Pocklington Runners

Pocklington Runners Welcome to Pocklington Runners

We are a friendly but competitive club in East Yorkshire It's a great way to get fit, healthy and meet like-minded people.

We are a friendly community of runners from Pocklington and surrounding villages. In fact, many of our members are from Market Weighton, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor and other surrounding areas. We meet every Wednesday at 6.30pm at Pocklington Rugby Club for a social run, with a variety of distances to suit all runners. We are always happy to welcome new members to join us on some of the breathtakingly

beautiful social runs that we are lucky to be able to enjoy in our area. Whether you are a novice or more experienced runner looking to improve or just looking to enjoy running with others, Pocklington Runners welcome you to come along and give it a try! You have the option of running in many of the national race events, but this absolutely optional. You may decide that you are happy to just join us on our Wednesday runs and make some new running friends. If you are interested in coming along, just send us a message and we will make sure a friendly face is on-hand to meet you at the club.

We hope everyone had a fabulous bank holiday weekend.As runners we don’t stop for bank holiday or even on holiday. As ou...
01/09/2026

We hope everyone had a fabulous bank holiday weekend.

As runners we don’t stop for bank holiday or even on holiday.

As our amazing Rich Williman proved this weekend. On his holiday in Australia he ran the in aid of Ruth Strauss Foundation. Huge Congratulations Rich!

This week our Wednesday Club Run is our final summer away run of the year, so we won’t be at the Rugby Club tomorrow, but we are back next Wednesday 6.30pm!

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We have a GREAT selection of runs on offer this coming Wednesday 26 August. If you’re new to Pock Runners and want to g...
25/08/2026

We have a GREAT selection of runs on offer this coming Wednesday 26 August.

If you’re new to Pock Runners and want to give one of these a go tomorrow evening, DM us or comment below and we’ll organise for one of our friendly captains to meet and greet you!

We meet at 6.30pm in the Rugby Club to set off at 6.45pm – and there’s a brew, coffee, biscuits and a bar afterwards – as well as friendly chat!

🚶🏼‍♀️Walking group 🚶🏼‍♂️with Adie
Distance : 3 miles
Route : TBA

Jeffing group road run 🏃‍♂️🚶🏿‍♀️with Alan
Ratio 4 mins 30 second run : 30 second walk
Distance : 4.5 miles
Pace : 11-12 min miles
Route: Keldspring Lane (with option of Gliding Club add on)

Flat trail run 🏞️ along the canal with Sarah
Distance : 5 miles
Pace : 10.30 minute miles
Route : Canal out and back

Out of town flat road run 🛣️ with Carol
Distance : 4.5 miles
Pace : 10.30 minute miles
Route : Keldspring loop

Hilly mostly trail run ⛰️ with Marcus
Distance : 8 miles
Pace : 9.30 min miles
Route : Up to Givendale through the valley and back via Millington

Hilly road run ⛰️ with Emily
Distance: 6 miles
Pace : 8.30-9 min miles
Route : meltonby Yapham

Flat road and light trail 🛣️ with Dave
Distance : just under 8 miles
Pace : 8 minute mile
Route: out to Allerthorpe, Waplington Lane / Allerthorpe Common Woods

Hilly road with a bit of trail ⛰️ with Stuart
Distance : 8.5 miles
Pace : 7.30 minute miles
Route : Nunburnholme then up Bratt Wood.

We look forward to seeing you there.

While Ethiopian's 🇪🇹 Yomif Kojelcha was breaking the half marathon World record in a very speedy 56 minutes and 51 secon...
24/08/2026

While Ethiopian's 🇪🇹 Yomif Kojelcha was breaking the half marathon World record in a very speedy 56 minutes and 51 seconds - our own Pocklington Runners were breaking records of their own this weekend!

Sunday saw the inaugural 🇬🇧 East Yorkshire 🇬🇧 Beverley Half Marathon run by RunThrough with several Pockers completing it… making history with their own Personal Best 🥇records!!

