Thorney Running Club - Local group, whose members also come from Peterborough and Whittlesey, describe their origins, current actives and organized events. Supplies contact numbers and membership fee costs.
Werrington Joggers - Holds regular club nights at Werrington sports centre. Details include senior and junior sections, championship results, local league tables and training nights. Contains a large photo gallery and archive.
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Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error
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-- Mao Tse-tung Is there life before death?
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We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we
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-- Caroline Rhea Running
Choose a wife by your ear than your eye.
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-- Anon. Running
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
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When you are right, you cannot be too radical; When you are wrong, you cannot be too
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-- Martin Luther King, Jr. Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
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-- Howard Aiken Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
-- Jean de La Fontaine Running
