A few months ago I was on Facebook and one of the pages I follow was offering a couple of places in a race which they were sponsors of. All I had to do was make a comment on the post. To my amazement I got a message saying I had won a place, emails Read More..
Energizer Night Run is an event with a twist: Taking place after sundown in Battersea Park, London, thousands will line up to light up the night for a 10km or 5km run, followed by after-party in Battersea Evolution. As part of your entry, you will receive a free Energizer LED headlight and a drink on Read More..
Arrive at the finish line without a hitch! The expert team at Pure Sports Medicine (including Physiotherapist Simon Rice and Performance Coach, Matt Curley) will guide you through the final weeks to race day: advising on injury prevention and management, race day exercises and warm up, carb loading, race nutrition and last minute tips. The Read More..
Greg Ryan, Musculoskeletal & Sports Physiotherapist at HFS Clinics will present the 2013 series of FREE marathon talks at Runners Need Great Portland Street, designed to prepare you for a spring marathon. An exclusive in-store discount, samples and light refreshments will be provided. Monday, 4th February 2013 – Injury Prevention- strength & conditioning Mon 4th Read More..
When: Sunday, 12th May 2013 (9:30am start) Where: Nonsuch Park, Cheam SM3 8AL Entry: £14 affiliated club runners and £16 unaffiliated More Details This annual 10k, organised by Sutton Runners running club is a flat 2-lap course on tarmac paths and surrounding roads through Nonsuch Park and Cheam Park. The flat course lends itself well to runners Read More..
On 6th February, staff from Runners Need had an exclusive invitation to Nike’s Flyknit Summit. The event, held in London provided the Runners Need team with an inimitable insight into the development of Flyknit Technology and the latest recruit to the Flyknit collection: Nike Flyknit Lunar1+. The experience began at I Knit London – a Read More..
The Hurtleberry is a 10k trail run & off-road duathlon When: 13th April 2013 (8:30am) Where: Hurtwood Forest, Horsham Road, Surrey, RH5 6PD Entry: £22 10k trail run, sprint & full duathlon (individual & team entry available from £27) More Details The Hurtleberry is a brand new event for 2013 held in the picturesque Hurtwood Forest. The inaugural Read More..
When: 26th January, 9th February, 2nd March 2013 Where: Newlands Corner, Surrey The Runners Need G3 Series is back for its 10th year and every year the undulating 10k course proves a challenge worthy of post-run reward! Tackle one or take on the series of three, from January- March. Runners Need customers can receive 15% Read More..
This week saw Runners Need attend the Brentwood Running Festival in beautiful South Weald Country Park. The sudden cold snap was a shock to many who turned out for the weekend’s events and many of the competitors were certainly clocking up the kilometres trying to keep warm before the gun went off on Saturday morning! Read More..
On the 6th October 2012, quite a few of our Runners Need guys and girls got up very early to take part in and support the XT Duathlon, organised by our partner All About Triathlons. Our man Pete, Head of Sales at the King’s Cross store took part and tells us a bit about the event…