Wymondham Athletic Club (referred to as WAC for obvious reasons) is primarily a road running club, with members participating in road running races all over the UK (and the occasional overseas marathon and half marathon), but we also take part in off-road/trail runs, the local cross country leagues, Parkruns and some track events too.
Our race calendar includes a number of team events. WAC welcomes all abilities (our only requirement is that you can run 5k - eg a parkrun - without stopping).

We pride ourselves on helping and encouraging our members to achieve their running goals and sharing in their sense of achievement when they do. We celebrate our members with an annual gala dinner, as you can see here

We meet Monday evenings (except Bank Holidays) at 6.30pm at Kett's Park Community Centre, Hart's Farm Road, Wymondham NR18 0UR. Announcements are at 6.40pm, after which we go out running in our separate groups. Sessions are geared to match all abilities and are coordinated and supervised by our team of experienced and qualified coaches.

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We had lots of WACers in action last weekend, with coastal races in Southwold and Great Yarmouth, and cross country events at Broadland Country Park and Stody.

Congratulations to Dani Gilbert and Lisa Greengrass for their new PBs at Southwold Half Marathon, and to Lian Penson and Katie Whitmore for new age group PBs. It was a cold and windy day, which made for challenging conditions, making the PBs even more impressive.

Well done to all of our runners and good luck to anyone racing this weekend. It's our annual gala night tonight, so any PBs tomorrow will be a significant achievement!

Last weekend was a reasonably quiet one for racing, with none of our WACers competing at home in Norfolk. Ten runners did make the trip across the border to Suffolk for the undulating Tarpley 10 and 20 milers. No PBs to report this week, probably because of the bumpy course. Kudos to all those who took part.

Elsewhere, we had Susan Guest taking part in the. Howey-in-the-hills 10k. Well done Sue.

Last weekend, we had runners competing in Florida, Seville and here in Norfolk.

Well done to the three WACers who took on the Marriott's Way Marathon and the five who competed over the half marathon distance. The conditions were really challenging, with a mix of wind, rain, sleet and snow - and lots of mud. Special mention to Michelle Sadler for completing her 12 half marathons in 12 months challenge.

Meanwhile, over in Seville, we had runners take on the 5k and the full marathon. Congratulations to Sara Shorten on a new 5k PB and Harriet Carr on a new age group PB.

Last but not least, we had Susan Guest representing WAC at the Kissimee Florida 5k. Well done to all of our runners.

It's Valentine's weekend and at WAC we love our running and we love our club!

This week we played host to the EACCL mid week event over at Ladybelt Country Park and it was a proper mudfest, bringing out the best in the running community. We're grateful to all who took part, our enthusiastic marshals and the brilliant efforts of those behind the scenes who overcame lots of challenges to make sure the race could go ahead. Thank you!

Back to the theme of love, we love to say that lots of our runners came away with new PBs at last weekend's Norfolk Gazelles Valentine's 10k. Well done Gareth Seville, Charlie Stringer, Zac Sowter, Charlie Wallis and Simone Hornby. We also had age group PBs for Richard Broughton, Lisa Kemp and Emma Jaggs. Awesome running!

Last weekend, there was also more muddy action at Shouldham Warren, with five of our runners taking part in the Ryston Runners AC event. The wet winter has at least created some perfect XC conditions!

Thank you for your support - We are officially 🎉 SOLD OUT! 🎉 A waiting list is now open on the @totalracetiming website;

https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/661

We now look forward to planning for the big day - again thank you for your support for our second race of the year and we look forward to welcoming you and our new sponsors, @electric11_ltd on Sunday 22nd March!

Last weekend saw two of our endurance loving WACers take on the Peddars Way Ultra, from Knetishall Heath to Holme-next-the-Sea. Congratulations to Claire Brown and Craig Skipper for completing the 48ish miles, in muddy conditions.

Elsewhere, we had four runners enjoying the picturesque, but even more muddy, Lavenham Old Railway 10k. Brilliant running from Andy Baxter, Tony Beales, Dani Gilbert and Matt Webster.

Finally, we had Michelle Sadler competing in the Warwick Half Marathon, as part of her personal challenge to complete a half marathon a month in 2026. Well done Michelle.

Moving to midweek, we had a brilliant turnout at the EACCL league in Cromer. 16 of our runners took part on a challenging course, which had everything a beach run can offer - including the post race chips!
Next week's event is our home event at Ladybelt Country Park. We can't wait to host!

Exciting times ahead - our second race of the year, the WAC20, is already at 84% sold on @totalracetiming - so book your place as soon as you can before we sell out! Secondly, we introduce our new sponsor, @electric11_ltd and thank them for their support!

https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/661

Last weekend, we had 45 WACers take on the Reedham 10 mile race, the first in the Sportlink Grand Prix Series and the County 10m Championships.

We had some incredible performances and lots of county prizes. Congratulations to @kylerunstoppable, @benbeynon2, @matt_likes_hills, @carrharriet, @markredrunner, Dani Gilbert, Phoebe Davis and @simonehornby on achieving new PBs. @sarashorten, @whitmorekatie2017 and Lorna Jermyn achieved age grade PBs - well done ladies.

Elsewhere, we had Michelle Sadler with a brilliant solo effort at the Zig Zag half marathon.

