Dorchester RIOT, Dorchester (2026)

15/06/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

Starting off with our usual Parkrun roundup, brilliant running from Paul Loveridge who got a great PB at Weymouth Parkrun. A special mention to Adam Woollard and Will Loates for being 2nd and 4th finishers respectively at The Great Field. Great running from all of you, well done!👏👏

This weekend was marked by both the Purbeck 10K which is a DRRL race and the start of the Purbeck Trail series which kicked off with the very popular Coombe Keynes 10k. A busy weekend for some of our RIOTers, some of whom impressively took part in both!
Starting off with the Purbeck 10k, fantastic running from Graham Smith (who got an impressive course PB and 11th AG), Adam Woollard (18th overall finisher, 10th AG and 3rd fastest 10k), Michael Paulley (11th AG), Steve March, Tim Stephens (18th AG), Ollie Baker and our lovely RIOT ladies Sally Miller (10k PB, 3rd AG and 7th lady!) and Karen Mitchell (1st AG and 13th lady). Congratulations all, impressive efforts! A special mention to Izzie Sadler for kindly marshalling at this event.👏👏

On Sunday, there was a great turn-out at the hot and sunny Coombe Keynes 10k and it was really lovely seeing so many of you there. There was once again some very impressive running from Adam Woollard (8th overall finisher in a sub-40 minutes time), Louise Fox (3rd lady), Bronwen Davison, Anne Saunders, Bella Lowis (for whom it was the first race in a while, and who we were delighted to see back in a RIOT top!), Jeremy Piggot, Ruth Hutchings, Izzie Sadler, Stephen Broad, Rob Davison, Rachel Jones, Emily Denton (19th lady), Virginie Morris (14th lady), George Peters, Karen Mitchell (1st AG and 7th lady), Graham Smith, Ollie Baker and Chris Monteith. Fantastic effort on a hot and tough trail race, well done everyone! Dorchester RIOT also came in 2nd place for the ladies team and 1st place for the Female Veterans team.👏👏

Very well done to Hugh Gorton for completing the challenging Maverick Trail Half marathon at an impressive pace.👏👏

Congratulations to Donna Graham and Tom Bennett for taking part in the Bustinskin Weymouth triathlon. Donna took part in the sprint distance and finished 3rd lady overall and 1st AG, whereas Tom completed the middle distance and finished 11th in his age group. Both put on an impressive performance across all three disciplines, well done!👏👏

Very well done to Dee Lewis, Anne Woodruff and Terri Goodchild who ran the Hoppit 10k in Hampshire near Kingsclere.👏👏

Congratulations to Clint Dance for completing the challenging Dragon Ride Sportive in Wales. Great effort Clint, well done!👏👏

Well done to Virginie Morris for completing the Studland Swimrun middle distance event and finishing in 2nd place mixed team.👏👏

Last but not least, well done to Rachel Slade for casually running at 10k PB earlier this week during a training run. Great effort Rachel, well done!👏👏

(With great many thanks to Ken Hewitt for the Purbeck 10k and Coombe Keynes 10k photos).

Have a great week!🩵🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

08/06/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

Our RIOTers were incredible at the mid-week event Chase The Sun, taking place in the Blue Pool nature reserve near Corfe. Big congratulations to Adam Woollard who finished in 1st place and won the race!, Danielle O’Shea (2nd lady), Emily Denton (4th lady), Anne Saunders, Tamsin Horsler, Lisa White, Reni McPhail, Anne Woodruff, Shelley Carter, Terri Goodchild, Claire Young, Laura White, Rebecca Murphy, Adele Elliott and Emily Copleston. Well done all, great running, lovely smiles and brilliant support!👏👏

On Saturday, many RIOTers volunteered to pace or marshall which is always very much appreciated. Thank you all! Very well done to Tom Aindow, James Aindow and Drew O’Farrell for getting some impressive PBs at The Great Field. A special mention to Adam Woollard, Ben Penfold, Tom Aindow and Will Loates who were all top 10 finishers.👏👏

