info@stamfordstriders.org 
Race limited to 750 runners
Date: 12/02/2023
Time: 11:00
£39.00 Standard Entry
£37.00 UKA Affiliated Entry
The Stamford Striders' St Valentine 30K Race is the
flagship event organised by the Club. It is run each year on the Sunday closest
to St Valentine's Day. It is recognised nationally as a tough event, providing
a good training race for those planning a spring marathon. The 2023 event will be the 29th
running of this prestigious event.
This is a club race organised by runners for
runners. Famed for our enthusiastic
marshals and efficient organisation, we will cheer you round this testing
course.
With the London marathon back to its April date we
are expecting the St Valentine’s 30K to once again be a sell out event as
people book races that fit neatly with their marathon training schedules.
Please remember there will be no entries on the day and quite honestly, the
race is likely to sell out well before the end of 2022!
After the success of last year, runners who select
TREE will once again be able to contribute to TEES for TREES instead of receiving
a race shirt.
Old Romantics that we are, if you are in a “genuine
relationship” with another runner, why not register as a Valentine Pair?
You’ll get a box of chocs from us and your combined times might win you a
couple’s prize. No, we don’t need to see marriage certificates or anything, but
we do trust that you are a couple!
We hope you will appreciate that large sums of
money will have been committed well ahead of the race, accordingly the race is
subject to a NO REFUNDS POLICY regardless of the cause of the cancellation or
of you dropping out. To counter that we do run a very efficient transfer system
to let you move your place to another runner you know or to someone on our
waiting list.
Please Note: You must be 18 years or older to enter. You can find detailed race information and joining instructions here, along with a graph of the course contours.
Love Running, Love the 30k
Mark Harding
Race Director
PS - scroll down for a link to our video of the course, recent years results and photos and to see the course records.
2022 Photos (around 850) courtesy of Strider David Babbs
2022 Results
2022 Valentine Pairs Results
2020 Results
2019 Results
2019 Photos
2018 Results
2018 Photos
2017 Results
2017 Photos
2016 Results
2016 Photos
To give you an idea of what you could be taking on have a quick run through on this video
| Category | Men | Category | Ladies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Record |
1:37:52 [2014] - Aaron Scott (Notts AC) | Course Record |
1:53:59 [2011] - Sarah Harris (Long Eaton) |
| MV35 | 1:38:58 [2022] - William Stangeway (Lincoln Wellington AC) |
FV35 | 1:53:59 [2011] - Sarah Harris (Long Eaton) |
| MV40 | 1:42:14 [2015] - Rob Keal (Notts AC) | FV40 | 1:56:50 [2011] - Philippa Taylor (Stamford Striders) |
| MV45 | 1:45:58 [1998] - John Kerr (Steel City Striders) | FV45 | 1:58:08 [2014] - Philippa Taylor (Nene Valley Harriers) |
| MV50 | 1:55:19 [2013] - Peter Duncan (Lincoln Wellington AC) | FV50 | 2:13:47 [2018] - Philippa Taylor (Nene Valley Harriers) |
| MV55 | 1:57:04 [2016] - Peter Duncan (Lincoln Wellington AC) | FV55 | 2:18:14 [2013] - Caroline Wheelhouse(Doncaster AC) |
| MV60 | 2:03:52 [2020] - Kirk Wilkinson | FV60 | 2:17:00 [2019] - Caroline Wheelhouse (Doncaster AC) |
| MV65 | 2:15:01 [2013] - Mick Casey (Mablethorpe RC) | FV65 | 2.20.20 [2020] - Yuko Gordon (Fairland Valley Spartans) |
| MV70 | 2:20:36 [2017] - Geoff Cumber (Halifax Harriers AC) | FV70 | 2:30:16 [2022] - Yuko Gordon (Fairland Valley Spartans) |
| MV75 | 2:49:16 [2019] - Terry Fone (Eye Community Runners) | FV75 | New Category in 2020 |