Tomorrow, we have several runners taking part in the Broadland Country Park XC series. Good luck to all of our runners.

A couple of weeks on from our New Year's Day 10k (NYD10k) event, we would like to thank local artist @ameliabowman for the use of her artwork to produce our wonderful medal for this year’s NYD10k. The beautiful illustration of Wymondham Abbey was a welcome sight for runners as they crossed the finish line.

Amelia has also very generously donated half of her fee to our Charity of the Year, @starthrowers Cancer Support, which we are extremely grateful for.

To commemorate the day, Amelia has produced a personalised print — using the artwork that inspired the medal — which runners can customise to celebrate their achievement. Please use the link below to order (also in our available in our Bio) or the QR code within the image;

https://ameliabowman.etsy.com/listing/4439408673

@visitwymondham @wymondham_magazine

It's been a while since we posted an update on our WACers' race antics, so apologies for the long post.

We start with some super strong end of year performances, with runners taking on the 10k distance in St Albans, Marham and Ely on New Year's Eve.

Congratulations to Mark Armstrong and Jo Delf for new PBs at Ely, and to Kevin Simpson, Dani Gilbert, Lisa Greengrass, Kimberley Powles, Phoebe Davis, Lou Boyce, Clare Suter, Gillian Snook and Laura Seville for new PBs at Marham. Katie Whitmore and Matt Hooton also achieved new age group PBs.

We celebrated the start of 2026 with our very own New Year's 10k race. Thanks to all of our members who volunteered and to all of the runners who joined us. Congratulations to Gareth Seville for a new 10k PB and to David Ward for an age group PB.

Since then, our runners have been setting their focus on cross country, with the County Champs at Earlham, the Runners next the Sea 5 miler at Holkham, Zig Zag's WTF is the finish line event at Brandon, the Shouldham Warren series and the mid week league. We had some super strong performances and a great turn out at all of these events, proving that we are more than just a road running club.

Finally, huge kudos to our runners who took part in The Drop last weekend. This event sees runners blindfolded, dropped in a secret location and having to navigate their way back to the city. Thankfully, all of our members made it safely back.

The biggest applause is saved for those who made it to the end of this post 👏. Thanks for your stamina.

Today's official results from New Year's Day 10k (NYD10k) event - thankfully it thawed out 🥶🥶 even though it was still a fresh one! Some amazing running out there and the winners can be seen on the below page 🏃‍♀️🏃;
https://www.wymondhamac.com/post/nyd-10k-2026-results
The full results can be seen on the @totalracetiming page below;
https://totalracetiming.co.uk/raceresults/640
Congratulations to the @vphthac pairing of Aaron McGrady ( @mcgrads_891 ) & Hannah Somani ( @hannahsomani )who were 1st place in the Open & Female categories.
Thank you to all involved from our Race Committee 🎖, Marshals 🦺, Total Race Timing ⏱ & Our photographers on course @dreampace 📸 (Photos now available - https://dreampace.photohawk.com/galleries/wymondham-10k-2026 )
#TeamWAC 💜🤍💜🤍 #NYD10k

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our New Year's Day 10k race whether you are chasing that new Personal Best or just starting your New Year off the best way possible. We promise to have our loud cheering voices on to cheer you all the way around the course!! 🦺🔔📣📢🔔🦺

We have pulled together some statistics 📊 before the day - we review the runners that are joining us, our winners from our race earlier this year, age category splits, Our top represented clubs & how far people are travelling to join us.

The top representated club on the day is the @norfolkgazelles (28) take the title of 'Best represented club' at this years #NYD10k , pipping Tri-Anglia (27) who are in second place by 1, before last year's first place @norwichroadrunnersofficial (25) who round-up the top three. In joint 4th place are @cityofnorwichac & our very own lot at Wymondham AC with 17 members.

Amazingly we have people travelling from all over the United Kingdom to join us on the day; our furthest travelled entries are both from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, 370 miles away, followed by The west coast of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (259) & then front the North-East ⚫️⚪️ (254).

Thank you all for your amazing support, no matter how far you are travelling to join us, and best of luck on the day! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
#TeamWAC 💜🤍💜🤍 #bestwaytostarttheyear #NYD10k
@wymondham_magazine @visitwymondham @totalracetiming

As we head into the 🎅🏻Christmas period🎅🏻, there will be plenty of runners planning their Spring marathon training plans - Our 20 mile race, which is also the @sportlinkgp Series 3rd race of the season, falls perfectly for one of your last long runs to test out that marathon pace for the day. What better way to complete the training with a great medal, encouraging marshals and cake to finish. Book now via @totalracetiming before we sell out;
https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/661

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Last weekend we had a mix of a marathon, some mud and much merriness, with WACers taking on an array of events.

There were several Christmas races, with runners at the 10 mile Beccles Turkey Trot, the Lingwood Santa Dash, Gorleston Santa Dash, and Breckland Santa Run. Congratulations to Sue Guest on a PB at Beccles and well done to everyone for their festive fancy dress efforts.

We had three runners soaking up some winter sun at the Valencia Marathon, with Ben Shearing completing his first marathon in the Spanish city. Well done Ben.