Brilliant running from Adele Elliott (5k PB), Polly Scott (2nd fastest 5k) and her daughter Pippa who ran as a relay team at the Poole festival of running.👏👏

Awesome effort from Gunnleyg Archer and Richard Archer who completed the Bath 2 Tunnels Half-marathon. Well done both!👏👏

Finally, very well done to David Ryder and Ollie Baker (longest ride ever) who completed various (and impressive!) distances at the Great Dorset Bike Ride. Great efforts both, well done!👏👏

Have a good week everyone!🩵🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

01/06/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

It was a real pleasure to see our lovely Karen Hall completing her first run since November 2024 at The Great Field Parkrun. Well done Karen, it’s brilliant to have you back! Congratulations to Adam Woollard and Ethan Kirkpatrick for being impressive top 10 finishers, and very well done to Wendy Britton for running strong and getting a Parkrun PB. Well done all, great efforts!👏👏

A very special mention to Pieter Mostert who shared with us his experience of a new and unique Parkrun in which he participated at the weekend. It is at the old, abandoned Tempelhof airport in Berlin, which made history during the "Berlin Airlift" in 1948-49. According to Peter, it is a Parkrun with endless dimensions, a bit mad, but definitely unique and one to add to your bucket list! Thank you Peter for taking the time to share this, it sounds like a fantastic running experience!👏👏

Very well done to a muddy but smiling Polly Scott and her daughter Pippa who ran the Race for Life 5k, whereas Paul Loveridge took part in the 10k course. Well done both, brilliant running and great smiles at the end!👏👏

Congratulations to Evie Miller who completed the Kernowman Triathlon Olympic distance in Cornwall. Evie finished 18th lady and 12th AG after a very impressive and strong swim, cycle and run! Well done Evie!👏👏

Biggest of high-fives to Kai Daly who ran his first half marathon on Sunday: the Camelot Challenge in Sherborne. It was hillier than he had anticipated, but ran strong all the way to the end and was rewarded by a fantastic cake! Well done Kai on an awesome achievement!👏👏

Finally, well done to all who completed their summer Pasty run or walk, it was lovely to see you all having a chat and enjoying the views. Thank you very much to our club captain George Peters for organising this social event.👏👏

Have a great week everyone!🩵🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

25/05/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

Brilliant running from Sally Miller who got an impressive Parkrun PB at The Great Field. Well done Sally!👏👏

Congratulations to all our speedy RIOT members who took part in the Egdon Easy on Saturday evening: Adam Woollard (3rd overall finisher and 3rd AG), Tom Aindow (10k PB, 11th AG and 19th overall), Ollie Baker (2nd fastest 10k), Evie Miller (10k PB, 1st AG and 14th lady), Tim Stephens, Sam Trim, Rachel Jones (9th AG), Martin Young (10k PB), Richard Smith, Pieter Morstert (3rd AG), Kai Daly (7th AG), Howard Higgs (10k PB), Georgina Kosnar (10k PB), Amy Bowman (3rd fastest 10k), Reece Scammell (8th AG), Clive Scammell, Vicky Burrows, Paul Burrows, Andy Mutter, Andrew Scowcroft, Andy Rhodes, Bernadette Jones, Emily Stephens, Claire Young and Donna Graham (9th lady).👏👏

Dorchester RIOT came in 4th ladies team thanks to Evie, Rachel and Georgina, whereas the men’s team came in 5th place thanks to Adam, Tom and Ollie.👏👏

Fantastic effort from Paul Loveridge who completed the hilly Great West Run in very hot conditions.👏👏

Well done to Jeremy Piggott and Tom Bennett (course PB) for taking part in the Dorchester Sprint Triathlon.👏👏

Well done to Anne Woodruff and Terri Goodchild for running the Virtual run for the 97 5k.👏👏

Last but not least, very well done to Adelle Elliott who completed the Taunton Half-marathon in a brilliant time on Sunday, after overcoming many obstacles during her training. This was Adele’s first half-marathon event and we were thrilled to see her over that finish line!👏👏

That’s it for today. Well done everyone, have a great week!💙🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever to big or small and we would love to celebrate your accomplishments!

