ARR 500 Word Writing Challenge 
 

We've had plenty of entries for our Writing Challenge. We asked you to write about: 
 

• Why I started running

• My favourite post-race food

• My favourite race or run

• My last race or run

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or anything run related. Our latest entries are from ARR Club President and founder member, Colin Tanswell.

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• International Baptism by Colin Tanswell

• In the Day by Colin Tanswell

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• You Can Get There in the End....Then You Can Start by Brian Dodd and Stewart Haigh

• What Does a Farmer Run Like? by Mick Chapman

• You Don't Know You Can Until You Try by Sue Francis

• She Made Me Do It by John Hawley

• ...And Also Ran by Stewart Haigh

• Blame it on The Dog by Chris Hartley

• Runs in The Family by Ian Vogan

• My Most Important Medal by Cary Bernard

• Why do I Run by Chris Crowther

• The Grumpy Runner by Ian Stancliffe

• You've Come a Long Way, Baby by Debbie Worthington

• My Running Journey by Annabelle James

• With a Little Help From my Friends by Janet Barr

• Those Odd Looking Feet by Donna Bailey

• These are a Few of my Favourite Things by Simon Bennett

• From Nothing to Lots to Very Little by Pat Wood

• Me, Run? by Emma Woodall

• Who'd Have Thought? by Steve Berry

• The Musings of a Rookie Runner by Lorraine Hawley

• A New Normal by Mark Leadbeater

• My Ackworth Road Runner Journey by Denise Clark

• From Dads' Race to the London Marathon by Tom Camponi

• The Tortoise and the Hare by Jurie Swanepoel

• The Reluctant Runner by Sarah Rose

• In a Galaxy Far Far Away by Tom Macklam

• A Woman's Journey by Yvonne Stearn

• You are an Inspiration by Martyn Stearn

• Confessions of an Ultra-Virgin by Debbie Barton

• Why I'm Running by Joe Worthington

• Bella's parkrun by Bella Bennett

• What is Running? by Richie Berry

• Why I Started Running by Ron Dyson

• 5 Reasons to Love Running by Elly Roberts

• Diary of a 10k Race by Graham Beardsley

• Observations of a Reluctant Runner by Jane Illingworth

• The Terry Fox 10k by Jeff Denton

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Send your submissions to: secretary@

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