For those of you unfamiliar with Parkrun it’s origins date back barely 20 years when seven friends ran around a London park. Today it is a worldwide phenomenon with millions taking to parks around the world to run 5km. On Saturday TRPs Crispin Chambers visited the scene of the first ever run in
Relay Success
Another busy week of racing for Tavistock Run Project in the crowded calendar of events.On Thursday evening the club entered six teams in the ever popular Town Relays, part of the Carnival program of events. Teams of 4 run a 1.1 mile loop of the Meadows and TRP justified their position as favourites
Erme valley victory
This was another highly successful week for Tavistock Run Project with team success at the Erme Valley Relays and a strong individual performance from Ollie Smart at the British Milers Club meeting. This week (Friday) Oliver Smart of Mount Kelly who is coached by Dave Chanter at TRP will be
TRP descend on Trails
Tavistock Run Project descended on the Tamar Trails last Saturday to compete in the weekly park run. Fourteen runners from the club took part and they dominated proceedings.Oliver Smart led the way recording a time of 16mins10 secs. Followed by Ed Smith and Ed Smart in 2nd and 3rd. TRP placed nine
SMART AT THE DOUBLE
Ollie Smart took respite from his exams to post impressive performances last week. On Tuesday at the British Milers Club meeting at Exeter he lowered his pb over 800m with an impressive 2min01 sec . He followed this up on Saturday by demolishing the course record at the Tamar Trails Parkrun
Busy TRP weekend
Last weekend proved a busy one for Tavistock Run Project athletes with a number of events on the calendar.On Friday the club fielded four teams at the Run Exe Relays in Exeter. On a fast 4km course the A team of Chris Rimmer, Sam Hortopp, Ed Smart and Jim Cole finished runners up to a very strong
TrailBlazer
Craig Howells It’s a hill , get over it!Last Sunday saw the second running of the Peter Tavy Trailblazer, organised by Tavistock Run Project and supported by Tavistock Hire.The race is a challenging run from the Dartmoor village, climbing for nearly 3 miles on ancient tracks past the infamous and
TRP hit the streets of London
TRP hit the streets of London Emma Dooney At the VLM 2019 Last Sunday the eyes of the world were on the London Marathon and for many the focus was on the duel between the magnificent Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and Britain’s Mo Farah. There was always going to be one winner and once again we