Great Western Runners

Great Western Runners
Road Running Relay events Social running		Cross Country Multi Terrain Social events
Teams; Ladies, Senior men and Vets Founded 1984

Welcome to Great Western Runners

GWR Towpath Series - 2010: Races filling - early entry recommended

Whether you enjoy 5km or marathon, recreational or competitive running, we're sure you'll find like-minded friends in GWR. We're a well-established running club affiliated to UK Athletics, with over 250 members of all standards, including one third women. We also organise a number of local races, such as the popular summer Towpath Series.

Membership question? C lick here for more details.

GWR are Affiliated to both England Athletics and The Association of Running Clubs.

Link to GWR Facebook Group

Club Training:

Our main training night is Wednesday, but we also have other training nights on Mondays and Sundays: coaching sessions are held on Tuesday evenings too. During the Summer we make best use of the local Parks and trails in the Forest of Avon, while in Winter we use a variety of well lit routes around the City, where our regular training groups cover distances from 4 to 10+ miles.

Our "New Runners Training Sessions" are for the complete beginner who finds the thought of running impossible, with the aim to build you up to be able to join one of our regular training groups. Our team of UK Athletics Coaches (pictured below) will take you through the necessary steps to put you on the road to a regular running schedule.

GWR Coaches

Facilities available on Wednesday club nights include: changing; showers; sauna; bar; kitchen selling hot meals, so please come prepared to make best use of what we can offer you!

Meeting details are as follows:

Day/Time:	Venue:	Distances:
Monday: 6.45pm	Bristol Lawn Tennis and Squash Club	Informal runs (distances and type of runs are agreed on the night by those who turn up)
Tuesday: 7.00pm	Portway Rugby Development Centre	Click here for more details
Wednesday: Meet from 6.30 - run 7.00pm	Bristol Lawn Tennis and Squash Club	"New Runners Session" plus groups running 4, 6, 8, 10 miles and more - Routes - click here
Sunday: 09:30am	The Pump House, Hotwells	9 miles upwards, again informally agreed and in association with BAD Tri Club

Club Road Race Championship	The Oldbury 10 Miler on 31st August
Towpath Series	A popular series of 5 races, held between May and August. C lick here for more details
Avon & Somerset Cross Country Championships	5 January 2003: A frosty, but sunny day. Click here for full results and photos
International Running Challenge - Club La Santa, Lanzarote	GWR had a great time and success - click here
Bruges Vets Races	GWR had another successful trip to Bruges - click here
Welsh Castles Relay - Mike Bull's Gallery ; 2004 Photo Gallery ; 2003 Photo Gallery ; 2002 Photo Gallery
Weston Prom Runs - We have men's and a ladies teams entered	September - May - third Thursday of the month @ WsM - Click here
Gwent Cross Country League - The club has an enthusiastic cross country section, who are currently entered in a number of leagues, including this one	Click here to link to the Gwent XC League site to see how we are doing
Christmas Lights Run - a chance to view the lights in Bristol City Centre - don't forget your tinsel and silly hats!	A Wednesday before Christmas (16 December 2009) - A great evening run - and back to base for buffet - Pictures - Click here
	Footnotes - Click here
GWR Constitution and Rules as at 28th October 2009 (Adobe pdf)