Club News...

The 'Run'down - 1st July 2025

The main events this week were the return of the Leicestershire Road Running League for the Steve Morris 5, the start of the Holme Pierrepont Grand Prix and some pretty impressive parkruns.

The 'Run'down - 23 June 2025

It was the hottest, most humid and quietest racing weekend of the year so far.

The 'Run'down - 16 June 2025

Your headline news this week is that Barrow have retained the 3 Club Challenge Trophy! We stormed to victory on Tuesday night, with 53 club members taking part and donning the Barrow colours.

The 'Run'down - 9 June 2025

We are in the thick of it now, with very little time for resting between races.

The 'Run'down - 3 June 2025

The vests saw heavy use this week, with West End 8 on Sunday and Rothley 10k on Tuesday.

The 'Run' down - 26th May 2025

This week's big event was undoubtedly the debut of the Watermead 10k on the Leicestershire Road Running League calendar, hosted by the Barrow Runners!

The 'Run'down - 19 May 2025

UTS Snowdonia 50k, Eyams Half Marathon, Nottingham Outlaw Half Triathlon and lots of lovely parkruns this weekend.

The 'Run'down - 12 May 2025

The fourth race of the LRRL took part this week at the Bosworth Half Marathon, with an impressive 28 Barrow Runners turning out for the club. This resulted in Gold standard runs from Matt King and Ian Robinson.

The RUNdown - 05 May 2025

Welcome readers to this weeks Rundown! The club focus was primarily on the Livingston Relays, that being the first race of the Barrow Runners Summer Championship this year.

The RUNdown - 27 April 2025

On this glorious weekend, twenty-nine fabulous Barrow Runners were on the start line of a marathon, one ran a half marathon and we had the usual multitude of parkruns.

The RUNdown - 21 April 2025

A quiet weekend, with just one triathlon result to add to the usual bucketful of parkrun times.

The 'Run' down - 14th April 2025

The Leicestershire Road Running League season continued this week with the Stilton 7. Elsewhere, Barrow Runners competed in races as far afield as Paris, Leuven and (the other) Boston.

The 'Run'down - 7 April 2025

The LRRL was back for race number 2 this week, with the resurrected Desford 6. An impressive 24 Barrow Runners represented the club, with age category wins for Kirsty Hillier and Andrea Winkless.

The 'Run'down - 31 March 2025

It's been a quieter week, but there's still plenty to celebrate!

The 'Run'down - 24 March 2025

It was an action-packed weekend with a club championship event and the couch to 5k graduation on Saturday, as well as two twenty-milers and a singular 10k on Sunday.

The 'Run'down - 17th March 2025

This week saw a plethora of parkruns and the start of the Leicestershire Road Running League season at Kibworth.

The 'Run'down - 10 March 2025

Some half marathons, lots of parkruns and a fabulous send off for our Cross Country Captain, Andrew Price, at the Bosworth XC this weekend.

The 'Run'down - 3 March 2025

This week was more about the cake than the running, with an array with goodies on offer at the Belvoir Challenge (not to mention the apple crumble and custard at the finish)! A group of Barrow Runners completed the 15 mile option on a sunny morning.

The RUNdown - 24 February 2025

This weekend saw a packed schedule of racing for many Barrow Runners with plenty of parkrun action on Saturday and the Ravenstone Cross Country, Leicestershire Half Marathon and Bath "Two Tunnels" Half Marathon on Sunday.

The RUNdown - 17 February 2025

This week's RUNdown celebrates two age category victories in trail races and several PBs and achievements at parkrun.

The RUNdown - 10th February 2025

This weekend's racing saw a 5k milestone and pacer debut at parkrun, a challenging race in the Peak District, and the Holly Hayes cross country league race.

The 'Run'down - 3 February 2025

This Saturday saw the 100th parkrun at event at Beacon Hill, which is the closest parkrun to Barrow and includes our run coach, Rob Phillips on the core organisation team.

The RUNdown - 26th January 2025

This weekend was all about the latest Barrow Winter Championship race, the cross county at Grace Dieu, on Sunday, where we had a great number of Barrow Runners showing their support for the club and of course our trusty parkruns across the country.

The RUNdown - 20 January 2025

It was a quiet weekend that many of us used to start building up some training miles for spring adventures. The parkrun action on Saturday included two debuts, one first lady, and a record down under.

The RUNdown - 13th January 2025

There was limited parkrun action this weekend due to the icy conditions, but on Sunday we had a number of runners taking part in the Derby Runner Cross Country League race at Martinshaw Woods.

The 'Run'down - 6 January 2025

2025 is off to a flying start so far with Cross Country success for our ladies masters team who claimed first prize in the Leicestershire XC championship. We also had individual successes with Tim Don and Kirsty Hillier

The RUNdown - 29th December 2024

It's the final RUNdown for 2024 and we have some epic performances in Parkrun which highlight the close of the year. Firstly, Sue Wilson and family had 3 generations who ran Watermead on Saturday 28th Dec.

