There were two routes for this year’s Hexham half-marathon (and apparently much confusion amongst the runners!). Mungai Wairia chose the hilly one and finished in 73rd place in a time of 1:42:20.

The dates for the 2019-20 North East Harrier League have now been announced. For those who have not competed before, the Harrier League is a series of 6 inter-club cross-country races at various venues (some scenic, some not so much!) around the North East. There is a 7th event – the Sherman Cup / Davison …

Once again there was no toonrun due to an event on the Town Moor, so a little bit of tourism for the sky blue parkrun community. A trip to Rising Sun earned Kat Truong a course PB, and Sumanth Nayak finished in 5th place at Tyne Green parkrun in Hexham. Well done, everybody! Whitley Bay …

Howard MacLennan was the only Claremonter to head to Sunderland on a Thursday evening for this 5K. He finished in 144th place in a very good time of 21:52.

Tara McCully and Ay Okpokam went to Castle Eden with our old friend Emma Crowley for this 5K trail run and report that it was a very enjoyable race! Position Runner Time 54th Tara McCully 27:49 70th Ay Okpokam 29:31

Position Runner Time 53 Roberto Marzo 38:48 365 Christophe Duhaut 44:27 417 Mungai Wairia 45:13 445 Maria Duenas 45:30 838 Nina Jentl 49:39 998 John Bell 51:15

Richard Slack is well into his fell running these days!  On Saturday, he took on the Chevy Chase and sends us this report: Four Claremonters represented the club this year at the 63rd running of the Chevy Chase, a 20 mile fell race over the Northumberland moors and fells with The Cheviot as the high …

parkrun returned to the Town Moor after a 2 week absence for The Hoppings, and there was a good turnout of Claremonters and a new PB for Maria Duenas. Elsewhere there were PBs for Chris Gillie at Whitley Bay and Roberto Marzo at Prudhoe Riverside. Newcastle parkrun Time Runner 19:21 Sumanth Nayak 20:13 Paul Robinson …

31:11 Catherine Young (6th lady)35:24 Howard MacLennan38:03 Luke Woodend

A very well done to Dave Wotton who completed the St Cuthbert’s Way Ultra on a very hot day this weekend.  This is a very scenic route from Holy Island to Melrose.