We also had runners over at Shouldham Warren for the cross country series, with the same faces, and several others, enoying the mud and water mid week at Reepham.

Next up, the mob match at Colney tomorrow against our friends at Norfolk Gazelles. Come on WAC!

Last weekend was a quiet one on the racing front, with just three WACers in action at the St Andrew's Day half and full marathons. Well done to Lewis Grimes, for completing the half, and Andy Baxter and Kev Simpson for running the full 26.2 miles - Kev for the 10th time this year!

Last weekend was a quieter one on the racing front, with our runners braving the elements at the Turkey Trot half, Hereward Relay and Norwich half (Kyle Brooks picture demonstrating how much us WACers love a puddle). Kev Simpson, Charlie Wallis, Sarah Cole and Graham Holliman all achieved new PBs, in spite of the conditions.

Midweek, we had beautiful sunshine at Cart Gap for the cross country series, and a higher than expected tide leading to some last minute course changes. Our runners were almost disappointed to leave with dry feet. Well done to all of our runners and to Sportlink for managing to put on a great event.

The New Year’s Day 10k is now SOLD OUT !!! A waiting list is now open at @totalracetiming : - https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/640
Thank you all for your support and we look forward to welcoming you all on the 1st to start the year off with a bang.... we now turn our attentions to the Wymondham 20 miler (WAC20) and many more happy faces in late March. https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/661

With less than 80 places left to sell for our NYD10k, we are excited to announce that entries are now open on @totalracetiming ( https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/661 ) - this is the third race of the @sportlinkgp Series for 2026 - Whether you are looking to enter as part of your marathon training or fancy giving the race a go in it’s own right, it’s an enjoyable and competitive event!

We had a race on home turf this week, with the EAMA 10k, and that meant 39 of our runners pulled on their pink vests to run the course. It's the same route as our New Year's Day race (last few places still available), so is always popular with our members. We had some great results, with PBs for Lorna Jermyn and Lou Boyce, and age group PBs for Chris Gay, Mark Banfield, Pete Sharpe, Elise Aho and Elaine Kleinberg.

Further afield, we had WACers at the Brighton 10k, St Neots Half Marathon, Smurf Run half and a rather muddy Eastern Counties XC event. Well done to all of our runners.

Last weekend was a quieter one on the race calendar, with our runners competing at just three events - the George Mundy 10k, Run Henham 5 and 10ks and the 3 Lakes Half Marathon.

Midweek we had a lot more members pulling on either their club vests or their festive fancy dress, with midweek XC at Mousehold and the Luminate 5k at Sandringham. A great effort on the running front, and the costume front! Well done to all of our runners.

A mix of trail, road and track runs for our WACers last weekend, with the New York Marathon, Winter Warrior Ultra, Adnam's 10k, East Coast 10k, Chase the Train, Guy Fawkes track marathon, Catherine Wheel Canter 10 and Ryston XC.

We had an abundance of PBs over in Great Yarmouth, with Charlie, Becky and Lottie Stringer achieving a family hat trick. Sarah Cole, Chrissie Sharpe, Lou Boyce and Phoebe Davis also ran their fastest times over the 10k distance. Meanwhile, James Heaney and David Houghton got age group PBs. On the track, Kev Simpson got a new marathon PB at the Guy Fawkes marathon, and Laura Seville got a new 10k PB at the Catherine Wheel Canter. Congratulations to all of our runners!

All of our racers were out of county last weekend, with runners at the Duxford Dash 5 and 10k, the Fen 10 and the Frankfurt Marathon.
Congratulations to Gareth Seville on a new Marathon PB in Germany, and Phoebe Davis and Kevin Simpson for their new 10 mile PBs.
Midweek, we had the return of the Wednesday cross country league, with our mud-hungry WACers travelling to Stowmarket for the first race in the series. Well done to all those who took part.

Autumn marathon season is well and truly here and we had runners covering the distance in Amsterdam, Abingdon and Yorkshire last weekend. Over in Abingdon we had three WACers in England vests - congratulations to Harriet Carr, Chris Gay and Louise McDonnell. Meanwhile, Dani Gilbert achieved another big PB.
Down on the south coast, Matt Webster and Alison Armstrong achieved PBs in the Great South Run and, closer to home, there were PBs for Elaine Kleinberg, Lorna Jermyn and Laura Seville at the Blickling half.
We love a bit of cross country at WAC, and we also had runners competing at Sapiston XC. Well done to all our runners.

Let's Lift The Curfew!

Next week we will be supporting the England Athletics and This Girl Can Run campaign to lift the curfew.

The campaign coincides with the clocks going back and draws attention to the unwanted curfew some women feel during the darker months.

At our club night, on Monday (27 October), we'll be running a women's only group, and we'd love any women that fancy a run in the area to come and join us.

We meet at 6.30 at Kett's Park. If you'd like to join us, please send us a direct message to let us know you're coming, so we can get an idea of numbers.

All abilities welcome, we're a really friendly club and we love to see new faces.

The run will be about 5k and you'll need to bring a hi vis bib.

It's a great chance to come and give us a try.

#LetsLiftTheCurfew

Preparations are well underway and we are nearly 50% full - do not miss out on the best way to start off your year!

