Bourton Roadrunners’ Club Members’ Area

Bourton Roadrunners’ Club Library provides access to the club’s race competions, including its own race series, an age-related competition, and the Gloucestershire AAA Road Races Series. For full details visit the Club Competitions page. From there, you can download a list of the competition rules for 2026 Club Competition and the list of Gloucestershire AAA Road Race series events (with provisional dates).

Training Schedule and Run Routes

Download a copy of the schedule of routes used for Tuesday and Thursday club sessions, and the efforts plan, for the period 4th to 28th November 2025 inclusive. The schedule also includes Beyond C25K and Friday morning effort sessions.

Maps of the routes we use are on our Training Routes page. They are grouped by terrain and approximate distance

Club Kit

You can order Bourton Roadrunners’ Club running vests and t-shirts from our secure shop store. We have a few new additions to our club kit  obtained via the Sliick Store; check-out the range. We also hold a stock of club vests and a few ‘old’ items (available in return for a small donation) in a locker at the leisure centre. If you wish to view, try or buy please contact one of the key holders below:

Club Secretary -
Club Treasurer -

Welfare Officer

Please note that the Club’s Welfare Officer is Janet Balinski. If you have any issues or questions of a welfare nature you can contact Janet in confidence by email at

Club Races and Events

December 2025.
Sunday 7th December 2025. - Famous Muddy mince pie run with NCTR. 9am from Leisure Centre. Hosted by Steph & Gary.

Tuesday 16th December 2025. Tinsel Run - 6.45pm from Bourton Leisure Centre, with post run drinks at the Duke of Wellington. Presentation of Steve Humpries trophy run.

January 2026.
Saturday 10th Januaty 2026. Club annual Awards Ceremony. Key information: Where: The Cotswold School. When Saturday 10th January 2026. Time: 7:00pm - 10:30pm. Cost: £10 per person – includes two games of bingo. Parking: Available at the Leisure Centre. Who: Members, and their partners are welcome too. Other information: Bring Your Own Beverages (BYOB); Awards, laughs, music, and prizes await. To book your spot: Text Allie on 07748-370059 and she’ll send you the payment link. Download a copy of the information flyer.

Race Reports

Catch up on our recent race reports and the back-library of reports.

Gloucestershire AAA Cross Country

Organised by Gloucestershire AAA, they’re good fun for women who can run 6.5k, men who can run 9.9k, and aren’t afraid of mud. Also a chance to see our Juniors running, which is exciting and inspiring! No PB’s; just positions count, but mostly about taking part!

The dates and venues announced for the remaining Gloucestershire Cross Country League 2025/26 season are:
Round 2 - Saturday 1st November 2025 - Cirencester Park
Round 3 - Sunday 14th December 2025 - Bath
Round 4 - Saturday 14th February 2026 - Cheltenham.

Online entries are via the Entry4Sports portal at Entry4Sports UK .co.uk

For full details, including Rules, Eligibility, Fees and a link to the online entry system, please visit the Glos. AAA Cross Country  website page.

Cross Country County Championships
Gloucestershire AAA will be holding the championships for the 2025-26 season at Bath on 14th December. For further details check the Glos. AAA site (as above).

On the road with Neil Russell - 2021

During 2021 Neil Russell completed an astonishing 948 mile run, from John O’Groats to Land’s End in 36 days. Get some sense of what was involved by reading the JOGLE page or read the detailed run report and photos. Distance running legends David Bedford, Dave Moorcroft and Peter Elliott all gave their backing to Neil Russell’s John O’Groats to Land’s End (JOGLE) quest, with a couple of video support messages.

Photo Library

The Photo Library has been transferred to the Club Archive, page although are a few more photos within recent race reports.

We are collating the data to enable us to build a member-focused library, recording club records, competition winners and a 'hall of fame', recording the many representative honours that club members have achieved since the club was formed. At the time of writing we are trying to locate the official record book.

External Publications

Take a look at England Althletics’ eNews   keep in touch with the latest information.

Take a look at Althletics Weekly’s  website.

Highlights

Social dates for your diary:

The next social events will be the Muddy Mince Pie and Tinsel Run. For further details ...

The club’s annual awards and New Year celebration evening - Cotswold Scool - - 10th January 2026Click on image for a larger version.

A blast from the past. A group photo at Lake Bled, during a BRR trip to Slovenia, featuring Steve “Beakie” Wheeler (3rd from right), his son Jason, “Big” Mike Burton, Neil and Pauline Teague - October 2007. Click on image for a larger version.

Download a copy of the 2023 edition of the club Members Pack.

Check-out the club’s race series and the County’s race series.

Training Route Maps:
We have added a series of maps, showing the routes used for our training sessions. These will aid members in understanding the routes that we use by rotation. These are stored on a new Training Routes page, and are grouped by terrain and approximate distance.

Club Competitions:
Club Race Series competition;
Age Related competition;
Gloucestershire AAA Road Race Series.
For deatils visit our Club Competitions page.

Catch up on our recent race reports and the back-library of reports, including a special report featuring Claud the Caterpillar at the 1986 London Marathon.

We have a few new additions to our Club Kit    range check-out the range.

We have recently added two new photos to the photo library, featuring a young Richard Bufton and veteran member Dennis Abbots at the 1998 Bourton 15, kindly supplied by Robin Macdonald. Richard was only 6 seconds behind UK international Steve Brace.