The opener to this year’s cross-country season saw Claremont entering 2 teams, one of each sex. The ladies were off first – and what a team! Showing true Claremont spirit, all 3 ladies had made a special effort to get there. First off was Sarah Kerr, who led the team despite having had a couple …

Latest instalment of parkrun tourism took a group of 10 of us to Herrington Country Park – 8 Claremonters running, Ann Smith supporting as she has injured her foot and Lucy Ward’s partner, Rob. We had a great morning in the North East sunshine, running around a very scenic course and enjoying a post-run breakfast …

En-route to the Welsh Coast and a parkrun at Barmouth, Aoife Monaghan stopped in Cheshire to run in this 5K. Organised by Run Cheshire, it is billed as “Quite simply one of the fastest 5k road races anywhere in the country”, and Aoife certainly recorded a cracking time. This is her report: “The Mid-Cheshire 5k …

Nina Jensen (who else?) has been out running again – this time in the Cheviots. “Organised by Trail Outlaws on behalf of Northumberland Mountain Rescue this is a running and walking event with 3 options of route. Long – billed as 22 miles but Arwen is still causing issues so only 20 (short!), 14ish and …

Congratulations to Lucy Keating on becoming the first Claremont Road Runner to complete 500 parkruns – a fantastic achievement! Here is her parkrun tale: “It’s not an exaggeration to say that parkrun has changed my life since I made that first cold January shuffle round the Town Moor back in 2011. Although I had been …

Although organised by Blyth Running Club, the Blyth Links 10K acts as the first race in the North Shields Poly Grand Prix. For some years now, the Poly have let Claremont enter teams in the Grand Prix and, following our success last year with a win for The Full Claremonty, sky blue participation has increased …

A long overdue report from Lynne Cornell: “I’ve never done this race before and a few weeks ago a friend mentioned it to me. At the time it was still very early days with regards to my stress fracture, but a couple of weeks ago I thought ‘why not have a gentle go at the …

Low Fell Running Club held their annual 5km race in Watergate Forest Park this Thursday evening. Conditions were overcast and mild, decent for racing, and a sizeable number of runners lined up, including some very nippy customers, following the junior 2.5k event. We were treated to a pre-race briefing reminiscent of a few local parkruns, …

Sarah Kerr, Anton Mirafsari and Jonathan Gilroy went for a weekend in the Lake District, and followed up Keswick parkrun with a far tougher assignment the next morning – a trail half-marathon around Borrowdale. Anton kindly sends this epic race report: Borrowdale Half Marathon: Survived it mate When we signed up for the Borrowdale Half …

It was a busy parkrun day, with 32 Claremont Road Runners spreading ourselves over 18 different parkruns. Despite spreading ourselves around, there were 11 at our spiritual home of Leazes Park where there was cause for Claremont celebration with a first place for Harry Mawdsley and Kimberley Metson finishing as 2nd female. Kim grabbed a …