You could be joining us to smash out a 10k Personal best or kick-starting off your New Year's resolution or just a social 10k race with your friends; either way we will be here with our ever-enthusiastic marshals from Wymondham AC , providing encouragement every step of the way.

To book your place please go to Total Race Timing by scanning the QR code.

@norfolk_events @wymondham_magazine @visitwymondham

We had lots of very happy WACers over the weekend, taking part in road and cross country races, regional and international marathons, half marathons and obstacle runs. Congratulations to Andy Baxter for completing the third and final Rat Race to Summit at Ben Nevis, Trent Terry at the Chicago Marathon and our three runners at the Chelmsford Marathon.
Elsewhre, it was PBs galore at the Great Eastern Run, with Dan Brocklehurst, Pete Morgan, Todd Lake, Jo Delf, Kim Powles, Lou Boyce and Sara Shorten all achieving their best times over the half marathon distance. Kelly Starling also celebrated a PB at the Royal Parks half and Charlie Wallis at the Anna's Hope 5k.
Finally there was cross country action at Felbrigg and Wild West Acre Wild 10k Challenge. Well done to all of our runners.

Last weekend saw the return of the Ryston cross country series and we had strong WAC representation, with seven members making the journey to Shouldham Warren.
Elsewhere, we had age grade PBs for Lynn Ottaway and Sarah Nelis at the Town and Gown 10k; Kev Simpson and Lian Penson ran the Ely Tri Club Marathon (what a way to spend your birthday Lian), joined by Todd Lake in the half; Janice Dayne ran the Chester Marathon, and we had WACers at the Standalone 10k and Reef Sprint Tri. Lots of very happy WACers!

We had runners taking on a range of distances last weekend, from the mile to the ultra marathon. We had 20 runners at Bure Valley 10 miler, with PBs for Gareth Seville, Ben Beynon, Chris Greenough, Lou Boyce, Laura Seville and James Heaney. Todd Lake, Sarah Nelis and Marina Murdoch also achieved age grade PBs. Well done guys.
In London, at the Westminster Mile, there were PBs for Matt Webster and Kate Gooding, whilst at Sandringham Dani Gilbert and Charlie Wallis smashed their half marathon PBs.
We also had WACers at the Windsor Half and Sheffield 10k.
Last but not least, Andrew Baxter ran the Rat Race Sea to Summit race in Snowden and Kev Simpson ran the Wensum Way Ultra. Amazing efforts from both of them!

Last weekend was a busy one for racing, and we had WACers taking part in a whole host of events (including triathlons and muddy obstacle courses). We had runners at Norfolk Coastal Marathon and Half Marathons; Ipswich Half Marathon; Harling 10k; the Marriott's Way 10k; Run Shoreditch 10k; Kent AC's track races; East Dorney Sprint Tri; Waveney Autumn tri, Only the Brave's obstacle run, and Ironman Wales. Well done to all of our runners and a special shout out to Phoebe Davis for a new 10k PB, Chrissie Sharpe for an Age Group 10k PB, Claire Woodcroft for her first marathon and Jon Shooter for becoming an Ironman! 👏

What better way to start the year? You could be joining us to smash out a 10k Personal best or kick-starting off your New Year's resolution or just a social 10k race with your friends; either way we will be here with our ever-enthusiastic marshals from Wymondham AC , providing encouragement every step of the way.

To book your place please go to Total Race Timing or visit the below link: -
https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/640

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Whether you are looking for something more than your Saturday morning Parkrun and want to step up to your first 10k or maybe you are looking for your next 10k challenge – our New Year’s Day 10k is now open: -
https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/640
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Next up from the final week of the month, we have the first of the two big marathon events of the Spring calendar;

** @manchestermarathon **
This year we had 8 members (plus one relay team & numerous supporters) venture up to the North west last weekend to find warm weather ☀️🔥 – who would have thought it in Manchester! First home for WAC was @steven_mcnicholas , finishing in a time of 2hrs 59mins 16sec, followed by Richard Broughton (03:36:50), @cindybeynon (PB🎖 - 03:51:10), Dani Gilbert (PB🎖 - 04:02:58), @robbie.starling (04:22:12), @trackandtrace19 (04:26:59), @whitmorekatie2017 (04:48:04) & Holly Reader (05:02:28).

Well done also to our TeamWAC comprising of @sarashorten & @lyn_lyn_14 Ottaway who completed the course in a time of 4hrs 43mins 47sec! #TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Big congratulations to all that ran in tricky conditions for that distance and a massive well done to Cindy & Dani for their new PBs! 🙌🏻

Next up on our monthly round-up we go back to last weekend and the final week of April. Before reporting on our marathon heroes, we will look at the trail event hosted on Saturday;

** @littlelifts_uk trail event**
The trail event hosted by the charity Little Lifts, our charity of the year for 2024, provided three separate distances for runners to enter; 10k, 20k & 30k around the Banningham Estate. We had 8 runners on the day; first home was @eloisepeek (47:44) finishing 2nd 🥈 Senior female in the 10k event.