And why wouldn’t you enter (if half marathon is your distance); it’s almost just on the doorstep and winds through the East Yorkshire countryside on closed roads, while also taking in the Beverley Westwood (known for the cows 🐄), starting and finishing in the famous Beverley Saturday market. Well done to everyone who ran and also those that kindly went and supported 👏

And the feedback from the runners is it was a lovely course - if a bit hillier for some than anticipated, but our captain Wes recommends it for next year - having stormed home with a shiny course PB ✨and very shiny half marathon time PB ✨✨!

We are hoping for a few more Pocklington entries next year.

Could you be one of them?!🤔

We are so lucky to have the option of flat, hilly, road, trail, canal and woodland routes around us here in Pocklington - and our Wednesday evening routes this week take in a bit of everything with varying distances and paces. We are just compiling the routes, so check back tomorrow - and if one stands out to you, drop us a DM or comment below and we'll make sure you receive a warm Pockers welcome!

Did you know? We have Monday & Wednesday Club sessions!Our lesser known Monday Miles are available for everyone to come...
20/08/2026

Did you know? We have Monday & Wednesday Club sessions!

Our lesser known Monday Miles are available for everyone to come along and try too!

Monday Miles are usually split into two sessions. This week we had the following on offer:

🚀 Monday Miles speed session; this doesn't mean you have to be fast - it's all about building some speed into your miles. It's usually in town on routes where speed and recovery circuits are built into the run. Nobody gets left behind. Routes change each week.

🏔 Monday Miles Millington hills - affectionately known by some as Hillington or Milo Hills! Again, you don't have to be fast - it's about adding hills into your weekly miles. Nobody gets left behind.

If you can only make a Monday, or a Wednesday or both - your membership covers all these guided sessions!

Why not come along and meet us at a Monday Miles session? DM or comment below so we know you're joining us and we'll tell you where to meet us. We're a very happy friendly bunch!!

Find out more on our website : https://bit.ly/4xUFbJU

18/08/2026

Club Night - Wednesday 19th August 🏃‍♀️ and 🚶‍♀️

Thinking of joining us this week?

We have a great variety of options available! With thanks to our run leaders 👏 .

⭐️ Adie will be leading our 3 mile walking group

⭐️ Alan will be heading out down The Mile to Franks Loop in total about 5 miles. Alan will be jeffing the route based on 4min run to 1min walk, so the average pace will be about 12 - 13 minute miles.

⭐️ Carol is heading out to Allerthorpe and back which is around 4 miles and she will be running at a pace of 10-10:30 minute miles.

⭐️ Marcus is offering a mixed terrain run across the golf course, up to birds corner across to the Warter road, down the hill, back around the buddist centre and across the golf course. This will be roughly 6:5 miles at 9:30ish minute miles.

⭐️ Emily will be leading another road run around Yapham Road, Keldspring and back in on Barmby Road which is 4.5 miles and will be run at around 9-9:30 min miles.

⭐️ Sara will do the same route as Emily; the same pace but she will add on the industrial estate and back in via West Green to make it a bit longer.

⭐️ Stuart is doing a more hilly road run going out to Meltonby then up to Givendale and back along the mile giving a 7.5 mile route. The pace for this group will be a speedy 7.15 - 7.30 minute miles.

🏉 We meet at the Rugby Club at 6:30pm, ready to run at 6:45pm.

You’ll need to register your car reg when you arrive at the Rugby Club 🚗!

🥇 First timer? DM us or comment below and we’ll meet and greet you and show you the ropes!

The past week at Pocklington Runners has seen us watching the Eclipse as part of our Wednesday evening social runs and w...
17/08/2026

The past week at Pocklington Runners has seen us watching the Eclipse as part of our Wednesday evening social runs and walks 🌓, and enjoying our annual summer family & friends BBQ 🌭🍔🍦alongside celebrating a few 40th birthdays!🎉

Pocklington Runners love to run and walk - but we also love to socialise!

Back to the running … and walking first!

