Are you a runner living or spending some time in Cyprus?
Then why don’t you come and join us on – our weekly runs. We are a small friendly group of happy runners of all ages and abilities, who like to run anywhere from city streets to coastal paths to scenic mountain trails. You are welcome to run with us whatever your age or ability. We run several times a week and we always run on a Saturday morning from the Lighthouse Beach car park and currently meet at 7.30am. So, if you would like to meet some new running buddies and running routes, why don’t you come along and run with us. You cannot miss us, the WCR banner will be flying and members will be wearing RED tops. We look forward to meeting you.
During September, despite the heat, our members have still been running, continuing with our scheduled training runs, plus a new and very scenic run, starting and finishing at Pano Arodes. Our overseas members have also been very active, regularly taking part in the popular Park Runs and also enjoying the good weather in the UK.
13th Kathikas 14K Fun Walk/Run, Sunday 7TH August
Following on from this event held Sunday 7 August, starting at Kathikas and finishing at Agios Georgios, two of our West Coast Runners, namely Gerry and Claire, met Phill and Joanne from the Kathikas and District First Response Team to give them the donation of €100 from our Club. They were thrilled to receive it and sent a massive thank you to everyone. This donation will help to buy equipment/supplies needed to continue their work in the community.
Saturday 10TH September Sea to Sky 25K run in the Troodos as part of the Cyprus Trail Runners Sea is Sky Event
4 of our members, Christine, Claire, Angela and Di took part in this extremely tough trail event. The scenery was breathtaking, weather was beautiful and there were some really scary bits along the way, but they all enjoyed the run and all finished without any of them falling over or getting lost! Great organisation as usual and with special thanks to Bryan and Christella and all members of Cyprus Trail Runners for making this a truly fantastic experience. However, sadly we have to say our farewells to two amazing friends, Christella and Bryan. This amazing couple have dedicated many years to developing Trail Running in Cyprus; they have given a lot of their personal time to organising Trail Races, promoting Women in Sport and helping individuals of all ages new to trail running to get involved and have as much enjoyment as they do. Christella and Bryan organised their last event, Sea to Sky 135K, 54K, 25K and 5K races, September 10/11. We had four club members who successfully completed the 25K race (see race report). We are happy to say that we will meet them again in more relaxed social run adventures in the future. Heartfelt thanks for all that they have done and best wishes for the future.
Monthly Handicap
We have had some really good turnouts for these Handicap events. 5 events have now been completed, and it’s not always the fastest runners who gets the points, which makes it such a great all-inclusive competition for everyone to take part and enjoy.
West Coast Walkers
Don’t forget we also have our walking group that meets on Monday mornings, exploring Paphos and surrounding areas and you are all welcome to join us – please see the West Coast Walkers Facebook page for the meeting points.
All our schedules can be found on our Facebook page or Website www.westcoastrunnerscyprus.org for all our up-to-date information.
You can also call Christine on 97757159 or Gerry on 99926291 for any further information.
