Race Date: 24 February to 07 March 2021

The British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) is a collection of geographically located clubs covering the whole of the United Kingdom with over 5,000 active athletes  aged 35 and upwards. Their remit is to encourage, organise and regulate athletics in 5-year age groups for older athletes, promoting many national championships annually including track and field (both indoor and outdoor), road running, race walking and cross country.

The COVID pandemic has put paid to the regular programme of events but the BMAF have tried to keep their athletes motivated with virtual 5k and 10k races, and now a 1 mile challenge which they hoped will appeal to both the endurance athletes and those who love to run the track.

Between 24 February and 7 March athletes were invited to register, run and log their best one mile time, to be pitted against the rest of the UK in three-runner teams. A massive 45 Striders took part alongside over a thousand other masters, competing in many of the allotted age categories. Our team placings are shown below, together with individual times, and special mention must go to our F65-74 Ladies who finished second, and our F55-64 Ladies who took 5th place in their respective categories. Full results can be found here

Congratulations to all participants and for representing our club in such strong numbers!

M35-44