18/05/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

Starting off with our Parkrun round-up, congratulations to Polly Scott, Liz Clark and Andrew Scowcroft for running strong and getting brilliant Parkrun PBs. Well done to Ethan Kirkpatrick and Ian Galloway for being very fast top 10 finishers at The Great Field Parkrun, to Ian Roe for completing Fell Foot Park Run and coming in 2nd in his age group and finally to Rob Kirkpatrick for reaching 100 Parkrun finishes.👏👏

Very well done and a really big thank you to every member who took part in Archie's colour run, either by running or volunteering. Archie's Warriors is RIOT's charity of the year, and it was lovely seeing all of you supporting this event. Keep your eyes peeled on our newsletter and pages for more events and socials throughout the year to raise funds for Archie’s Warriors.

Congratulations to our super speedy RIOTers for taking part in the May5 race, a DRRL event. Huge well done to Kerri Oliver, Karen Mitchell (1st AG), Sally Miller (5k PB), Graham Smith, Mark Stockman, Danielle O'Shea, Ollie Baker (2nd fastest 5k), Terry Sneller and Michael Paulley (15th AG). Well done, impressive paces and fantastic running!👏👏

Congratulations to Louise Fox for competing in the Xterra UK English Cross Triathlon Championships. Louise is an impressive athlete and it was thanks to her amazing running that she went from being in a group of 3rd-5th place after the bike leg up into 1st after the run in her age category. Well done Louise, a very impressive achievement!👏👏

Well done to George Peters for being tail runner at the Creds Media Half Marathon in London.👏👏

Awesome effort from Katie Smith who competed in the Hyrox doubles pro Barcelona event. 👏👏

Well done to Wendy Britton (9th lady and 2nd AG) for completing the 100km Jurassic Coast Challenge, which saw her run from Corfe Castle to Bridport along the South West Coast Path. 👏👏

Congratulations to Liz Elliott for completing the Roadford Lake Trail Run in the Torridge district. She made a fantastic effort on that event and was all smiles at the end! 👏👏

Very well done to the lovely Christina Guppy for completing the Guernsey Ultra, a circular 57km route taking in tee finest views around the island. Well done Christina on your achievement, after months of dedicated training, and on recording your 2nd fastest 50km run. 👏👏

Last but not least, congratulations to Malcolm Curtis for completing the Ultra Trail Snowdonia 80k, a challenging overnight course. Malcolm made a very strong come back to Snowdonia after injuring his Achilles last year at the same event. Following weeks of dedicated training (and having to overcome a serious illness in the process), Malcolm returned to the Welsh mountains and completed the 80k course impressively. Well done to Chris Monteith and Virginie Morris for attempting the 80k and 50k distances respectively. 👏👏

Have a great week everyone!💙🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

11/05/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

Well done to Drew O’Farell for getting a Parkrun PB at The Great field. Great running Drew, well done!👏👏

Congratulations to the wonderful Clint Dance for taking part in his very first ultra, the “Run to the sea Brighton 50k”. Clint had an enjoyable run with lovely scenery, despite some challenging hills and hot weather conditions. Well done Clint, a fantastic achievement!👏👏

There were so many RIOTers involved in this year’s Hardy Half, thank you all so much for all your generous time and help before, during and after our flagship event! Thank you to every single member who was out there marshalling, cheering, helping with the logistics at the Rugby Club, taking photos or taking part in the race.

To those directly involved in the Hardy Half committee: George Peters, Rachel Jones and Michael Paulley , thank you for putting on a fantastic event and keeping the forecasted rain at bay. A very special mention to Mark Brown who ran the course twice in a row, first very early in the morning to check the course, and another time as the tail runner for the Hardy Half course. Also a special mention to Mark Stockman who also checked the course first thing in the morning before marshalling and supporting at the aid station on the ridgeway.👏👏

