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🏃‍♀️ RUNNER OF THE MONTH – JUNE 2026 🏃‍♀️ Our Runner of the Month for June 2026 is Wiljo Nicolaou! 🎉 Wil had a forced hiatus from running following an operation at the start of the year. Through sheer determination and perseverance, she has worked incredibly hard to return to running and is now back to where she was (if not even stronger) as her running continues to go from strength to strength. During May, Wil also completed the 31 Miles in May challenge alongside her family, raising money for the Bowelbabe Fund – a fantastic achievement for a very worthy cause. I’m pretty sureRead More →

Our Runner of the Month for June 2026 is Wiljo Nicolaou! 🎉 Wil had a forced hiatus from running following an operation at the start of the year. Through sheer determination and perseverance, she has worked incredibly hard to return to running and is now back to where she was (if not even stronger) as her running continues to go from strength to strength. During May, Wil also completed the 31 Miles in May challenge alongside her family, raising money for the Bowelbabe Fund – a fantastic achievement for a very worthy cause. I’m pretty sure every single Boxted Runners member knows Wil and hasRead More →

***Runner of the month for July *** Jo Lambert. An overwhelming number of votes this month for Jo (her 2nd time) as she shown so much determination and worked extremely hard to knock an impressive 13 minutes of her 5k PB so far in 2025. A pleasure to run with and an inspiration to everyone that with motivation and consistency you can achieve anything. Well Done Jo we look forward to sharing in your future achievements

RUNNER OF THE MONTH ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ June’s Runner Of The Month is Vanessa Dolling 👏👏 In mid June Vanessa took on and completed the South Downs Way 100 mile race👏 Vanessa completed this in an astonishing 21 hours and 14 minutes with an elevation gain of 3709 metres (the elevation gain of Everest base camp to the summit of Mount Everest is approx 3486 metres to put this in some perspective). Such a phenomenal achievement. I don’t know about you but I struggle to get my head around the thought of running 100 miles 😳🫣 Vanessa you are a true inspiration to us all !! YouRead More →

Wwdnesday 25th June @ 7:00pm – Starting from Elmcroft, Green Lane Boxted CO4 5TR. Parking on right of the gate in the fields. Run from Green Lane to Burnt Dick Hill

RUNNER OF THE MONTH⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ May’s Runner Of The Month is Matthew Hayward 👏👏 In mid May Matt took on and completed The Lap ,a 75km run around Lake Windermere 👏 Such a huge achievement. You can be very proud of yourself Matt. All the Boxted Runners certainly are!! 🙂 So I think we can all agree Matt has had a pretty special month!!!!! Well done Matt you are a credit to yourself and Boxted Runners.You very much deserve the accolade of Runner Of The Month.👏👏👏👏👏 Tiffany and Ian B🙂

Congratulations Haydn Chaplin. 🥳 Following an impressive March with a 1/2 marathon and 5k PB, Haydyn broke his 10km PB not once but twice in April at Lincoln and Little Bromley !! Well Done Haydyn, very well deserved, you are a pleasure to run with and an asset to the club. The BR Coaches.

March’s Runner Of The Month is Kelly Smith 👏👏 Kelly has had an amazing March. At the Cambridge Half Marathon she finished in 1:33:34 which was a new Half Marathon PB for her 👏. Kelly was also the 3rd Female in her age category. Then, just a week later, Kelly finished at the Colchester Half Marathon at 1:34:28.She was also the 1st Female in her age category 👏👏 So I think we can all agree Kelly has had a pretty special month!!!!! Well done Kelly you are a credit to yourself and Boxted Runners.You very much deserve to be our Runner Of The Month.👏👏👏👏👏 TiffanyRead More →

February’s Runner Of The Month is Stephen Chamberlain Since the turn of the year Stephen has stepped up the number of kilometres he’s been running. He’s now done around 150km in the first 2 months of 2025 Stephen also took part in RED January. In addition to this Stephen has raised over £600 for pancreatic cancer. Well done Stephen you are a credit to yourself and Boxted Runners and you very much deserve to be our Runner Of The Month.

January’s Runner Of The Month is Nivalda Dines 👏👏 Since joining Boxted Runners a few years ago, Nivalda has just gotten better and better, as I’m sure anyone seeing her run at the Intervals sessions will agree.Her grit and determination is great to see 👏 Well done Nivalda you very much deserve to be our Runner Of The Month.👏👏👏👏👏