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Lewes AC runners were in action at two venues on Sunday. At the fourth of six races in the East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League they took the overall lead from their arch-rivals Hailsham by just one point. Meanwhile at the Brooks Sussex Cross Country Championships the under-13 boys team won the bronze medal and two junior runners finished in the top 5 of their…

Rick Pilling was awarded the Development Coach of the Year Award from England Athletics at a ceremony in London last week. This prestigious award was in recognition of all the work that Rick has done to develop coaching within the Lewes club and to help athletes across Sussex to realise their true potential. Rick started coaching at Lewes AC when his son Chris started competing…

For those who don’t yet know, Parkruns are friendly, free timed 5km runs for runners of any ability that take place at 9.00am every Saturday morning of the year, in parks all around the country. The first was established in 2004 and there are now 87 in Britain as well as 12 others in Denmark, Australia, Iceland, Poland and most recently South Africa. The Brighton…

The first of the West Sussex Fun Run League’s 2012 events, the ‘Hangover Five’ at Worthing, took place on Monday. Not for the first time in the League’s history, the term ‘fun run’ was hard to justify. The temperature was not too bad at 8C, the wind felt no more than a breeze, and the sun blazed from a blue sky, but the terrain was…

This was the third of six races in the East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League calendar this winter, moved from Plumpton because of problems with that venue, and hosted by Lewes AC. The temperature at the start was 3C and the road up to the car park was so thickly frosted that some of us had to slither rather drive than up it, sliding from…

Eleven runners from Lewes Athletic Club helped to make the Mince Pie Ten Mile Race at Peacehaven this morning the best attended ever, with a total of 327 runners finishing. The race was staged in festive mode, with Christmas classics blaring from the loudspeaker before the start, a number of Santa Clauses running, and the traditional mince pie amongst the goodies offered to finishers. The…

Our club Leaderboard and League table, as well as a summary of this years’ West Sussex Fun Run League campaign, are now available on the website, at the bottom of the Records and Rankings page.

Anna Hopcroft Bsc (hons) Sports Massage Therapist, Coach & Tutor The club has arranged for Anna to be at the track to advise club members and to help with those niggles and any injury worries that you might have. She will be at the club house at the track on Thursdays from 7.30pm until 8.00pm The next dates when Anna will be at the track…

Dear Runners I am currently studying for a MSc in Advanced Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, from Teesside University. To fulfill part of my course I am conducting research into “The Relationship Mental Toughness has with Coping with Injury and Rehabilitation Adherence in Runners”. The study aims to look at any gender, age group and participation level differences. I am looking for runners over 18…