Within the 20k event we had five runners; Tim Seville (01:40:04) was first home and finished 2nd🥈 M60, followed by @greengrasslisa (01:48:44) & @sendallliz (01:48:44). Lisa and Liz finished 1st🏆🥇 & 2nd🏆🥈 females overall, with Lisa’s big toe crossing the line first on the photo finish! Not far behind were the pairing of Rachael Lockwood & @sweetcaroline_po who finished in the time of 2hrs 7mins 51sec.

Elsewhere in the 30k event @venskip & @davidpowles06 made their way around the course in the time of 2hrs 44mins 04seconds to finish 9th & 10th overall. Well done to you all! 🙌🏻

On the Sunday we had a member out west;

**Shakespeare Half Marathon**
Over in Stratford-upon-Avon, Michelle Sadler took on the Shakespeare Half marathon course hosted by @runthroughuk – Michelle finish in a new PB🎖 time of 2hrs 15mins 52sec! Great work Michelle. 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Still within the third weekend of the month but now on Bank holiday Monday – we start close to home firstly before flying over to the states for the big event;

Not happy with a quick 5k on Sunday, @todd1lake travelled over to Stevenage for the Spring Half Marathon organised by @eventsatw . Todd completed the course in a time of 91:02, finishing 2nd🥈 M60 in the process – Well done Todd. 🙌🏻

Now onto our Marathon Warriors in Boston;

** @bostonmarathon **
Next up on the spring marathon schedule was the Boston Marathon, over in the US of A 🇺🇸 hosted on their version of Bank holiday Monday for their Patriots' Day celebration . This year we had four members taking on the @wmmajors Six star marathon course in the Massachusetts’ city – first home for WAC was @matt_likes_hills in a time of 2hrs 57mins 54secs, followed by @allyrunarmy (03:17:33), @kate_loves_2_run (03:27:00) and @runclairebearrun (03:43:58) – top work you four! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Next up on our monthly round-up we go back to the third week of April – we start with fish & chips;

**Great Yarmouth 5 Mile - Race 1**
The ever popular event among the WAC family, mainly for the fish and chips🐠🍟 afterwards, the Great Yarmouth 5 miler series, hosted by @greatyarmouthroadrunners . We had 30 WACers travelled to the coast🏖 to take part in the first race of the series on the Wednesday evening; first home for WAC was @james.fowler641977.jf (PB🎖) in a time of 28:05, followed by @garethseville (29:14) & then our first lady @carrharriet (30:50). Completing our first three WAC ladies home, @ellar_bakes (35:11) & @nikgreenough (38:52) joined Harriet over the line.

New had some brilliant new 🚨shiny🚨 PBs to celebrate from; James Fowler (PB🎖), @katrinaross2023 (PB🎖 - 44:15) & @l.rose93 (PB🎖 - 55:48), along with new Age grade PBs from; Ben Smith (AGPB🎖 - 32:18), Dave Evans (AGPB🎖 - 42:47) & Rachael Lockwood (AGPB🎖 44:29).

We also had three placing runners with James Fowler 2nd🥈 M45-49, Harriet Carr 3rd🥉 Senior Female & 4th female overall & Tim Seville 2nd🥈 M65-69 (36:27).

Well done to all that ran and congratulations to our PB runners and winners. 🙌🏻

There was only one local race on the Sunday, the Fakenham 5k – unfortunately no photos from the event however we had three runners @todd1lake (19:52), @kevin.simpson1985 (20:23) & Dave Evans (27:15) all making their way around the Town centre course. Well done you three and congratulations to Todd for his 1st🥇 place M60 finish. 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Next up on our monthly round-up we go back to the second weekend in April and lots of Marathon fun! We start out of the country first;

** @parismarathon **
We had two WACers in the 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 capital to take in all the sites – first home for WAC was @eloisepeek in a time of 3hrs 35mins 17sec, removing 11 minutes from her Personal best🎖. Our other runner in France was @kevdenmark ; Kevin made it home in a great time of 4hrs 35mins 55sec – well done you two! 🙌🏻

Slightly closer to home across the border in Lincolnshire;

** @bostonmarathonuk Half Marathon / marathon event**
Firstly in the half marathon event, @todd1lake made his way around the course in a time of 90:56 to finish 1st🥇 M60 – well done Todd. 🙌🏻

Within the marathon event we had four WACers taking on the 26.2miles – first home for WAC was the marathon debutant @delfy30 , smashing out an amazing time of 3hrs 21mins 29secs. Jo was followed home by three new 🚨shiny🚨 personal bests by @officialdanb (PB🎖 - 03:21:37), @davidpowles06 (PB🎖- 03:22:52) & @rdee123 (PB🎖 - 03:48:49) – taking off 42min, 7 min & 4 min of their previous times respectively. Well done you four! 🙌🏻

Now on to the Norfolk event;

**🦀 The Norfolk Marathon and Half Marathon 🦀 event**
The event hosted by @epicnorfolk returned for its second year with a half marathon added. Within the half marathon event we had two WACers taking part - @robbie.starling was first home in a time of 1hr 44mins 36sec, finishing 2nd 🥈M55, followed by @trackandtrace19 (02:03:31). Top work you two! 🙌🏻

In the 26.2 mile event, @kylerunstoppable after a stressful time the day before after trying to make his way to the Newport marathon in Wales, redirected after car trouble and smashed out a truly amazing time of 2hrs 40mins 27secs to finish 2nd overall🥈🏆, only finishing behind pro-triathlete Joe Skipper. Well done again Kyle! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Next up on our monthly round-up, we remain with the first weekend of April and the biggest local event of the weekend;

**Trowse 10k**
The Trowse 10k hosted by @cityofnorwichac had 29 WACers involved looking forward to taking on that hill🏔….. TWICE! First home for WAC was @matt_likes_hills in a time of 35:30 and finishing 4th overall. Matt was followed home by @markredrunner (40:33) & Ben Smith (40:36) to complete our top 3 home. Our first three female WACers were @alexandra.smith.547727 (41:28 - 2nd🥈F45-49), Jessica Behan (44:14) & @jen73_ (50:01 - 3rd🥉F50-54).

