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Your Fun Run photos – Go Wrighty Go!

May 17th, 2011

Your Fun Run photos - Go Wrighty Go! From Peter Wright – For some years a work colleague of mine and Knowle resident, Mark Hanson has been standing at the bottom of the Longdon Road hill shouting at me on the Fun Run. Last year he wrote some encouragement ...

Another great KFR

May 16th, 2011

Another great KFR Ideal cool and dry running conditions lead to fast times for most of the 1900 runners who entered last Sunday’s (15th May) 28th running of the Knowle Fun Run. Joanne Malin from BBC radio WM’s morning show sent the runners on their ...

Feedback

May 15th, 2011

Feedback Please email us your feedback. This years winner Chris Ashford says: Hi,  I would just like to say how much I enjoyed the fun run today, and what an excellent event it is. This is the third time I have taken part, and as a ...

Final email to runners

May 8th, 2011

Final email to runners This e-mail was sent to all runners on 7 May and contains important information about arrangements on the day for the Knowle Fun Run on 15 May which we hope will help you with your planning. Please forward this on to all runners entered ...

Watch out for the Fancy Dressers

May 8th, 2011

Watch out for the Fancy Dressers We have 66 runners threatening to go the extra mile this year and dress up. Well done all of you. The list includes Austin Powers & Robin alias Robert Bruce & Paul Cullen The Naughty Nurses Fatfluffs 1 Fatfluffs 2 Crazy Cats LSO Kenya Topman The Fort Topman The Fort ...

Entry deadlines extended

May 7th, 2011

Entry deadlines extended We extended the Fun Run entry deadline this year, but we have to close entries in order to send the data to our timing company. Sorry if you missed the extended deadline. There is no entry on the day Online entries for the ...

Team Sheet

May 6th, 2011

Team Sheet Arden Old Boy 1992 has flown in from New York to run tomorrow. Andrew Tarver tells us he is off to discuss running team tactics with other old boys over a few pints before going for a trial run. 4 members of ...

No massage this year

May 5th, 2011

No massage this year With apologies to that select group of runners who have made a donation to the fun run charities in return for a pre-fun run or post-fun run massage over recent years, we are sorry to announce that the service usually provided by students ...

Disposable chips this year

May 5th, 2011

Disposable chips this year Race Timing Systems, our electronic timing and chips provider, are providing us with disposable chips this year So there will be no stopping at the finish line to take off the old plastic chip, and the Lions chasing you if you failed ...

Less than 300 places left

April 17th, 2011

Less than 300 places left As we pass 1700 entries and with just over a week to the Fun Run it seems the scramble to meet the 7 May deadline is on. We are concerned that the KFR may have dropped off some runners radar as they enjoyed the unseasonally ...