Taking on the London Marathon to raise funds for a leading regional charity will fulfil a 10-year dream for a teacher from Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Teacher Lucy Bishop has been hitting the roads in her hometown of Beverley as part of her training regime, which includes weekly park runs on the Westwood.
Hundreds of runners took to the streets and surrounding roads for the Beverley 10K.
Hot weather made for great conditions for spectators but for those taking part in the race, it must have been hard work.
A look back at 2018 shows it was a good year for the small Market Town of Beverley.
2018 saw Beverley as a town achieve a number of things, while there were also some great stories in the community. Of course, there was other not so good news too.
Beverley Athletic Club will host their annual Beaver Trail event this coming Sunday and are inviting runners and other clubs to join them.
Now in its 20th year, the club say everyone is welcome to take part in the event that takes in what they say is a very interesting route.
The Pittaway Beverley 10k road race saw a record 1,850 runners descend on the town for the 25th running of the event on Sunday 13 May, which was started by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu.
Organised by Beverley Athletic Club, the run has become one of the best-loved annual events in the town’s calendar, attracting thousands of runners, spectators and Beverley residents alike.
A man on a fundraising mission, Greg Usher (437) has praised the Pittaway Beverley 10K and the B&A Scaffolding Fun Run saying organisers did a fantastic job.
Greg, who was taking part in his seventh Beverley 10K is raising money to fund a stand at the Norwood Recreation Ground in memory of his late father, Ivan Usher.
Hot on the heels of the successful Beverley 10k race, Beverley AC is excited to announce the forthcoming launch of its first ‘Couch to 5k’ beginners running programme.
Starting this Wednesday 16 May 2018 the 15-week course will be run by UKA qualified coach, Patrick Marshall, who will be assisted by members of the club to help newcomers to running to achieve the goal of a 5-kilometre run.
Beverley Athletic Club is delighted to announce that the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, will be present in Beverley on Sunday 13 May and will be the starter of the Pittaway Beverley 10k race.
Dr Sentamu will also provide blessings for both the 10k race and the B&A Scaffolding Fun Run.
Beverley Athletic Club say they are excited to announce the news that Olympic gold and bronze medal-winning rower Phelan Hill MBE will be competing in the 25th running of the Pittaway Beverley 10k road race, on Sunday 13 May 2018.
As cox, Phelan steered the Mens Eight to bronze at the London 2012 Olympics and onto gold in Rio 2016. He has also coxed the Mens Eights to three successive rowing World Championship golds.
Beverley Athletic Club are delighted after the hugely popular event, the Pittaway Painting and Decorators Beverley 10K sold out in just a few hours.
Tickets for the event that sees runners tackle a course around Beverley sold out in record time with all 1,850 places being sold in less than six hours.
With the autumn marathon season now behind us, the members of Beverley Athletic Club can look forward to winter.
Winter heralds a bumper stocking full of running events, including the challenging local cross country series of races, a sprinkling of road races and the club’s infamous round-the-town Santa Run.
Beverley AC has seen an extremely busy summer, with members running in several high profile events, with some very noteworthy performances.
Fourteen Beverley runners were fortunate enough to experience the huge Great North Run on 10 September, with nine completing the 13.1 mile course in under two hours.
Beverley Athletic Club will be extending the hand of friendship to all as they host the 2017 Beaver Trail next month.
Taking place on 19 November, club runners and members of the community are being invited to take part in an even that spans back 18 years.
An Optician in Beverley has pledged its support to a local athletics club as it heads into its 25th year.
Specsavers in Beverley is supporting Beverley Athletic Club during its silver anniversary year, a momentous occasion for store director Jeremy Beesly who has been a club member for over four years.
Beverley Athletic Club hosted another successful Walkington 10k race, with a sold out field of 750 in the 10k and 150 in the fun run for the first time in the event’s history.
James Kraft of Scarborough AC was the overall winner posting a new record of 32 minutes 45 seconds over the undulating course.
Next Sunday will see the Beverley 10K take place, an event that brings hundreds of runners from around the region into the town.
This year there is a new sponsor as Pittaway, a family business, take on the responsibility for sponsoring the event.
Becky Briggs was Beverley Athletic Club’s stand out athlete once again at last Friday evening’s Walkington 10k road race, winning the women’s race and taking 24th place overall in the event.
It was a hot day for the for the record turnout of nearly 1600 runners who completed the twenty third Hall Construction Beverley 10k road race last Sunday.