The annual Purbeck Runners Awards Night and Christmas Dinner brings the racing year for the club to a glittering conclusion. It is a year that started on a cold January morning for the local Swanage 10k road race, a counter in the Purbeck Runners Club Championship, which sees a big turnout from the club’s runners …
A thrilling finish to the Dorset Road Race League season at the Boscombe 10k saw the Purbeck Runners Women’s Team win the Division 2 title and promotion to Division 1! It had been a very closely fought competition extending over 12 races from January to November, with only a few points separating the top teams. …
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The Purbeck 10K 2020 will be held on Friday 26th June, 7:30pm. The picturesque rural undulating course takes in stunning views of Corfe Castle and surrounding heathland. With no big hills, PB’s are frequently recorded year on year! We are excited that our race is included in the Dorset Road Running League and the Dorset …
Five intrepid members of the Purbeck Runners took on the Camelot Challenge half marathon in the land of King Arthur last Saturday. Rose Clark, Belinda Bolar, Emma Risk, Tish Alberry and Tracey Colquhoun (left to right in the picture above) set off from Sherborne for the tough 13 mile run through the stunning but hilly …
Round 5 of the Purbeck Trail Series brought the Purbeck Runners last Sunday to Bere Regis for the Black Hill Run. The picturesque, but tough 10k course winds its way through ancient woodland, over three hills, amounting to some 620 feet of ascent and past the hamlet of Turners Puddle, which time appears to have …
The Black Hill Run – 3 Hills, 25 Runners, 2 Dogs and Lots of Cakes! Read More »
It was a “typical” busy weekend for the Purbeck Runners with the Purbeck Running Festival, The Littledown 5, a charity race, plenty of Parkruns and the sun shinning on the Isle of Purbeck. The Purbeck Running Festival, spread over the Saturday and Sunday, saw 19 members of the Purbeck Runners competing in the various trail …
34 members of the Purbeck Runners took on the might of the Beast on Sunday! This classic trail race, starting and finishing in Corfe, takes in Winspit, St Aldhelm’s Head and Kingston, including the monster steps up to Houns Tout and amounts to a punishing 12.46 miles and 1,697 feet of ascent! The Purbeck Runners …
The Dorset Doddle is an incredibly tough 32 miles along the Dorset Coast Path from Weymouth to Swanage which is anything other than a “doddle!” On Sunday morning Abigail Barker, Dave Lawton, Bev Trenwith and Jenny White from the Purbeck Runners set off from the Jubilee Clock on Weymouth Esplanade with over 250 other runners …
Save the date! The Purbeck Runners Christmas Dinner and Awards Night will be on Saturday 7th December at The Grand Hotel starting with the awards at 6:15pm (tbc). More details will follow, but please put it in your diaries.
It was another great evening for the Purbeck 10k with 478 runners taking part and some superb running. The full results are listed below The photographs from the event can be accessed from the Purbeck 10k Facebook. We would like to thank all the runners, our sponsors and supporters for making it another memorable event. …
