• Looking Forward to Another Year of Running

    Posted by Emily McClelland on 4 March 2017

    So this week sees the start of LFR Membership Renewal ready for 1st April and you will all have your invite to rejoin arriving in your inbox.It has been 2 years since I joined the club and this weekend at the MK Festival of Running I took part in my

  • Never mind the Sex Pistols, Here’s Dan’s Bo@&$£%s

    Posted by Emily McClelland on 27 February 2017

    I sat there with the family in the Café at Rushmere Country Park after a cold winter morning’s work as volunteer / dad at Park Run, when a member of the committee looking for a club captain accosted Vicky. ”Of course he will”, she said!“He’ll be great”, they said. “He

  • How do you get into running when you just can’t run?

    Posted by Site Admin on 23 February 2017

    So… For my first ever blog, where on earth do I begin? It’s been one hell of a year and has culminated (somehow!) in my becoming vice-captain of what has to be the best running club in the country! I spent the first 31 years of my life thinking that running

  • Choosing the Next LFR Charity

    Posted by Emily McClelland on 23 January 2017

    We are coming up to the LFR AGM in a few weeks and one of the decisions we need to make is who we choose for our charity. All proceeds from the our C25K, Virgin Money London Marathon ballot places, Leighton 10k, 5 caKe Nights, Breakfast Run, raffles etc all

  • Hill Reps for your PB dreams

    Posted by Site Admin on 16 January 2017

    Its that time of year when runners are starting out on training for races, often with big dreams of a big PB. They will have told themselves that this time is THE time and they're gonna smash it....but how to get from the post-Christamas January blues to a race-day PB?

  • Getting to Know You – Sally Puddephatt & Kevin Hare

    Posted by Emily McClelland on 11 December 2016

     This week I have two new members to introduce...Sally PuddephattTell us about yourself:Hi my name's Sally and I live in Milton Keynes.Previous running experience/ achievements: I started running about 3 years ago to loose weight and increase my fitness.My biggest achievement has been running the London marathon 2015, it's up

  • What is Fartlek and why you should try it

    Posted by Site Admin on 4 December 2016

    On the surface of it the word Fartlek could be seen as slightly comical for obvious reasons, but what does it really mean? At LFR we’ve had a Fartlek training night for the last year and many of you have attended, and improved as a result, but what is it

  • Cross country or Bake Off

    Posted by Emily McClelland on 27 November 2016

    Today was the annual hosting of the 3 Counties Cross Country event hosted by LFR (just incase you missed it on Facebook, the weekly comms, club nights, talk of the town etc). For me today it was more about marshalling and supporting rather than running (doctors orders at present!). So

  • Getting to Know You – Tracy Cardno

    Posted by Emily McClelland on 18 November 2016

     I have a guest appearance on my blog this week.  The club is growing bigger every week and its getting harder for members to know who everyone is so thought this would be a nice way of getting to know some of our newest runners. Tell us about yourself:Tracy CardnoAge 49

  • Not trained for this…

    Posted by Emily McClelland on 14 November 2016

    Run a marathon…with no training…..what???? For those that are regular readers of my blog, you’ll no doubt be aware that I have had to vastly reduce the number of miles I run each week. As such I have mostly been focusing on events that are a shorter distance – however