Richard reports on a lovely race. On Easter Sunday 2020 (Easter Sunday being the traditional date for this race), I cycled the race route on deserted roads with a grey and cold sky above for company. We were in the reality of Covid lockdown with the Good Friday relays also cancelled. The rest is history …

Nina has been running again this time in the borders. Lovely undulating route followed by a steep climb up Eildon Hill. The route down was interesting when I encountered some naked hikers! My speed certainly picked up to get past them!

It was a cool still morning and fewer Claremont runners than usual ran this week.  Well done to Laurie for getting a PB at Leazes park and to all our runners and volunteers. Full results available via the parkrun link.

It was another unseasonably warm afternoon for cross-country, with sun cream once again the order of the day. Each cross-country venue has its own character and Druridge Bay Country Park makes for a nice setting but an unusual course. The start and finish areas are on very uneven fields, there are no real hills just …

On a lovely morning for running, Claremont Road Runners were again spread across parkruns in the North East. There was yet another PB for Marie Slack at South Shields – it looks like Richard paced her. That’s very nice of you, Richard, but the gentlemanly thing to do is to let the lady cross the …

Any run around Kielder is tough (beautiful, but tough!), so congratulations to Marie and Richard Slack on completing the Kielder Half-Marathon. Position Runner Time 186 Richard Slack 1:58:07 433 Marie Slack 2:21:28

London wasn’t the only marathon taking place on Sunday. Nina Jensen has been over to Northern Ireland and took part in the Belfast City Marathon. Nina said that it was a course of two halves! The first half was mainly downhill, but miles 13 to 18 were a slow drag up into the wind. She …

Well done to Catherine A big well done to Catherine Young on completing the London Marathon in an excellent time of 3 hours and 13 minutes. Brilliant run, Catherine!

Michael Teasdale and Lena Webster-Costella took part in the Kielder 10K. This is a tough 10K in any conditions, but must have been particularly difficult in the heavy rain – not to mention the wind. Michael finished in in 188th place in a time of 57:13. Lena doesn’t appear in the results, but her Strava …

After last weekend’s warm sunshine for the cross-country, there was a definite autumnal feeling to the weather for parkrun this morning. There was no run at Leazes Park due to another event in the park, and Claremont Road Runners spread themselves about the North east and further afield. Well done to Marie Slack on getting …