A bright, sunny morning – though it was cold for marshalling in the wind at the Whitley Bay seafront! We were fairly well spread around the North East venues, and there was some tourism too. Holly Porter had an impressive debut at Keswick, recording her fastest ever parkrun! Claire Taylor ventured south to Knaresborough. Further …

Kielder bills itself as Britain’s most beautiful marathon, and while other routes may dispute this, it must certainly be up there. It is probably also amongst the toughest; having walked and cycled the route, I can certainly vouch for that! Indeed anybody who completes the course has my total admiration. This year we had 3 …

Harry Mawdsley was in Köln in Germany to run in the city’s marathon. The route takes runners along the Rhine, taking in most of the city’s sights before finishing in front of the famous cathedral. It stays fairly central, winding its way back and forth- something that Harry said meant there was great support all …

Charlotte Johnston ventured north of the border to run in the Great Scottish Run, which is a half-marathon on the streets of Glasgow. Charlotte broke the 2 hour mark with a run of 1:57:20 to finish in 7018th place. Well done!

Zoe Jukes was down in South Wales to take part in the prestigious Principality Cardiff Half-Marathon. She started slowly and picked up the pace to run classic negative splits, with each 5K getting progressively quicker. Zoe finished in 16,613th place in a time of 2:28:15. Well done!

Two Claremont Road Runners took part in the Jarrow 10k ‘B’ race today (the ‘A’ race being reserved for the whippets guaranteed to run well under 40 minutes). Lena Lou gives this account: “Jarrow & Hebburn 10km boasts a fantastically flat and quick course, consisting of 2 laps out and back. The course gave plenty …

It was a Claremont parkrun tourism day, with 10 of us spending a very enjoyable morning in the autumn sunshine at Blackhill in Consett. We were given a warm welcome by the local volunteers – perhaps not surprising as we formed a sizable proportion of the field of only 45 runners! For most of us, …

Lynne Cornell sends this report from the far side of the world: “I wouldn’t normally do a report for a parkrun, but thought I would for Singapore. When we were planning our trip to Singapore at the beginning of the year, I was thrilled to learn there were 3 parkruns, albeit quite a way from …

A wild, windy evening at Whitley Bay saw 24 Claremont Road Runners running along the coast in the second event of this season’s North Shields Poly Grand Prix (the first on the ‘regular’ course). As we gathered at the start , waiting for our handicap times to be called, there were two main topics of …

Anton Mirafsari chose a beautiful course, albeit a tough one, for his first ever marathon. He ventured up to the Highlands of Scotland to take on the challenge of running the Loch Ness version of the event (A monster of a marathon, perhaps?). After posting an excellent time of 3:17:26 to finish in 216th place, …