Running & Athletics Clubs

Holme Pierrepont Running Club, based at The National Watersports Center, Nottingham. Close to Keyworth.
Redhill Road Runners based in Arnold, Nottingham.
Long Eaton Running Club, located between Nottingham and Derby.
Notts AC, of Nottingham. Now there’s a surprise!
Rushcliffe Athletics Club, based in Bingham near Keyworth and organisers of the Cropwell10.
Barrow Runners Running Club, based near Loughborough, not far from Keyworth.
Rutland Running Club, of Rutlandshire.
Ropsley Road Runners of Lincolnshire.
Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC of Bromley. The former Blacheath Harriers merged with Bromley AC.
Ryston Runners of Norfolk.
Wollaton run local, a new club based around Wollaton Park in Nottingham.

Races for runners

Newstead Abbey Dash 3m, August
Crossdale 10K Trail, late September.. Run in Keyworth when it’s a bit warmer!
Robin Hood Marathon, Nottingham’s big race. mid September.
Bestwood Park 10k, mid October
Dovedale Dash, early November. A highly recommended event for fans of mud! More spectacle than race
Leicester Marathon mid October

Races for runners & walkers

Belvoir Challenge, 15 or 26 mile event for walkers and runners around the Vale of Belvoir and Belvoir Escarpment. February.
Seagrave Wolds Challenge 15.7 mile event, around Seagrave and North Leics, suitable for both runners and walkers. Mid November.

Running resources

Runners’ Medical Resource
Runners Web UK, lots of useful information on running
John Schofield’s Race Listings and Results, www.ukresults.net, lots of really usefull info.
Runner’s World UK, excellent site bursting with information, including event listings and discussion forums. Read what other runners say about Keyworth Turkey Trot, here, here, here, here, here, here and most recently here.
runbritain.com, set up by UK Athletics, lots of useful info including event diary and online race entry.
Fetcheveryone, loads of info.
Dead Runners Society, with write-ups of their races including three Turkey Trots and 1995 Turkey Trot photos.
Ever wondered what all the people with clipboards and stopwatches are up to at the finishing line of a race. Why results are not produced instantly? Runtime Services of the USA explain all.
UK Athletics Rules for Competitions, these are the rules that races and runners need to comply with. The rules on clothing are quite interesting!
UK Age Group Road Best Performances (Records)

What not to do at a race

Organisers spend a lot of time trying to get their race to run smoothly. Runners sometimes do things that cause major problems, and often have no idea what they have done wrong. The links give some observations made by race organisers.
John Schofield’s Listings and Results site includes an article that John wrote for Northern Runner listing annoying things that runners do, called “Top Tips for Considerate Athletes”.

People and organisations that help us

Barn Garage, Keyworths MOT Testing Station, 0115 937 4483 supporting the 2006/07 race.
The Derby Runner has attended the race in 2003 and then since 2005.
The Nottingham Runner in association with the Derby Runner.
Rutherford’s Budgens
of Keyworth, the race’s turkey provider.
Out of the Hat, Keyworth based IT business who help us with webspace and trophies.
RAYNET the Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network.
St John Ambulance providers of first aid to Turkey Trot.
The British Geological Survey, Keyworth’s biggest employer. Keyworth’s biggest car park!
runbritian.com
, online race entry as used by Turkey Trot this year.
Pymmwenn Printing supplier of race numbers
The Lincolnshire Runner
www.raceentry.com, a service that is provided by D M Robins Ltd, online entry for races.
Sendentry
, a service from Joe Lee Computing, online entry for races.
Sweatshop UK, who have many shops have assisted Turkey Trot with entry form distribution.

 

Keyworth

Keyworth now has a web site. Visit to find out about the village.
Keyworth Parish Council has a web site with useful information about the village.
Keyworth & District Local History Society has historical information about Keyworth and some of the other places on the Turkey Trot route.
Keyworth United Football Club Notts FA’s Community Club of The Year 2003-2004.
Scouting
1st Keyworth Scout Group
Scoutbase