The RUNdown - 23 December 2024

Santa hats and elf costumes captured the season's spirit at many parkruns an at the Gaddesby Gallop this weekend. A few Barrow Bobblehats were spotted too!

The RUNdown - 16th December 2024

This weekend's racing had an international flavour with a number of our runners heading over to Pisa in Italy for the marathon and half marathon, and we also had a parkrunner in Australia. There were also a few local races and parkruns.

The 'Run'down - 9 December 2024

The weather led to a number of cancellations this weekend, but that didn't stop our parkrunners or the annual Turkey Trot!

The RUNdown - 1st December 2024

December opens with another quiet week for races and events. The star of the show goes to both Laura Browne and Nigel Hillier for their Valencia Marathon endeavours on Sunday. With a respective 03:25:54 and 04:57:25 for them both, congratulations.

The RUNdown - 25 November 2024

Ice and wind cancelled many parkruns and the Ravenstone XC fixture this weekend. But a rainy Rugby race ran regardless.

The RUNdown - 18th November 2024

After a fun Presentation Evening on Friday, there was still plenty of racing action throughout the weekend with parkrun, Run Alton Towers, Derby 10 and the Matthew Walker Christmas Pudding 10K.

London Marathon 2025 Club Ballot

The winner of our club place for the 2025 London Marathon is Mark Platt. Congratulations Mark! First reserve: Ronald Muhumuza Second reserve: Fiona Mee

The 'Run'down - 11 November 2024

There was a large number of Barrow Runners out at Seagrave Challenge this weekend, with an age category win for Malcolm 'Bomber' Harris as he returns to racing. Elsewhere, Rachel Bentley achieved her 300th Parkrun at Cusworth Hall!

The RUNdown - 3rd November 2024

It was a quieter weekend all in but even with that we have a variety of activity across the weekend for Team Barrow. Sunday was host to the 1st of Barrows Winter 2024/25 Championships.

The RUNdown - 28 October 2024

Cross-country season opened this weekend at Bagworth Heath, as adventures where being had in Wales and Scotland.

The RUNdown - 21 October 2024

This weekend's racing saw an exciting finish to the Summer Championship at Abbey Park parkrun, a 10k trail race in the Lake District and a huge marathon PB at the Yorkshire Marathon.

The 'Run'down - 14th October 2024

This weekend was all about the Half Marathon distance as an impressive number turned out at Leicester for the penultimate race of the Summer Championships. Special mention this week goes to Luka Yates who completed his first ultra at Ladybower 52K!

The RUNdown 6th October 2024

It's all about the C's this weekend – Cardiff, Chester, and Charnwood. First up we have Claire and Keith Dennison embarking on the new SuperHalfs series, starting their efforts on home turf in Cardiff.

The RUNdown - 30 September 2024

This week's RUNdown includes trail running, triathlon, a Major Marathon, the LRRL final, and a biased editorial decision on how to show its results.

The RUNdown - 24 September 2024

This weekend was all about Equinox24 and parkrun. We had 2 solo runners and 4 mixed teams at Equinox24, and plenty of parkrun action across the country and abroad.

The 'Run'down - 16th September 2024

This week saw the running of the postponed English XC Nationals, with Geoff Beetham and Tim Hartley running well. Although not quite XC weather yet, this hails the start of the incoming XC season, which is due to start at the end of October.

The RUNdown - 9 September 2024

Apart from Saturday's parkrun buzz, this weekend was all about the North: Barrow Runners raced in the legendary Great North Run in Newcastle, in a mountainous triathlon in the Lake District, and in the Ben Nevis Race in Scotland.

The RUNdown 1st September 2024

And into September we roll with Barrow Runners getting out and about representing our club in an array of different events, from the flats of Watermead Parkrun, to the Peaks of the Peak District and the Italian Alps.

The RUNdown - 27th August 2024

This week's action includes the "Mad Mile" at the track on Thursday evening, the Triathlon Relay Championships in Nottingham and a group trip to the Netherlands to check off "Z" from the parkrun alphabet.

The 'Run'down - 19th August 2024

This week saw Barrow Runners travelling to Wales and Belper for some longer distance races, with Alex and Lorraine Toll taking on the famous Race the Train race. Elsewhere, Paul Leaney was successful in achieving 1st in his age category in the Leeds

The RUNdown - 11th August 2024

This weeks RUNdown kicks off with the mid-week results of Wednesday's Joy Cann 5 mile road race which is not only an event in the LRRL but also (& perhaps more importantly) the 8th event in our own Barrow Runners Summer 2024 Championship line up.

The RUNdown - 5 August 2024

A weekend of galloping glory, trail top tens, and parkrun prodigies.

The RUNdown - 29th July 2024

This weekend saw 26 Barrow Runners take part in the 7th race of the Summer Championship — a parkrun at Sence Valley Forest Park. We also had members taking part in the Lakeland 50 Ultra and the Belvoir Castle Triathlon.

Canoeing

02/07/2025

Thursday track session - Quorn

03/07/2025

Watermead Challenge 5 miles

08/07/2025

Thursday track session - Ratcliffe

10/07/2025