Races & Running Events
Many of the club members regularly take part in races throughout the year, locally, across the country, and even abroad! We use our members-only Facebook group to discuss the events we are considering - click here to see this discussion thread. You can also use the race calendar on this page, as well as the full races & events calendar page. Below are some of our favourite events:
Our favourite events - links
- February - Warwick half marathon
- March - Ashby 20
- April - Manchester marathon, London marathon, Leicester Abbey Park 10k
- May - Several LRRL and EMGP races
- June - The Foxton Trot, Rothley 10k
- July - Watermead Challenge 5 mile
- September - Equinox24, The Croft Canter
- October - Leicester half marathon, Skeleton run
- November - Benidorm half marathon
- December - Huncote Hash
EMGP
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The East Midlands Grand Prix is a series of events that typically take place weekday evenings around, you guessed it, the East Midlands. Some of our runners take part in these. You can enter the entire series or just individual races.
EMGP - 2024 dates (provisional)
- Wednesday 1 May: EMGP Silverstone 10k
- Friday 17 May: EMGP Blisworth 5
- Tuesday 21 May: EMGP Banbury 5
- Tuesday 11 June: EMGP Harborough 5
- Wednesday 19 June: EMGP Corby 5
- Tuesday 25 June: EMGP Weedon 10k
- Tuesday 9 July: EMGP Milton Keynes 10k
- Wednesday 17 July: EMGP Rugby 6
DXRC
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Squirrels are in the Derby Runner Cross Country League (DXRC). This is an inclusive league
suitable for runners of all abilities - as an example, at a recent race some of the female runners were averaging 15:00 minute mile pace at Grace Dieu - 5ish miles. Races typically cost £6-8 each. More information at https://www.derbyrunnerxc.co.uk/
DXRC - 2024/25 dates (provisional)
- 27/10/24 Bagworth 5
- 24/11/24 Ravenstone 6
- 12/01/25 Martinshaw 6
- 26/01/25 Grace Dieu 5
- 09/02/25 Holly Hayes 5
- 09/03/25 Bosworth 5
LRRL
The Leicestershire Road Running League holds races starting in spring and ending in autumn, however most races can be tricky to enter as Squirrels are not an LRRL member and typically only runners who belong to LRRL member clubs can purchase tickets initially, before entry opens to the public a week later. If you are interested in these, join the Leicester Runners Facebook group as well as the LRRL page and look out for posts advertising on-sale dates, and be prepared to snap up an entry the moment they go on sale.
LRRL - 2024 dates
- Kibworth 6 - Sunday 24th March 2024
- Stilton 7 - Sunday 14th April 2024
- West End 8 - Sunday 12th May 2024
- Bosworth Half - Sunday 19th May 2024 (public signup from Sunday, 3rd March @ 8pm)
- Swithland 6 - Sunday 2nd June 2024
- Prestwold 10k - Sunday 23rd June 2024
- Steve Morris 5 - Sunday 30th June
- Joy Cann 5 - Wednesday 7th August 2024
- Rotherby 8 - Sunday 1st September 2024
- Markfield 10k - Sunday 29th September 2024