Methley Striders

🖤❤️ Shout out to Sandra ❤️🖤

Sandra has been recovering from injury … but that hasn’t stopped being full of strider pride

She has been:
• Showing ridiculous levels of resilience getting back on track doing her rehab work
• Marshalling races like an absolute hero - pointing, cheering, clapping, and occasionally herding stray runners
• Smashing Overpower strength classes like she’s auditioning for “Yorkshire’s Next Strongest Strider”
• Turning up to Captain Kirsty’s strength sessions and giving it full bunny‑mode
• and she’s also training to become one of our next run leaders!

Basically: Sandra is on a mission to be the best strider out there. Keep being brilliant, Sandra. The club sees you, appreciates you, and cannot wait to follow your lead - literally.

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🖤❤️ STRIDERS STRENGTH SESSION - THE PLYO EDITION ❤️🖤

If anyone is walking normally yet? Massive thanks to Captain Kirsty who delivered an absolute beast of a strength session, and a good few Striders woke up sounding like they’d aged 40 years overnight.

This one was all about plyometrics - the kind of session that tests your coordination, concentration and core, and then steals your dignity on the cool‑down.

We’re talking:
• Squat jumps
• Bounding
• Plyo lunges
• Ski jumps
All mixed with upper, lower, core and full‑body stations that had us questioning our life choices.

Two teams battled it out, offering very supportive technique feedback to each other (also known as laughing). And when the legs were screaming, the “rest” was a lap of the field to flush out the lactic acid - which somehow felt both cruel and kind at the same time.

“Well done to all those who Bunny Hopped ’Till They Dropped!” Kirsty’s words, not ours - but painfully accurate.

Huge thanks to Sam for the post‑session ice pop reward, which honestly felt like medical intervention at that point.

Kirsty - at strider HQ we thank you for another brilliant, brutal, brilliantly brutal session. We’re stronger for it… even if we can’t currently sit down without making noises.


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🖤❤️ June Canal Run – What a Turnout! ❤️🖤

A little late posting this one… but when the month starts with a wall of Striders ready to smash a 5K, it absolutely deserves its moment.

Just look at this crew — smiles, sunshine, and that unmistakable red‑and‑black energy lined up along the towpath. A fabulous club turnout and the perfect way to kick off June’s running vibes.

Whether chasing PBs, pacing a friend, or just soaking up the team spirit, every single Strider showed up and made it magic.


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Credit: Shoots Like a Girl Photography