In accordance with government and England Athletics advice, the club is currently once again unable to organise group activities and all races have been postponed.  However, it is hoped that at the end of Lockdown 2, it will be possible to resume group sessions, in small groups, with members needing to pre-book and follow social distancing guidelines.  These take place on Mondays and Wednesdays and include road runs and targeted speed sessions.

Additionally, the club is continuing to give support and encouragement to members via weekly Zoom meetings and challenges.  These have included 1 mile, 5k and 5 mile challenges, and monthly mileage targets.  Online social activities such as quizzes have also taken place,

Several club members took part in the Virtual London Marathon on 4th October, choosing different ways of covering the 26.2 miles in their own way.

Paul Jones recorded the fastest time for the club, in an impressive 3:08:10, followed by Steve Cable who chose to run laps of the Deangate Running track. His time of 3:17:35 qualified him as ‘Good for Age’ for the 2021 London Marathon.

Matt Holt and Al Savage made a last-minute decision to run together, which helped them to achieve times of 3:42:46 and 3:43:30 respectively – a PB for Matt and a very creditable time for a first marathon for Al.

Joyce Bell enlisted the help of nearly 20 fellow club runners to run sections of the course with her around the streets of Gravesend (socially distanced of course!) in a time of 5:44:20, while Tammy Pullen completed her first marathon in a time of 5:57:13.

Finally Ella Thompson chose to do a run/walk along the blustery Thanet coast between Herne Bay and Margate and back, in a time of 8:07:46.