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Eleven runners from Lewes Athletic Club helped to make the Mince Pie Ten Mile Race at Peacehaven this morning the best attended ever, with a total of 327 runners finishing. The race was staged in festive mode, with Christmas classics blaring from the loudspeaker before the start, a number of Santa Clauses running, and the traditional mince pie amongst the goodies offered to finishers. The…

Our club Leaderboard and League table, as well as a summary of this years’ West Sussex Fun Run League campaign, are now available on the website, at the bottom of the Records and Rankings page.

Anna Hopcroft Bsc (hons) Sports Massage Therapist, Coach & Tutor The club has arranged for Anna to be at the track to advise club members and to help with those niggles and any injury worries that you might have. She will be at the club house at the track on Thursdays from 7.30pm until 8.00pm The next dates when Anna will be at the track…

Dear Runners I am currently studying for a MSc in Advanced Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, from Teesside University. To fulfill part of my course I am conducting research into “The Relationship Mental Toughness has with Coping with Injury and Rehabilitation Adherence in Runners”. The study aims to look at any gender, age group and participation level differences. I am looking for runners over 18…

Lewes 5 mile & 10 mile race entry forms are now available. Follow the “Events” Lewes Downland Run” links on the left of the Home page.

Three first claim Lewes members and one second claim member travelled with the Sixty strong Sussex schools team to Gateshead to compete in the English schools championships. Sam Bennett in the senior boys 800m had the hardest task coming back from illness, as luck had it that he was drawn in the third heat which was run at a fantastic pace 54 second first lap…

The Lewes Senior men’s team were first in the Heathfield 10K on Sunday 26th June 2011 The individual postions were David Bradford 2nd overall in a time of 34.46: 3rd overall was Matt Bradford in 35.41:7th overall was Tom Morris in 37.19 and making up the scoring four was Martin Komen in 19th position with a time of 40.28. Other positions and times are: 78,…

Get your entries in early to be sure of a place on the starting line! Events 75m 100m 150m 200m 600m 800m 1200m 1500m 3000m Long Jump, High Jump Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot. ENTRY FORMr

On a blazing hot Saturday on the 4th June 2011 the Lewes AC A team took the bronze medal in the 100 mile South Downs Relay. Their time was a very creditable 11 hours 11 minutes. Overall this time was just a touch over six and a half minutes for each mile which bearing in mind the very hilly nature of the run was outstanding…