Fenland Runners keeping busy during lockdown
Since lockdown in March, Fenland Running Club has been finding ways to keep busy.
Some members had been training hard for spring marathons and half marathons only to have them cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Determined not to let all that hard work go to waste, member Carol Bowett, who was due to take part in the Manchester Marathon, hopped onto the treadmill and smashed out the 26.2 miles in an impressive time of three hours 44 minutes and 58 seconds.
Meanwhile, Laura Johnson – feeling a little jinxed after her first half marathon in Peterborough was cancelled last October and then London Landmarks cancelled due to the coronavirus, still laced up her trainers and ran the Local Landmarks challenge in her home village Tydd S Giles, clocking up 14.66 miles over three runs.
Taking part in the National 2.6 challenge, Sarah Rippon decided to cheer up local residents by dressing up as a dinosaur, knocking on other members' doors as she ran passed, bringing a smile to everyone's faces.
Run leader Nigel Seale has also kept members busy by setting weekly challenges, from spelling out the club name using local signs, going on treasure hunts to find rainbows, five bar gates and blossom to getting creative with some strava art with an Easter theme.
The next challenge is to run for three, five or eight miles, starting and finishing at home, without running along the same road twice.
Alongside this, as featured on the BBC, members have joined forces with North Brink Surgery and pharmacy to create a group called Mediro.
Experiencing a large increase in the number of prescriptions needing to be delivered, members are taking it turn to collect and deliver prescriptions to patients that are unable to collect in person.