Our very own Running Cricketer, Richard Williman definitely took the title for furthest afield Parkrun at Oroua River Walkway parkrun in New Zealand 🇳🇿 this weekend. Well done Rich!

Closer to home the race of the weekend was the inaugural 🐻Big Bear Run 10k 🐻 held at Askham Bryan Wildlife & Conservation Park, Askham Bryan College raising funds to support their Asiatic Black Bear friends! Well done to Ant, Sean, Steve (with a shiny new PB), Steven, Andy, Debbie, Kate, Nick and Wendy for conquering this new local route! Same time same place next year was the feedback as everyone thoroughly enjoyed it - including the opportunity to visit the Wildlife Park for free afterwards! One for the calendar for 2027 for sure!

Several Pockers were at Heslington Parkrun on Saturday morning with Kathy Hayes-Taylor park walk volunteering - well done Kathy!

Aside from running and walking many of our members cycle 🚴, swim 🏊‍♂️and do other sports ; often meeting up outside of club planned events to take part in other activities together - for fun and also competitively.

We are all about the running, walking - and SO much more!

If you want to find out more come along to our club social run session this Wednesday - 6.30 meet at the Rugby Club for 6.45 set off. Run routes will be posted tomorrow so keep a look 👀out for them on this page!

Wednesday's Eclipse Runs ☀️🌓🌒🌚.Tomorrow - 12th August. For one night only, if you're thinking of joining us we're meetin...
11/08/2026

Wednesday's Eclipse Runs ☀️🌓🌒🌚.
Tomorrow - 12th August.

For one night only, if you're thinking of joining us we're meeting a little earlier, so 6.15 at the Burnby Lane Rugby Club, ready to head out at 6.30pm.

The plan is to get out of town for our friendly run leaders to take you on an astrological journey to see the solar eclipse!!!

Adrian - Walking group route tbc.

Alan - Jeffing group, 4 min run/1 min walk. 3 or 4 miles to Birds corner and Buddhist Centre.

Carol - 10:30 min miles for 3 or 4 miles. Up the path from Denison, Pink House in the woods, down to The Mile and back via Garths End.

Ellie, Rachel and Molly - covering paces between
8:30 to 10:00 min miles. Approx 6 miles.
Chalk track up to Millington and back.

John - 7:30 min miles.
Millington old 10k route via The Mile.

For those that may miss the 6:30pm departure, don’t worry Dan will be at the club until 6:45pm to get any other groups together if needed.

Don’t forget your spectacles! 😎

Tea, coffee and biscuits available at the club afterwards and the bar will be open of course.

Fancy joining us and watching the ☀Eclipse 🌕 with Pocklington Runners this week?Here are the options available from our ...
11/08/2026

Fancy joining us and watching the ☀Eclipse 🌕 with Pocklington Runners this week?

Here are the options available from our run leaders this week who will take you on an astrological journey! ☀️🌓🌒🌚

Please note earlier meet time of 6.15 to run at 6.30 (for one week only).

1. Adrian Holden - Walking group route tbc

2. Alan Kendra - Jeffing group 4 min run/1 min walk 3/4 miles Birds corner and Buddhist Centre

3. Carol Stephenson - 10:30 min miles 3/4 miles Chalk path from Denison, Pink House in the woods,The Mile, Garths End

4. Ellie Eastwood Rachel Dare Molly Smith -
8:30-9:00 / 9:00-9:30 / 9:30-10:00 min miles
Chalk track up to Millington and back

5. John Albaya 7:30 min miles
Millington old 10k route via The Mile

6. Do your own thing… if any of the above don’t quite work for you, there’s always others in the same boat on the evening!

So come along and join in the solar eclipse chasing fun!

For those that may miss the 6:30pm leave don’t worry Dan Chappell will be at the club until 6:45pm to get any other groups together if need.

Don’t forget your spectacles! 😎

Tea coffee biscuits & pints available at the club afterwards!

Please DM us if you’re going to join us, and one of our friendly committee or club members will be there to welcome you!