Congratulations to our new 🚨shiny🚨 personal best runners; Raymond Gayne (AGPB🎖 - 46:03), @trackandtrace19 (AGPB🎖 - 54:37), @ejaggs2023 (AGPB🎖 - 71:33) & @l.rose93 (PB🎖 - 71:41). Well done you guys and the rest of the team! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Part two of our first week of our monthly round-up of April;

Making our way back home via the capital;

**@londonlandmarkshalf**
Three WACers made their way into Central London for simply the best and well supported race – taking in the fun, after a brief delay due to an incident on course prior to the start, was Kevin (02:25:40) & @lozza72 Powles (AGPB🎖 - 02:25:40) along with Vivienne Taylor (02:36:34). Congratulations you three and well done to Lauraine for your new Age group PB! 🙌🏻

Slightly closer to home and continuing the half marathon theme;

** @zigzag_running Trail Half (Haughley Park) **
Two WACers in the depth of their marathon training took on the Trail half event – first home was @robbie.starling (01:53:48), just in front of @runclairebearrun (01:54:01) – Well done you two. 🙌🏻

Elsewhere from this week;

At the Lincoln 10k we had a sole entry of Dave Evans – Dave completed the course in a time of 55:05. Slightly off-piste from the conventional running scene, @benbeynon25 took part in a team endurance duathlon event hosted by @can_but_tri club. Ben taking on the running laps along with his team mate finished in first place🥇.
Lastly, a new Club record🏅 was set on the track at the @athletics_norfolk Track meet under the lights – @garethseville took part in the 1500m & 3k event, finishing with time of 4min 47sec (CR🏅) & 10min 15sec, finishing 1st🥇M35 in both events and taking away the 1500m WAC Male senior record. Well done Dave, Ben & Gareth. 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Part one of our first week of our monthly round-up of April;

**@prghalf **
On the Saturday we had 3 members in the 🇨🇿Czech🇨🇿 capital for one of the @super_halfs events - Ian Moore was first home in a time of 91:23, followed by @crazyrunningnut (1:49:52) & then Suzanne Moore (AGPB🎖 - 2:49:12). Congrats to you 3 & well done Suzanne on your new shiny Age group PB! 🙌🏻

**@berlinerhalbmarathon **
Another day on & another @super_halfs event – this time from the 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 capital. Again we had 3 runners; @chris_g81 Greenough was 1st home in a time of 99:40, followed by wife @nikgreenough (01:45:54) and then by Mr International himself - Keith Blake (01:49:40) who had ventured across the border to take part in his 2nd half marathon of the weekend. Congratulations you 3 & well done to Mr & Mrs Greenough for completing the @superhalfsmission series!🙌🏻

Back in good 🇬🇧ol’ Blighty🇬🇧 & the first of the spring Marathons;

** @brightonmarathonweekend **
We had 3 WAC members on the south coast🏖, met with unseasonable warm weather. 1st home for WAC was @ajpmasterson (3:22:56) followed by @kevin.simpson1985 (3:31:00) & Paul Timson (6:24:34) – Congrats you three! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Lastly on this week’s #TeamThursday review – our very own WAC20 – the 3rd race of the @sportlinkgp Series this year and the last stop for many on their marathon training plan before their big day!

**WAC20**
Overall the day was a brilliant success and a big thank you goes to our race committee and race directors @stirling1181 & @wendywatton Our amazing marshal crews provided the best setting for the runners taking on our countryside 20 mile course and we even got a new Course record to celebrate! 🙌🏻

As a club we had 21 runners take part on the day – first home for WAC was @billy_wheeler73 in a time of 2hr 9min 53sec; followed by @garethseville (PB🎖- 02:12:58) & @banfmj (02:18:34). Our first WAC female on the day was Gemma Barnes in a time of 2hr 24min 25sec; followed by @allyrunarmy (02:34:13) & @eloisepeek (CR🏅 PB🎖 - 02:35:49).

