Running Injuries
Recently, I have had the misfortune of one of my coached athletes getting injured. It has been really upsetting to see him becoming downhearted after seeing his Manchester marathon dreams…
Broughton Trail Series – Round 4
Today was the fourth and final round of our Trail Series event. One event every 4 weeks with points achieved in each race which aggregate into a final series score.…
My knee….
A couple of years ago I had the misfortune of being diagnosed with a torn meniscus after noticing some swelling on the knee after a run. At the time I…
Trail Series – Round 3
Well, today was an eventful race to say the least! I guess it would be best to start from the beginning... We went out for a pleasent walk in the…
Mums the word
Given today is Mother’s Day, I wanted to write a little piece to all of our mum runners at team BR. I myself have four children (plus a husband!) to…
Adam Demeester & TeamBR
I asked one of our members, Adam Demeester, if he could do a quick write up on what he thought about TeamBR with the thought that it might be useful…
TeamBR – Why we do what we do
I started running in 2014, I'd had my first child 2 years previously and during the house move up to Broughton from Scunthorpe I decided that it would be a…
All Hail Steve
As you may or may not know, Team BR was formed by a man called Steve Portess. Steve originally began a group called Broughton Community Runners, then developed Team BR…
Couch to 5k and finding your running why
Today marked week three of the couch to 5k course ran by Team BR. The course is ten weeks long and open to anyone and everyone. The programme is similar…
Broughton Trail Series Round 2
Another month, another round of the trail series! Everyone was up at the crack of dawn to get ready, Rachel was particularly unhappy at having to get up early on…