Thanks to Lucy Keating for this report on this year’s Sand Dancer 10K. “Two Claremonters – Nina Jensen and Lucy Keating – turned out for this scenic annual race organised by South Shields Harriers. After a somewhat underwhelming Easter, weather-wise, it was quite disorientating to see the South Shields seafront looking gloriously sunny. The Sand …

Although it was still a bit blustery, there was nothing like the recent high winds and it was much milder too. Perhaps encouraged by the spring-like weather, there was an excellent turnout this weekend with over 40 Sky Blues participating in a parkrun. We spread ourselves around too, but the prize for tourist of the …

Isabel Neatrour decided to run her first marathon at Brighton this weekend. After all the hard training, she ventured down south with some trepidation, worrying as to what Storm Kathleen would have in store for the runners. However, on the day it didn’t have too much of an impact. In her own words: “The wind …

As for the Good Friday Relays, the weather was very kind to us again for this Easter Sunday morning 10K in sunny North Tyneside. Indeed, it was a pleasant surprise to be able to congregate outside in our vests and t-shirts as opposed to cramming into the Sports Centre to keep warm! The route was …

Another nice morning for this Easter parkrun, though, for many of us, this was a day to take it easy as it was sandwiched between the Good Friday Relays and the North Tyneside 10K. Having said that, the previous days effort in the relay didn’t seem to slow many down. The Smiths, Eddie and Ann, …

The 8th and final event of the North Shields Poly Grand Prix series proved to be an eventful, and successful, one for Claremont Road Runners. Although essentially a series of winter runs, the Grand Prix starts with the Blyth Links 10K at the end of August. Events 2 to 7 all use the same course …

The Weetslade Relay is the event that Claremont Road Runners have organised every year since 2010 (pandemic permitting!). The race starts and ends at Wideopen Juniors Football Club (Lockey Park), and much of the course goes through the Weetslade Country Park. This year’s event will take place on Wednesday, 26th June 2024. It would be …

Along with the wind, there was a celebratory air at Leazes Park where both Lena Lou and Laurie Johnson notched up their century of parkruns – encumbered by balloons and all the extra runners avoiding being blown over on the Town Moor! Lena and Laurie weren’t the only Claremonters celebrating at Leazes Park, as Holly …

The marathon machine that is Nina Jensen sends this report from a new event, the Tyne Bridges to Boundaries Ultra: “Great event organised by Greener Miles Running. The ultra was billed as an event that was suitable for anyone wanting to try and ultra with a 10 hour cut off, buffet at half way in …

It was a lovely, sunny morning in the North East and it finally felt like springtime for parkrunners – and there were plenty of sky blues out running under blue skies. The sunshine also brought out the best in a few of us, with Claremonters on the parkrun podiums. Mark Anderson fitted Prudhoe Riverside parkrun …