ian Steele
10/06/2023 saw CMRC’ers take on what is known as Little Switzerland. The ‘Beat the Burway’ is an ancient route with incredible views close to the Shropshire Hills AONB. (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). Small print - unfortunately race day photographs have not been made available by the organ
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10 June 2023 · Ian Steele
Strong winds? Blaring sun? Bit of heat? Ah why not, let’s have all three!
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23 May 2023 · Ian Steele
Pick some shoes, any shoes!!! CMRC members all rocked up in almost synchronised formation for Mortimer Forest Parkrun. What felt like a secret world deep in the trees and nestled into the hillside, Mortimer Forest was an unusually small event to what many of our runners are used to. This made for
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13 May 2023 · Ian Steele
By Run Leader Pauline The beginners’ group is a ten-week course which includes: run coaching, warmup and cool down time, strength and conditioning, and drills. Well, ten weeks seems a long time when you have taken on a new challenge. It is nerve wracking; you don
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6 May 2023 · Ian Steele
By Emma Gittins Turning 40yrs seems BIG!! So what should I do to celebrate it I thought??.......maybe a party?......maybe a girly weekend away...a big holiday?.......NAH ……let’s try running a MARATHON!!! And …I know…. let’s do it in Paris!!! WHAT!!!!!! Why did I choose that?! (I kept thinking a
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5 May 2023 · Ian Steele
by Nikki Edwards who won the CMRC club ballot place. A totally different experience to the first time I ran it. Well, maybe not totally; it was still a very long way… My last report stated how well training was going and that I was looking forward to my last long run with c
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3 May 2023 · Ian Steele
A glimpse of what’s to come? Absolutely! Round 3 saw some incredible performances all round, plenty of PB’s and another fantastic turn out of CMRC members. Photographs and support crew for this round; big thanks to David Alliston, Kate Broome and Andy Weston.
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20 April 2023 · Ian Steele
Sometimes the hardest decision is not to run.
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1 April 2023 · Ian Steele
Huddled together to keep warm at the start line on a grey blustery Sunday morning in March, team CMRC were excited to see what the course had to offer and whether any PB’s could be captured… Many of CMRC had completed Ironbridge Half Marathon in previous years, though this year saw many of us en
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29 March 2023 · Ian Steele
“I hear they sell lovely pastries in Paris” Decision made, Paris Half Marathon it is then. Always a great basis I think for choosing a race. So off we went to Bristol for our flight to Orly, Paris. Being cheaper and less busy than Charles de Gaulle, it was easy, convenient, an
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27 March 2023 · Ian Steele
After running the London Marathon back in 2021 for a charity, I was desperate to have another chance at running it. Training had gone well, I was ready and I was super excited! However, things did not end as planned. It turned out that the ‘cold’ I had was in fact covid and I was pretty ill after th
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25 March 2023 · Ian Steele
We had a great turnout for our first championship race of 2023 on 11th February. with around 70 members taking part in the 5km trail route. The top three finishers were from CMRC and twelve members attained course PBs. Here are the comments from two of our entrants: ‘A sea-of-red with
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19 October 2022 · Ian Steele
My whole London Marathon experience exceeded any expectations I had of both the event and my own ability to run it. I loved the whole weekend, and would say to you all don’t hesitate; enter the ballot and the club ballot; if you are lucky enough to secure a place embrace it for all it has
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3 September 2022 · Ian Steele
London Marathon 2022 Training Update – Dawn Lloyd 2022 was the year I decided to complete a marathon, after watching my friends complete London Marathon last year I felt inspired to take the next step and move from Half Marathon distance up to Marathon. I entered the
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22 June 2022 · Ian Steele
For the 2022 10K race, Cleobury Mortimer Running club is excited to announce the following winners prizes: Male and Female overall prizes: First place - an exclusive winners trophy plus £30 each Second place - an exclusive winners trophy plus £15 each Third place - an exclusive winner
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5 December 2021 · Ian Steele
For Mother’s Day 2021 my daughter bought me a Beginner’s Running Course with Cleobury Mortimer Running Club. I was 67 years old and had never run or participated in any kind of sport since leaving school but during lockdown I had vowed that once we were allowed to go out I would never say no to an
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6 November 2021 · Ian Steele
Well done to Paddy for completing the Virgin London Marathon as the winner of the CMRC club space. Here is his last report of the big day - well done Paddy!
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18 August 2021 · Ian Steele
After gaining my place for the London Marathon with CMRC, I decided I needed to seek some sort of advice to get me through my first marathon. I could no longer wing it anymore, so I sought advice from the fabulous Jo and Andie at RunWell who are able to provide bespoke plans to suit your goals and
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20 December 2019 · Ian Steele
Saturday 14th December was the CMRC Christmas Party and awards presentation with many well deserved awards being presented - well done everyone! This year, awards went to the following members: Championships Over 40 Male Category 1st - Matthew Bailey 2nd - Paul Scott 3rd - Ade Ford
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17 June 2019 · Ian Steele
Swarms of red runners descended upon the Severn Valley Country Park in Alverley, Shropshire last Sunday from Cleobury Mortimer Running Club to compete in the 5km Severn Valley Trail Run, sweeping the prizes and dominating the results by claiming the top 7 spots. There was an excellent turnout of 34
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12 May 2019 · Ian Steele
A fantastic day out in the sun at Hereford today where over 25 CMRC club members took part in the St Michael
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10 May 2019 · Ian Steele
Huge amounts of good luck to Vicki Hulme, one of CMRC’s members, who is just starting the legendary Brathay 10in10 challenge. Vicki is just 1 of 17 entrants planning to run 10 marathons in 10 days around Lake Windemere in the Lake District in aid of the Brathay Trust, in a race that’s described as
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29 April 2019 · Ian Steele
Well done to everyone on a fantastic weekend of club racing and supporting, covering 10k, Half Marathon and Full Marathon distances! As a club we raced at the Hagley 10K , the Virgin London Marathon and the Stratford Half Marathon including our Club London Marathon winner Netty Colley . Very
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26 April 2019 · Ian Steele
All the best of luck to Netty Colley who won the CMRC entry place into the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday. Netty’s name was chosen at random at the CMRC Christmas Party last year and after getting over the initial excitement, she has been in training ever since Read her update below as she gets
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12 March 2019 · Ian Steele
CMRC is extremely proud to announce that one of our members, Lindsay Pulley, has been selected to represent England in his VM80 category at the Birmingham 10K in May 2019. We are all inspired by Lindsay and wish him huge amounts of luck in his race. WELL DONE LINDSAY!!
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11 March 2019 · Ian Steele
CMRC are pleased to announce that we have three additional run leaders joining the team of coaches and leaders. Helen Morris, Ben Parkes and Sian Powell are all existing members of CMRC who have recently completed their Leadership in Running Fitness (LiRF) course. All three are keen runn
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3 March 2019 · Ian Steele
Today was our second CMRC championship race of the season. So many amazing performances from everyone, and lots of PBs achieved! Thank you to our friends Worcester Pitchcroft parkrun for making us so welcome. Well done everyone !
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