Swindon Striders, road and trail running club, based in Swindon, have organised runs on Mondays from the Oasis Leisure Centre in North Star and Fridays from the LINK Centre in West Swindon. Here is one of the more popular runs:
SWINDON STRIDERS ROUTE 1
(OVER 6.61 MILES)
Start at the Oasis Leisure Centre car park.
Head to Ferndale Road
Proceed onto Cheney Manor Road
Right on to Bailey's Corner and continue through Cheney Manor Industrial Estate
Turn left on to Akers Way
Continue on to Purton Road, then Westfield Way
Turn right on to Snowdrop Close, then Cornflower Road
Left on to Haydonleigh Drive
Right on to Haydon Court Drive through to Haydon Court and on to Thames Avenue
Left on to Whitworth Road
Right on to Pinehurst Road
Through Pinehurst Circle picking up Pinehurst Road
Continue along St Mary's Grove
Right on to Ferndale Road
Continue on to North Star Avenue and back to the Oasis.
Swindon Striders
- Weekly club runs of the Swindon Striders are on a Monday from the Oasis at North Star and the other on a Friday from the Link Centre in West Swindon.
- Meet from 6.45pm, which allows for route checking and chitchat before heading out in pace-based groups at 7pm, 7.05pm and 7.10pm. Club night routes vary in distance from five to eight miles - always with a short cut option.
- “We encourage all Striders on the six to eight mile runs. They usually take from one hour to one and a half hours, but no-one is every left alone.
- “Everyone can run at their own pace and there is always a back pacer,’’ said Mark Jones, secretary of the Swindon Striders.
- Visit http://swindonstriders95.wixsite.com/swindonstriders
- or https://www.facebook.com/groups/344624585714562/ for more information about the group.
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