On the half Hardy Half course, awesome running from Steven Noble (1st overall finisher), Vicky Burrows (3rd lady), Richard Smith (7th finisher), Alastair McPhail (9th finisher), Amy Bowman (4th lady), Rachel Slade (6th lady and 1st V-60), Andrea Sanders-Reece (7th lady and 1st V-70), Eden de Leon (10th lady), Terri Goodchild (16th lady), Bronwen Davison (19th lady), Gunnleyg Archer (20th lady), Vicky Jennings-Giles, Andy Rhodes, Alex Emery, Tracy Watts, Emily Stephens, Laura White, Adele Elliott, Esther Ward, Claire Young, Anne woodruff, Shelley Carter and Emily Copleston (who kindly volunteered to tail this event).👏👏

On the Hardy Half course, absolutely fantastic running from Adam Woollard (4th overall finisher), Ollie Baker (16th overall finisher and 2nd fastest half-marathon), Philip Reese (20th finisher), David Howell (24th finisher), Matt George (25th finisher), Ellis Tayler (27th finisher and 3rd fastest half-marathon), Finlay Davison, Sam Trim (course PB!), Tim Stephens, Ian Roe, Danielle O’Shea (10th lady and 2nd fastest half-marathon), Virginie Morris and Karen Mitchell (12th and 13th ladies), Mark Parker (who not only managed a strong finish but also beat a certain Mr Danbury’s previous time on that course) Chloe Morley, Isla McPhail (2nd fastest half-marathon), Georgina Kosnar, Phil Rogers, Cameron Spence, Richard Archer, Pieter Mostert, Martin Young, Rob Davison (course PB!), Clive Parsons, Gearoid Conneely, Izzie Sadler, Liam Churchill (for whom it was his first ever event and first half marathon after completing RIOT’s C25K), Tamsin Horsler, Anne Saunders, Andy Mutter, Andy Green, Christina Guppy, , Louise Curtis, Karen Lewis, Chris Monteith, and Naomi Phillips. 👏👏

Thank you all for being part of this event and for making it happened, well done on all your incredible running and supporting each other!

📸With great many thanks and credits to the lovely DorsetBays, Nicholas Guppy, Malcolm Curtis, Claire Dunn and the Bridport Runners for the photos!📸

Please note: there were a lot of you out there today, in front of and/or behind the scenes. The results page from TimingMonkeys and RIOT’s Strava page were used to gather up all your lovely names, but due to the numbers involved, I just wanted to say sorry if anyone was missed, either in the lists above and/or the photo montage. Not everyone was in the group photo at the start, so I tried to include all of you, but I’ve probably failed or got the same person twice! Do share your own photo in the comments if I’ve accidentally left you out, and check out DorsetBays’ and Nicholas Guppy’s pages as I’m sure you’re bound to find several great photos of you in their albums. 🙏

That’s it for today. Have a great week everyone! 💙🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

04/05/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

Well done and thank you to every RIOTer who helped marshall and pace at this week’s Parkrun at The Great Field. There were plenty of strong running from our members who achieved great Parkrun PBs: Richard Smith, Jacqui Pateman-Jones, Georgina Kosnar (who achieved he first sub-25mins time) and Nigean Talbout. A very special mention to Taylor Bradbury who ran his 8th Parkrun PB in a row. Taylor took part in RIOT’s C25K course and this is a brilliant achievement! Well done all of you, amazing running!👏👏

Warmest congratulations to Sally Miller (marathon PB and 5th lady overall), Adam Woollard (5th overall finisher in an impressive sub-3hour time), and our 2026 Men of Steel Steve March (first ever marathon) and Graham Smith (2nd fastest marathon) who all completed the North Dorset Village Marathon, which is part of the DRRL. You all trained with great determination and focus over many months, and we were thrilled to see your super speedy accomplishments! Well done all!👏👏

Over in Southampton both Tom Aindow and Anita Nixon ran incredibly strongly from start to finish and earned some brilliant marathon and half-marathon PBs respectively! Both Tom and Anita trained hard and have gone from strength to strength, Tom even overcoming an injury and some weeks off during his training. Anita managed to get a sub-2hour half-marathon time which was a big personal achievement, as well as striking a pose with Mahamed Mahamed, the second fastest British Marathoner! Well done both on two very impressive races!👏👏

