SPRINT Issue 59

Thunder Run 2016
Kelly Frampton, Bob Frampton, Maz Frampton, Steve Amos &
Jenny Beckett.
Thunder Run is a really popular 24 hour team relay event, and many more of
these are popping up around the country as there is more and more demand
for this.
The event used to be sponsored by Adidas, and is held in Catton Park in
Walton on Trent.
The event starts at 12 o’clock midday on the Saturday, and finishes at 12
o’clock midday on the Sunday. The rules are a member of the team has to be
on the course at all times.
In 2013 Steph Green and Lucy Tidbury put together various teams to run in
the event. Needless to say “The Frampton’s” took part in this and we all
loved it.
This was actually Steve’s birthday weekend, and the first year we were
together, so he knew there would be a lot of running involved in being “a
Frampton” from the start! Since then we have been trying to enter teams
each year, but with no luck due to the popularity of the event.
Our luck came round again when I was able to enter a team of 5 in the 2016
event – now sponsored by Continental Tyres.
This was going to be a bigger challenge this time, as we ran in teams of 8 in
2013, so we had longer rest breaks, and not as many laps for each of us to
run.
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