🥇This week’s write up is one of firsts for Pocklington Runners; 🥇But first… our Wednesday evenings offer a variety of ro...
10/08/2026

🥇This week’s write up is one of firsts for Pocklington Runners; 🥇

But first… our Wednesday evenings offer a variety of routes and paces including our weekly walking group. This week we are starting a little earlier so we can all incorporate the Eclipse in our runs. Meet 6.15 for 6.30 start. Full details of the runs will be posted here in the next day or so.

If you’re thinking of joining us – this would be a great way to make this a 1st on your Pocklington Runner journey – with an eclipse run or walk!

As for the last week, let’s start with our summer away run – this was the 1st time we’ve been to the lovely village of Hotham. There were a range of distances, speeds and routes – not forgetting our weekly walking group; 44 Pockers enjoyed the variety and lovely views. The evening was rounded off by fantastic food and hospitality provided by

Another 1st for Rich Williman doing his 1st trail half marathon – at ‘Run the Forest’ in New Zealand 🇳🇿 running through forests, mud pools and steaming guysers. What a way to start your trail run journey Rich!

Daisy Horsley’s 1st run of the Hardmoors Farndale Half (which was actually 16 miles!) was fantastic and Daisy said it was a lovely course. Daisy is running the whole Hardmoors series with this one being 4th of 6! Well done and Good Luck for the other 2 Daisy!

And there were a few Parkrun 1sts:
🥇Claire Webster ran her 1st tourist Parkrun at Birkenhead
🥇Anna, Rob, Rachel & Steve headed to the newest York based Parkrun – all as 1st timers at this local venue; a nice straightforward two lap course.
🥇Tracey, Adie and Andy headed to Cockermouth (another 1st) where Tracey and Adie continue their rehab walking while also Parkrun volunteer tail walkers!
🥇Stuart Smith headed to Thorpe Perrow Parkrun and almost got a birthday hat trick of 1sts – 1st in age, 1st WAVA score, 2nd overall.

A little off the theme of firsts, we must mention Jim Cadwallender’s 350th Parkrun at Heslington with a new flashy PB by 20 seconds running it in a very speedy 20:08 minutes.

And of course the York Marathon is only 9 weeks away so there's lots of long training miles happening too!

Well done to everyone who walked, ran, volunteered and supported this weekend!

Good Morning. We hope you enjoyed another sunny weekend, especially Yorkshire Day on Saturday! We celebrated it with ano...
03/08/2026

Good Morning.

We hope you enjoyed another sunny weekend, especially Yorkshire Day on Saturday!

We celebrated it with another round of Parkruns, including another good turnout at our monthly PAP (Pockers Away Parkrun) this time at the beautiful Dalby Forrest.

Good to see recent sign up Steve Green in his shiny new kit and some Junior members joining in again.

But as in previous weeks, we've been Parkrunning all over the place whilst on our travels/ summer holidays with Team Cole taking on another fledgling event in Northern California.

Captain Stu Smith also celebrated the Yorkshire Day weekend on Sunday with another win for the Millington Yorkshire Day Race, a 2.8 mile hilly dash which he completed in just over 18 and a half minutes.

But the big one on Sunday, with over 10,000 entrants, was the sold out York 10k from the Knavesmire.

The route takes in some of the iconic City Centre sites, dropping onto the river, over Millennium Bridge and into Rowntree Park before heading back to the Knavesmire Road finish line.

It's mostly flat but the numbers of other runners can slow progress if a Pb is the aim of the day, so it's probably one to just soak up and enjoy.

Not that that held up our rapidly improving Tom Davis who romped home to a 47.42 Pb or Steve Green, giving his new vest another outing for a course 48.43 Pb.

But well done to all ten of our runners ;-
Andy Smith, Tom, Steve, Ben Fitzpatrick, Emma Jones, Elaine Hancock, a welcome return of Jamie Morgan, Rebecca Leonarcik, Annette Taylor and Emma Yates.

We're away enjoying the hospitality of a local Public House and it's surrounding scenery this Wednesday, so won't be at the Rugby Club.

We'll be back on Wednesday 12 August.

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