📰 March News📰 

Hello, it’s Gemma here! 👋As part of helping out with the socials, I’m going to give our monthly newsletter a crack so let’s recap another very busy month for the club!

Firstly, our annual club race is now available to book via Run Britain! Here’s the full details:

🗓 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
📌 Lytham Close, Thamesmead
🏃🏿‍♀️ 5K and 10K options available. Start time 9am.
👪 Plus the return of our Family 1 Mile fun run! Start time 10am.
🏅 Entry includes a finishers medal, chip timing and photos

You can book your place now at: https://englandathletics.sport80.com/.../wizard/e/29496/home

A further Save the Date has been announced with the Thamesmead Festival taking place on 02/08/25. If any club members would like to help on the day, please contact Sarah.

It’s been another busy month for races with TRC being represented at another two races abroad. Ana and Aoibheann raced in their second Super Half, ticking off Lisbon Half Marathon and Shelley, Kristen and Lola completed the Paris Half Marathon.

Also outside of English borders, Yat toured to Scotland and ran Holyrood parkrun followed by embracing Scottish cuisine with Haggis, tatties and neeps. He reports they are nice, but to just not look at the ingredients 😀

In other parkrun news, Will continued his tour streak with visiting Mile End, Foots Cray Meadows, Walthamstow, The Leas and Ingrebourne Hill. Yat also toured to Poole parkrun and joined Victoria Docks for their 7th parkrun birthday. Meanwhile, Gemma started a volunteer touring streak with volunteering at Swanley, Hoblingwell and Gunpowder parkruns.

This month also saw some of our club members go on their first ever running retreat. Rachel, Patty, Ana, Kathryn, Aoibheann and Gemma escaped to the Suffolk countryside for a weekend of running the trails, yoga, firepit chats and even some hot/cold therapy!

Our beginner’s group is nearing the end of their 13-week course; they are doing incredible and are now up to running 25 minutes continuously. Their 5K graduation run will be on 12th April!

Last month we shared that we are trying to grow our online presence. This is going strong with a growth in followers, accounts reached and engagement. If you haven’t already, please follow the club at:

Instagram: @runthamesmead

Facebook: Thamesmead Running Club

Finally, Sarah shared how there is a huge national shortage for blood of all types and even if just half of the club’s members donated blood we could help save 139 lives. How amazing would that be? If you could spare 1-hour to donate blood, please book your slot at www.blood.co.uk.

🎉 March things to celebrate🎉

Simon PB'd at Thames Path parkrun ⏱️

Liam PB'd at Sutcliffe parkrun ⏱️

Yat PB'd when visiting Poole  parkrun ⏱️

Will celebrated his 150th parkrun at Ingrebourne Hill 🎉

Leanne, Natasha, Sarah, Lara and Emma ran the Brighton Half Marathon 🏅

Emma got a new Half Marathon PB at Brighton Half Marathon ⏱️

Liam, Andrew and Will ran the Runthrough Dartford Half Marathon 🏅

Andrew managed pacing perfection as the Sub-2hr Pacer at the Dartford Half 🎉

Kathryn and Shelley celebrated International Women’s Day at Runthrough’s new Women’s 5K and 10K race 🏅

Shelley, Kristen and Lola ran the Paris Half Marathon 🏅

Ana and Aoibheann ticked off another Super Half with Lisbon… just 4 more Super Half’s to go ladies! 👏

Patty ran the Granite Way 10 miler in Okehampton 🏅

Patty and Andrew run the 25K Camino Ultra 🏅

Ana and Patty were both pacers at the Olympic Park 5K and 10K 🏅

Liam ran the Liverpool Half Marathon and got a new Half Marathon PB⏱️

Simon took on the crazy challenge of Rasselbock’s Backyard Ultra and ran into the night, completing an incredible 16 yards (laps) which equates to over 66 miles! 🎉

Tony won the March challenge with Yat’s cryptic clues👏

⭐️Runner of the Month ⭐️

Congratulations this month goes to Natasha for running her first ever half marathon in Brighton 😀🏅👏

If you think that was a busy month, we are fast approaching marathon season with a number of our club members taking on marathons across April and May. They have all been doing amazing with their training and we can’t wait to cheer them on! We wish you all the best of luck!