Dee Runners

27/04/26

London

Well, Anna travelled over by plane, she ran, and she conquered. Our Dee Runner Anna Savage ran an incredible 26.219 miles in the London 2026 marathon in a phenomenal time of 4 hours 18 minutes and 55 seconds. What an incredible achievement Anna that truly reflects the dedication, time and hard work you have put into all your training. It has been amazing to see all the support and well wishes Anna received before and after the race emphasising what a wonderful and supportive club Dee Runners really is. Huge congratulations Anna!

Here is Annas story highlighting how she felt about the whole experience.

London Marathon was a fantastic experience, and I highly recommend running it. I was actually on the verge of tears at the start and finish line. It is such an emotional experience! My highlights, in no particular order were:

  1. Seeing Daddy Pig and Joe Wicks
  2. Getting to see my family twice in the crowds
  3. The noise of the crowds
  4. All the people running in fancy dress
  5. Walking to the bus stop afterwards and having a crowd of people outside a pub clapping and cheering for me!

Thank you so much for letting me have the Dee Runners club place, I have raised about £700 for the MS Society but will confirm the total soon.

Races

Our local dee mountain men are back for race 4 of the series brought us to the Annalong Horseshoe. A 9km race with a 500m ascent. Another tough and rewarding challenge for John Pugh and Andy Dainty with completing the race in great times of 1.21 and 1.27. Brilliant efforts all round especially in hot sunny conditions.

Park Run

2 PBS at park run this week. Well done Lynsey at Bangor and Shelley at Comber. Amazing running from both of you especially as it was a hot sunny morning. Big thanks to Mark Finlay for volunteering 2 weeks in a row now at Bangor Park run. No better way to start off a birthday by running 3 lap of Bangor park run and that’s exactly what Cara did. Happy Birthday! Finally, lovely spot of dee park run tourism from Lynne who ran Rostrevor for the first time with a cracking time of 27.53 in 17th position.

Also next week if you name isn’t registered on park run, I will not add you in so please take note and get yourself named as a dee runner 😊

Park RunnerLocationTime
Will RobinsonBangor22.03
Gary RolstonBangor22.57
Jonathan GonzalezBangor26.23
Rachel LynnBangor27.04
Cara RolstonBangor28.04
Kady PritchardBangor28.17
Thomas DalbyBangor29.17
Lynsey MonteithBangor30.56
Nigel BartonBangor32.18
Diane FinlayBangor33.45
Peter KellyComber30.33
Shelley RolstonComber30.34
Lynne McKinleyRostrevor27.53

Training

This week’s training will be 6.30pm

DateCoachTrainingMeeting point
29th April 2026AnnaIndian TrailsCommons

Don’t forget we have our 6pm Monday social runs meeting at the slipway (always check the group chat for confirmation) . We had 14 runners this week enjoying the lovely weather and catch ups to start off the week in a positive glow.

Also Strength and Conditioning class Tuesday 6.15-7pm at glow up gym in Bangor.

Future Races ahead

DateOncoming racesSigned up Runners
MAY  
 03/05/2026 Worthington half Marathon Jo Gault
03/05/2026Belfast Marathon Kady Kane, Gary Rolston, Lewis Getty Tom Hinds
03/05/2026Belfast Relay teams 5 teams
03/05/2026Dublin Half Marathon 
08/05/2026Run the Runways 5K/10K Rachel Lynn, Shelley Rolston, Will Robinson Peter Kelly
16/05/2026The Coast 10K/Half Marathon 
23/05/2026Ballyclaire May Fair 5K/10K 
JUNE  
 17/06/2026 Lisburn 10K/Half Marathon Cara Rolston
19/06/2026Comber 10KGary Rolston, Claire McBride, Tom Hind, Dave McCready, Andy Payne, Rachel Lynn, Will Robinson, Lewis Getty, Peter Kelly, Alastair Mc Queen, Cara Rolston
21/06/2026  Ironman 70.3 Westfriesland (Holland) Joanne Gillam
21/06/2026Women’s only Belfast 10K Shelley Rolston, Dianne Finlay
26/06/2026Ards Half Marathon Rachel Stewart Alastair McQueen
JULY  
        17/07/2026 Sea to Sky 10K Amy Burns
22/07/2026Donaghadee 5KEveryone where possible to help Marshall
29/07/2026Club 5K run for medalEveryone

Rachel Lynn

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