Helsby Sports & Social
Chester Road
Helsby
Cheshire WA6 0DL
(01928-722267)

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21st January 2000

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Club night is Wednesday, with the communal training run starting at 6:30pm from the club house. In the summer we have a testing hill route which is approxiamtely 9 miles in length and being largely off road can be quite challenging, taking in as it does the delights of Helsby Hill and other local scenic spots. During the winter the darkness forces us off the country and onto streetlit roads. To relieve the monotony of pounding the streets in the gloom we have three different routes, all of about the same length (a bit over 8 miles - there is still dispute amongst some folk as to whether any particular route is just over 8, or really actually 9. It all seems to depend on whether one is having a good day or a bad one. Seasoned runners will be familiar with this sort of issue). These take us to Frodsham, Ince & Elton and Mickle Trafford and the three rotate on a three week cycle. Of course folk are welcome to make up their own variants, and often do.

The ladies generally stick together and run their own variants depending upon communal ability and inclination. Joe Beswick, one of the grand old men of the club is nowadays mentor and running guru to the ladies and often entertains them with local anecdotes and his poetry during their Wednesday evening runs.