Buckingham & Stowe Running Club

13/09/2026

Huge congratulations to Rachel Cooke for her amazing new 10mile PB of 1:03:15 putting her number 1 in the country for her age group by over 2 minutes. 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Back in August Rachel took part in a ten miler organised by Dereham Runners (Dereham, Norfolk) which is the club she joined when she was 15 in her home town!!

She previously completed the Bedford 10 mile in 2024 in 65:27 so hoped to beat that.

In the Dereham race Rachel ran with the lady who came second overall until the last 400m. They supported each other by setting a good steady pace.
What a fantastic race for Rachel as she finished 3rd in a time of 63:15. She beat the next lady in her age group by over 9 mins!

Rachel is now ranked fastest in the country for a 55-59 year old for 10 miles by over 2 minutes. She is also ranked first for 5 miles and park run, second for 5k and 4th for 10k!!

What an inspiration Rachel is 😍

07/09/2026

Congratulations to Ben Spencer-Jones for wining August Member of the Month.
Ben was nominated for achieving a superb PB double — 41:08 at the Bearbrook 10km
followed by 18:55 at Buckingham parkrun,
shaving a second off a time he set seven years ago.

Other nominees for August were:
Andy Thirtle – for his consistently positive attitude, strong work ethic at every session, and the example he sets at parkrun.
Rachel Cooke – for an outstanding new 10‑mile PB of 1:03:15, putting her number 1 in the country for her age group by over two minutes - an incredible achievement.

04/09/2026

Great final track session of the season last night!
A brilliant mix of interval work across all paces, plus a few brave souls taking on the mile time trial.
Highlight of the evening goes to Bethany, who smashed her mile PB target of 6:10 and flew home in 5:55 - superb running!
Well done everyone who came down and made it such a fun session.

25/08/2026

🌅 Tuesday Evening Runs
What a lovely evening for getting out on the trails!
Groups took on everything from quiet country lanes to rolling local hills, while one of our coaches led a brilliant hill session under that sunset.

23/08/2026

🏃‍♀️Sunday Runs!
Plenty of miles being enjoyed across the club today.
Those pictured were out at the Headington 5 (with Nicole running a new PB 🎉), the Stowe Trust 10K, and on a local 6‑mile loop - and no doubt many others were out getting their Sunday miles in too ☀️

And a shout‑out to Rachel at the Dereham 10‑mile — 1:03:15, 3rd lady overall, 1st in age 😀💪

19/08/2026

Our annual Bowls night is again a success. The sun shone and everyone had a great time. A big thank you as always to Steve and all the members from Buckingham West End Bowls Club that helped us on the evening.

07/08/2026

Lovely evening for a social run to Blackpit Brewery . Some just couldn’t wait to get there 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

04/07/2026

Congratulations to Rob Lisanti June Member of the Month. Rob was 1st in age category at the Housedean Half Marathon. He was only 24 minutes behind 1st place! A very undulating cross country course so amazing effort!

Other nominations:
-Matt Harris for his efforts in his ironman training, and cycle challenges
-Alex Penny for finishing Chase the Sun North in the top 5% of 600 cyclists - beat the Sun by over 4 hours!! 200 miles in under 12hrs
-Bev Hodgson for finishing 3rd place in the Saxon Triathlon🥉 in the heatwave🥵
-Garry Doig for completing Ironman 70.3 in Westfriesland in the blistering heat
-Scott Harman for his performances in the EMGP series
-Paul Miles for his strong positive energy, running in all heats, consistent training and putting in good performances in the EMGP races.
-Bethany Fox for 1st female at the 10k Cattle Creep during the heatwave

03/06/2026

Congratulations to our May Member of the Month Bethany Fox.
Bethany received 5 nominations for already achieving a Gold Plus standard this year & two new club records!! Bethany ran her first marathon at Milton Keynes in an amazing 3:42:59 - a new club age group record!

Other nominations were:
- Nic Stewart for collecting cans for the town’s foodbank event on behalf of the club. Nic also took the last track session.
- Kat Stewart for being a really strong runner who digs in all the time. She has encouraged others to pbs who are running behind her trying to keep up!
- Scott Harman for winning Blisworth 5!
- Laura Penny for organising the Half Marathon.
- Teresa Kennedy who did her 1st Marathon at Milton Keynes in 4:19! She offers encouragement & advice on runs & ensures no runner is left behind or made to feel too slow
- Cath Roberts for a great result at Edinburgh Marathon
- ⁠Nicole Wheway for running an 8min pb at MK half and then a pb 2 days later at Silverstone

22/05/2026