Category: General News

Runner Profile: David Brewster

First I’d like to say thank you to Richard for nominating me. How can I follow such an inspirational running profile. Where do I start !?! Having lived in Felixstowe all my life you...

Runner Profile: Richard Allport

Early years My dad was in the Royal Navy, and I was born in Portsmouth.  We moved around the south coast a lot and when he eventually left the Navy and joined the Coastguard,...

Runner Profile: Jane Moon

Thank you, Chris for handing me the baton. It’s an honour to be asked, but I am a bit embarrassed too! I have read many of the previous articles and am in awe of...

Runner Profile hiatus

Runner Profile hiatus

We don’t feel that it’s appropriate at this time to celebrate a runner as we normally do on the first of each month. Instead, we direct people to Ben Jacobs’ profile from December 2018...

Tribute to Ben Jacobs

A great runner and a greater man Felixstowe Road Runners have lost a long standing and immensely popular club member who died following an accident when out cycling with three other club members on...

Runner Profile: Chris Boyt

Firstly, I’d like to thank Sarah for the nomination. I think I remember talking to Sarah about her nomination at the awards night, maybe I should have kept quiet! Early Years: As a child...

Runner Profile: Sarah Banham

Firstly thank you Gemma for the nomination, I still feel fairly new to running so will try and make this as interesting as possible! I also do tend to get told off at training...

Awards night 2022

Last Saturday (4th March) we hosted our awards night for 2022. This incorporated food and a disco, and it was the swansong for our outgoing Social Secretaries – a big thank you goes to...

Runner Profile: Gemma Gilbert

Firstly thank you to Tom for nominating me, Secondly I am, like many, not the best at writing about myself so apologies if you fall asleep half way through 😊. If you know me,...