Closer to home, very well done to Andy Mutter who took part in this year’s Pig Backyard Ultra on the Isle of Portland and managed over a marathon distance. This is only a few months after a hip replacement surgery and progressively returning back to running. Well done Andy, great effort!👏👏

It gives us great pleasure to be once again celebrating our lovely El Rollett, who competed in Cardiff Hyrox this weekend. This was El’s first event since knee surgery and her first run/strength event. She finished within top 10 in her age group. Fantastic effort El, really well done!👏👏

Well done to Virginie Morris for completing the challenging East Devon Round and being the 2nd lady to cross the finish line.👏👏

Last but not least, our members don’t just run, they also provide amazing support. Well done to Polly Scott (and her daughter Pippa) and Andrew Scowcroft for supporting former RIOT member, Rob Scott, during the Thames Path 100 mile this weekend. They aided his incredible run by making sure he was crewed at each stop over 25 hours as he completed his first 100 miler. Well done all!👏👏

Have a good week everyone! 💙🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

27/04/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

Very well done to Liam Churchill for getting a strong PB at The Great Field Parkrun. A special mention to Adam Woollard for being a very fast but very relaxed 1st finisher once again, as well as to Danielle O’Shea for being 2nd lady across the line!👏👏

This weekend marked the return of the world famous London Marathon. As many of you may already know, History was made on Sunday when 2 elite men crossed the finish line in under 2 hours! A truly incredible and humbling achievement. Well done to all of you who were part of this historic day!
Congratulations to all our members for making a fantastic effort despite hot conditions: Jo Lawes (marathon PB), William Loates (who achieved an impressive sub-3 hours) and, last but certainly not least, Bill Britton (who won RIOT’s club place last year but was rushed into surgery at the last minute with appendicitis, what a come back with his 3rd fastest marathon!). Huge well done to all of you for some very inspirational running at this year’s London marathon. A special mention to Andy Davidson who ran the virtual London marathon and a great marathon PB in the process. Well done all!👏👏

A big thank you to all the RIOTers who travelled to London on the day to show their support!👏👏

Finally, great running from the lovely Polly Scott, Terri Goodchild and Anne Woodruff for completing the London calling 10k. A special mention to Polly who achieved her 3rd best 10k time. Great running all three of you, well done!👏👏

Have a good week everyone! 💙🧡

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

26/04/2026

Good luck to all of our runners in London today!
You’ve done the training go and smash it!!

20/04/2026

🏅Medal Monday🏅

As always, we start off with our weekly Parkrun round-up. Big well done to Adam Woollard, Paul Loveridge, Liam Chruchill, Andrew Rhodes and Andrew Scowcroft for getting some impressive PB at The Great Field. Adam was also the 2nd overall finisher. A special mention to Greg Cobb who ran a year’s best time at the Brooklyn Bridge Parkrun! Well done all, great running!👏👏

It was very humbling and inspirational seeing our fantastic members taking part in this year’s Manchester Marathon. You have all been training so hard, many of you experiencing setbacks during the past few weeks, and no matter the outcome of your race, we couldn’t be prouder of your efforts and willingness to give it a go! Awesome effort from Tom Nixon, Gaurika Kapoor (who achieved an impressive 26 minute marathon PB!) and Mark Stockman. A very special mention to our club captain Karen Mitchell who ran as part of the Masters team. This was Karen’s 2nd fastest marathon time and she came in 6th in her age category, a very impressive achievement! 👏👏

Well done to Caroline Sutton for taking part in the West Lancashire Spring sprint triathlon.👏👏

Congratulations to Tom Bennett and Adele Elliott for earning a 5k and10 mile PB respectively during their training run this weekend.👏👏

Last but certainly not least, it has been a real pleasure seeing Kerry Bartlett back out running after a prolonged period of time off due to injury. Onwards and upwards Kerry, we’re looking forward to seeing you back at our club runs!👏👏

Have a good week everyone!

PS: Please do not take it personally if I have accidentally missed you out, either in the text or in the photos. Do use the comments section below to share your own achievements. Nothing is ever too big or small to celebrate!

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