Author: smoggypaul

We’re starting the appeal for volunteers to marshal at Saddlescombe for this event , roughly 10am to 1pm. You will be assisting Nick Sayers who will again manage this station, and it will of course be a fun, rewarding, and usually CAKEFUL! morning.

This is the most complex changeover point for the relay in the whole 100 mile course, due to the dangerous nature of the road, the hilly terrain and the Car Park, so we need a big team, so if you want to bring family or friends, they will be gratefully accepted

In recent years Henfield Joggers have been praised by the organisers for running the best marshalling point, and therefore you’ll be part of a respected and successful team.

We need to: Manage the car parking in the Devils Dyke road car park up the hill (not the one next to Devils Dyke pub); Manage each side of the main road to ensure safety at all times as runners enter and leave the marshalling point; and have spotters ‘up the hill’ (Newtimber Hill) to radio back the incoming runners (yes, radio! We now have 4 radio sets for use here).

With 55 teams registered this means 55 incoming minibuses to park, 55 outgoing minibuses to check out, 110 runners in total (55 in and 55 out) to manage, and about 400 people coming through in one way or another. It’s a terrific time, it’s very active and dynamic, and obviously our own Henfield Joggers relay team will be in there coming through.

Feel free to ask any questions and especially newer members, please come along and help out, don’t be shy!! It’s a one-off annual event so it’s a great opportunity.

Please help if you can, email: enquiries@henfieldjoggers.co.uk

Want to take up running this Spring but need the structure and motivation of others? Then come and join Henfield Joggers next ‘Lets Get Running’ programme on Wednesday 5th April 2017, 7pm at Henfield Leisure Centre.  This is an 8 week walk/run programme building up to a 5k run (without stopping) and is also suitable for those who want to return to running after a gap. Henfield Joggers are affiliated to Run Together (the official recreational running arm of England Athletics) and the course is overseen by accredited Leadership in Running Fitness coaches. All levels are welcome, and the routes will be a mix of on/off road.

The course costs only £25 but includes free membership to Henfield Joggers valid until January 2018, which gives you not just the membership benefits but more importantly you become part of a friendly club for whom socialising is as important as running!

If you’re already running and just want some additional motivation, advice, or simply to run with like-minded people, then come and meet us, there’s no pressure to join immediately so come and check us out first, you’d be very welcome to join us on our weekly runs around the trails of Henfield and beyond

There’s some more information here, or just contact us at: beginners@henfieldjoggers.co.uk, or turn up on the night

And if you want to know what its actually like when you start to run, the real experiences that people have, then you can find some of our stories here!