Dolly Mixtures Committee 2022/23
Following the AGM in April there have been a change of faces on the Dolly Mixtures Running Group committee. We give a huge thank you to all past committee members whose commitment, enthusiasm and dedication has made the club such a success. The members of the...
Dolly Mixtures Committee
For those of you who run in different venues you might not all have been able to put names to faces on the club's committee. At the most recent committee meeting we managed to get a picture of the group so from left to right we have Front row - Sharon Davies,...
Save the date…… ~ by Emma Hughes
Save the date…….. There was a time when this meant there was a wedding invitation on it’s way, but now it’s all about running events and the return of mass participation events in our capital city, Cardiff - 721 days since the last event and my first experience of...
What would you do for a t-shirt? ~ by Claire
What would you do for a t-shirt: the story of how I became a pacer! I’m the first to admit that I can be the queen of last-minute. So when entries say they close on the 19th in the cyberworld I expect that to mean 11:59pm on the 19th and not a moment before –...
My Pandemic Running Journey ~ by Elaine Lewis
The first case of Coronavirus had reached the UK in January 2020 but little did I think that we would be heading for a pandemic. I was enjoying leading our couch to 5k group on a Monday evening and joining our social runs on a Thursday evening. Our couch to 5k ladies...
10k a day, a January like no other ~ by Emma Hughes
Getting up from the sofa was my biggest challenge and I ached in places I didn’t think possible. Slowly but surely my focus was returning….
My 2020 Challenge! ~ by Sally Johnson
Two more half marathons to go – November and December – and I will have completed my 2020 Challenge.
My Virgin London Marathon
by Lisa Ashworth, recipient of the 2019 Club Entry Come the night of the Dolly Christmas Dinner, there were nine ladies who were ready to take on the challenge of the London Marathon 2019, and it was my name that was drawn. I was still eating my dessert, and for me,...
A beginner’s story ~ by Jane Evans
That first night can be quite daunting – what to wear, who’ll be there, how you’ll get on….a thousand questions at once. Jane has shared her first weeks here with us.