James Young
I started with Stoke FIT in January 2019 on the C25K plan. Needless to say what a nervous first time run it was havening never run before and thinking I wouldn’t have been able to keep up. I couldn’t have been more wrong, what a fantastic group of leaders Stoke FIT have. All runners made […]
Nicola Poole
This is not only my journey but also that of my family…. I watched the Potters ‘arf every year with my dad and then after his death I continued the tradition taking my children with me. I always thought I wish I could run, but I was never very good at sports at school. Last […]
Louise aka ‘Nelly’
I started off my running journey with StokeFIT Couch25k in Jan 2019, I walked in on my own no clue what to expect. That first run for me was hard but amazing, I was overweight, the most unfit I’ve ever been and not done exercise except walking the dog since school. But I stuck with it […]
Stu Parton
My journey with Stoke fit started on 10/10/2016 After running on my own for a couple of years and completing a few races potters Arf in 1:58:58 congleton half in 1:52:00 and failing to beat the train in race the train Tywyn I decided to give stoke fit a message after seeing them at races and running […]
Ben Tomkinson
My youngest lad wanted to do parkrun in the March a few years ago, he was 8 and I was 8 stone over weight! His friend did it with his dad and wanted us to do it. I dragged myself around after 1/2 a mile he ran of with his friend and their dad. I crossed the […]
Emma Vigrass
It was winter time, early dark nights, cold and well, winter. My body was in true hibernation state but I knew I needed to do something about it and I promised myself that I would in the New Year. A friend saw a post I’d put on Facebook and messaged me suggesting I join the […]
Paul Shenton
I decided to join in a running club in January as I had been running for 2 months but spending more time injured than actually running. when I asked on facebook if any one knew of a good one straight away I was directed to stoke f.i.t
Adam Heath
In 2013 I started slimming world and was close to getting to my target of 3 stone. I started to enjoy running but on my own it was hard to motivate myself and became very boring. I drove past a running group every time I went to slimming world. I was nervous but decided to […]
Ray Wilson
Some time ago my doctor diagnosed me with diabetes and told me to get more exercise, at the time I didn’t run or play any sports but I would walk often and was not afraid to exercise. So I took up running and most mornings before work I would go for a run all by […]
Matt Gilson
“Don’t forget where you have come from” are the words of mentor, coach and new found friend Frank Murphy as I celebrate completing my first half marathon (Potters Arf 2014) so what’s the story here then you may ask it’s a running club testimonial so I’ll tell you……..