We had 4 new 🚨shiny🚨 Personal bests to celebrate; Gareth Seville (PB🎖), Eloise Peek (CR PB🎖), Dani Gilbert (PB🎖- 02:48:31) & @slim_berley (PB🎖- 02:56:13) all smashing out times to celebrate. We also had two club records as Eloise (CR🏅 PB🎖) was joined by Tim Seville (CR🏅- 02:33:22) in making Eva update her records - Congratulations to you all! 🙌🏻

Along with the personal achievements listed above, we also had 4 age category winners with; Billy Wheeler 2nd🥈 M50-54, @todd1lake 2nd🥈 M60-64 (02:26:38), Tim Seville 1st🥇 M65-69 (CR🏅) & Graham Walsh 1st🥇 M75+ (03:02:31) as scooping up prizes on home turf – well done you four and a big well done to all our runners on the day! 🙌🏻

Thank you to @sportlinkrunningandfitness for thier continued sport of road racing in this area & to Total Race Timing for their assistance on the day - lastly the brilliant snaps from 📸@dreampace 📸 also! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

First up on this weekly #TeamThursday review we look back to our Saturday race in the ⛰London hills⛰;

**Orion 15**
Two WACers made the trip down to @ajbestates ’s old stomping ground, @orionharriers , for the gruelling 15 mile trail course through the 🌳🌲Epping Forest region🌲🌳 - @matt_likes_hills was home first in a time of 01:52:46, finishing 27th overall. Matt was joined shortly afterwards by @davidpowles06 in a time of 02:14:48 - well done you two! 🙌🏻

Next up we round up our other runners, firstly our WAC abroad;
@trackandtrace19 (AGPB🎖) took on the 🇪🇸 Malaga Half Marathon, finishing in a time of 2hr 40sec. Louise McDonnell took on the Bedford Harriers Oakley 20 miler, hosted by @bedfordharriers – finishing in a time of 2hr 19min 2sec and a 1st🥇 F45 finish. Susan Guest was slightly closer to home for the Keith Hall Memorial 10k hosted by Thorney Running Club – Sue finishing in a time of 51:18. Lastly, we head to Cheshire for the Pulford 10k and a new Club record🏅! Aidan Banfield took on the event hosted by @runningcheshire and completed the course in an amazing time of 31:11 (CR🏅 PB🎖) – a new 🚨shiny🚨 Personal Best but also lowering the 10k overall club record in the same time – Congratulations Aidan & well done to all listed above! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

A local photographer, not connected directly to the event, has some photos of the WAC20 from yesterday's race. All proceeds to the @eastangliairamb Charity should you choose to purchase.
https://stephenbettsphotography.zenfoliosite.com/

Congratulations to all runners today, you were amazing! Also, a massive thank you to our members 🦺 out on course who were amazing and loud 📢🔔, as always! We also have amazing news to share and our 35 year male course record has fallen! Congratulations firstly to @elliefaye13 for her 1st🥇🏆 place female finish and to to @running_dean_89 who was 1st🥇🏆place overall and the new proud owner of our overall course record! The overall age category results are available on our website;
https://www.wymondhamac.com/post/wac20-2025-results
@dreampace photos also available;
https://dreampace.photohawk.com/galleries/wymondham-20m-race?fbclid=IwY2xjawJNSShleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYzqKWIdtKtJ_7y_YkCPJLqx0p0EZTUGIGBKfoM7HcdffYL0iz-zm2cK4w_aem_zyGj4iuFibWwglwlCfRcbA

Top work everyone and thank you for your support! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC 💜🤍💜🤍

These beauties are back out again! The weather conditions are looking good for race day tomorrow – decent temperature and low chance of rain is (currently) forecasted - we can’t wait to welcome you to the start line !

Race HQ is Abbey Hall, Church Street, Wymondham NR18 0PL and we will be open from 07:45am. All runners have been provided with a parking document, which details all of the available car parks. There will be plenty of local WAC members around if you are unsure.

Please make sure that you leave plenty of time to find a parking space, collect your number and get to the start line on time for the race to start promptly at 9.30am.

Limited toilet facilities are located at race HQ with a further 8 portable toilets available on the Market Cross at the start line & further public toilets also.
Water provided at the water stations will be in cups – please dispose of your cups in the bin bags provided at the water stations.

You may have already practiced running your longer runs with gels and will know to take your rubbish home with you – please do not drop any litter on the course. We are very grateful to all of the local residents who welcome our run through the outlying villages around Wymondham – please respect any members of the public that you see out on the course.

The race is run on public roads so please ensure you listen for any traffic and for instructions from marshals who are there to keep you safe. For this reason – headphones are NOT permitted on the course.
There will be medical help on the course – please alert your nearest marshal or alert a fellow runner if you need help.

Please remember that all of our marshals are volunteers and their support will be loud and vocal in true WAC spirit – in return, please ensure they are offered the respect they deserve.
And most importantly – enjoy your run! #WAC20 #TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Strap yourself in for more stats before #WAC20 this Sunday! Part two we look at the amazing clubs that have supported this race the most and where everyone is coming from to join in the fun! Thank you for our top 5 clubs @norfolkgazelles , @norwichroadrunners , @rystonrunners , Wymondham AC & @cityofnorwichac - Thank you for your members support! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍 @visitwymondham @wymondham_magazine @EDP @sportlinkgp

I know you have all been on the edge of your seats waiting for these stats ( 🤔😬) - just a few days now before our #WAC20 this Sunday & the 3rd @sportlinkgp Series race of the @athletics_norfolk / Norfolk Road Running season ! We look forward to welcoming our 550+ guests to Wymondham Market Cross and our start line - we currently have two previous winners Reepham Runners' @dom.blake.10 (2019 winner) & the current course record holder @mikey_ecco (2022 winner) of @bure.valley.harriers in the field, along with our #NYD10k winner from January, @the_humble_runner . We promise to have our loud cheering voices on to cheer you all the way around the course!! 🦺🔔📣📢🔔🦺#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍 @visitwymondham @wymondham_magazine @eastern_daily_press

