So on one of the hottest days of the year, the long awaited Giants Head Marathon and Sydling Hill race arrived. For those who don’t know, it’s another White Star Running event which sells out fast, partly due to the amazing medal. Think the Cerne...
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You’re too late! Entries for this intake of Couch to 5k are now closed! Thank you for your interest in running RIOT with us, please keep a look out for future Couch to 5K programmes that we will be running by keeping an eye on our Facebook...
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On 21st June, the longest day of the year, Dorchester RIOT had a challenge, ‘Race the Sun’, with a simple objective to collectively cover as many miles as we could as a club between sunrise and sunset. We had sixty-six thirty minute timeslots...
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Most runners have a love hate relationship with hills, we love to moan about them and go out of our way to avoid them but secretly I think every runner loves nothing more than conquering their latest “hill”. Most road races are fairly flat, but I...
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The 17th June saw 10 RIOT members tackle the Bustinskin Race to The Bill triathlon, for many of them it being their first open water triathlon. The day started very early with registration opening at 06:00. As the RIOT convoy crossed the Portland...
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So on one of the hottest days of the year, the long awaited Giants Head Marathon and Sydling Hill race arrived. For those who don’t know, it’s another White Star Running event which sells out fast, partly due to the amazing medal. Think the Cerne...
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The Puddletown Plod is what we’d call a ‘rural road race’, taking in forest, country roads and pretty Dorset villages. Ten RIOT members attended the half marathon run, which raises funds for the local school. The run, which is well...
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The weather for the second attempt of the Weymouth Half Marathon and 10k was considerably different to the originally scheduled March date, far less snow for starters! What was meant for many to be a training run for the Dorchester Marathon or...
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On Sunday the 27th May, over 40 RIOT runners battled the heat and hills to collectively run over 650 miles through the rural streets of Dorset, at what must have been our biggest club turnout to an event so far! The Dorchester Marathon and...
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We’ve seen an amazing response to RIOT since we launched in January- over 100 members at the last count. We are now in the midst of renewing memberships for the coming year as well as our EA affiliations. For more information on the reason...
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Dorchester RIOT members have a lot to look forward to over the spring Not just the lighter evenings which means we’ll be able to take some of our Thursday night runs off-road. This spring we begin our “RIOT on Tour” parkrun tourism, we’ll be...
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We started our first C25K on Thursday 4th January and the response we had was absolutely amazing! 65 People turned up ready to begin their running journey with us on week one, and as the weeks went on the number grew, along with the enthusiasm!...
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