Entries have now opened for the 2024 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 9th June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Organised by local ladies-only running club Sole Sisters, the race starts and finishes at the Jubilee Centre. The race route takes in much of the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve as well as stretches along Brook Way and Bradley Stoke Way.
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Entries have now opened for the 2023 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 11th June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Organised by local ladies-only running club Sole Sisters, the race starts and finishes at the Jubilee Centre. The race route takes in much of the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve as well as stretches along Brook Way and Bradley Stoke Way.
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A charity fun run in which participants dress up as elves is returning to Bradley Stoke on Sunday 4th December following a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Organised by members of North Bristol Running Group, the 6km Mental ‘Elf Run starts from Meadowbrook Primary School and takes in parts of the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve.
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After having to take a 2-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, North Bristol Running Group will be starting a new ‘Couch to 5k’ course from February. The course will be held on Friday evenings, with ‘homework’ nights on a Wednesday evening. It starts on 4th February and will take place at Bradley Stoke Community School, commencing at 6.30pm.
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A six-year-old girl from Bradley Stoke has raised more than £3,000 for a national cancer charity after taking part in a challenge to run 50km in a single month. The youngster decided she wanted to raise money for charity in memory of her Auntie Laura who sadly passed away in 2017 from leukaemia.
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A personal trainer from Bradley Stoke is aiming to run 52 miles in a single day in aid of a charity set up to honour the memory of two local footballers. The ‘Two Legends, Two Marathons’ challenge is set to take place on Sunday 25th April.
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Nicola Phillips describes how members of local ladies-only running group Sole Sisters supported one of their fold to prepare for and compete in this year’s virtual London Marathon. Claire Stone raised funds for the Grand Appeal following a friend’s 3-year-old daughter being diagnosed with a kidney tumour.
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How members of the Sole Sisters running club kept running or walking during the coronavirus lockdown period in 2020. For example, in July & August they took part in a Scavenger Hunt series which included weekly challenges that saw them running together and finding/discovering hidden gems in the local area.
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Sunday 1st December saw North Bristol Running Group hosting a fun run in aid of the Mental Health Foundation. The 6km Mental Elf Run started and finished at Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School. The route took runners through the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve up to Primrose Bridge, where ‘The North Pole’ was the halfway point, and back again. Participants
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Karen Gaman of Sole Sisters ladies-only north Bristol running club writes: The Sole Sisters Beginners’ Course is ideal for any ladies who want to start running, but don’t know how to begin. Three times each year, we offer a training course for women who wish to start running, have never run before or are returning after a long period of
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