Last up on our weekly #TeamThursday review – more 🇩🇪Norfolk🇩🇪 vest for the team to celebrate;

**Inter Counties match - Essex 20**
The event hosted by @eventsatw at the ✈️Debden airfield✈️, takes in 5 laps of the route on the airbase and included the inter counties match, where WAC had 6 representatives across both gender teams of 4. Only a week after representing @athletics_norfolk at the XC championships, @jetwatkinson was joined on the Female Norfolk team by @carrharriet , Louise McDonnell & @kate_loves_2_run for an all-encompassing Female WAC team. Within the men’s team, half were WAC representative via @kylerunstoppable & Chris Gay.

First home on the day was Kyle Brooks (CR🏅PB🎖 1:53:51) who was 14th overall; followed by Chris Gay (CR🏅-1:57:56), Harriet Carr (2:12:27), Louise McDonnell (CR🏅PB🎖 2:13:36), Juliette Watkinson (2:18:29) & Kate Gooding (2:29:20). Both teams finished 6th place – most importantly finishing one place above Suffolk!

Also within the race we had three other representatives; @bodthepod , @todd1lake (CR🏅AGPB🎖) & Claire Brown, finishing in times of 2hr 12min 9sec, 2hr 20min 45sec & 2hr 35min 43sec respectively.

There were an abundance of 🚨shiny🚨 new Personal bests and 4 new club records – Our runners that achieved PBs were: - Kyle Brooks (CR🏅PB🎖), Louise McDonnell (CR🏅PB🎖) & Todd Lake (CR🏅AGPB🎖). The same three were also joined by Chris Gay (CR🏅) in achieving new club records🏅 in their respective age categories! Well done you four! 🙌🏻

Our age category placing runners on the day were; Harriet Carr 3rd🥉F35-39, Louise McDonnell 3rd🥉F45-49, & Claire Brown 1st F60🥇. Well done you three and the rest of you that ran! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Next up our weekly #TeamThursday review, we look back at the very popular event from the @nationaltrust Blickling Estate;

** @blicklinghalfmarathon Spring edition**
The event hosted by @epicnorfolk starts and finishes in the entrance to the hall, taking in the local trail routes in and around the Estate’s grounds. First home for WAC on the day was Sam Burrows in a time of 90:06; Sam was followed home by @kevin.simpson1985 (96:47), @eloisepeek (1:38:57), Jessica Behan (1:42:38), @sweetcaroline_po (1:49:50), @tonys.tales.from.the.trails (1:51:35), @annekecook (1:57:51), Niall Scott (1:59:00), Rachele Kelsall (1:59:05), @kevdenmark (1:59:19), @trackandtrace19 (2:08:01) & Mark Taylor (2:16:48).

Congratulations to our age category placing runners; Eloise Peek (1:38:57) 3rd Female overall🥉🏆, Jessica Behan (1:42:38) 3rd🥉FS, Anneke Cook (1:57:51) 3rd🥉F55-59 & Kevin Denmark (1:59:19) 3rd🥉M65+.

Well done to all our runners on the day and a big thank you to @dreampace for their 📸photographs📸 as always!

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

Part two of two - Continuing our weekly #TeamThursday review -Now for the slightly longer races;

** @colchesterhalfmarathon **
2 WAC runners made their way to Essex - starting and finishing at the @colu_official Stadium - the route took the runners past some of Colchester's iconic landmarks – although Mr Powles didn’t agree - @davidpowles06 (PB🎖) was 1st home with a new 🚨PB🚨 time of 88:22 – thoroughly enjoying himself as he crossed the line. Elsewhere Holly Reader also romped home in a time of 2:07:41. Well done you two! 🙌🏻

For the longest distance on this week’s review and the furthest away from home;

**Barcelona Marathon**
A WAC trio of @ajbestates , @markredrunner & @jonshoots1 made their way to 🇪🇸Catalonia🇪🇸 for the @maratobarcelona ; Adam (2:49:23) returning home first before the 🚨PB pairing🚨 of Mark Armstrong (PB🎖- 3:13:45) & Jon Shooter (PB🎖- 3:28:32)! Amazing work you three and massive congratulations after months of hardwork and effort! 🙌🏻

#TeamWAC💜🤍💜🤍

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We meet on Monday nights (excluding Bank Holidays) at Kett's Park Community Centre, Harts Farm Road, Wymondham, NR18 0UR.

We meet at 6.30pm with notices from the Chair at 6.40pm prompt. Training sessions start at 7.00pm and last for about an hour.

Our coaches provide advanced, intermediate, progression, improvers and development group training sessions.

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During the summer, we use a grass track for speed work sessions. The session starts promptly at 6.30pm and lasts for around an hour.

In Winter we switch to the UEA Sportspark and make use of the floodlit track.

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The cross-country season is run over a 6-month winter period from October through to March

Free for all our members to enter, they all usually start around 14:30 on a Wednesday afternoon.

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