Another week, another 5 mile race, swapping the balmy environs of the Newcastle quayside for a rain-soaked, muddy wood in Ashington. Ashington Hirst Running Club’s ‘Fell’ Em Doon’ Festive 5k …
This week marked 75 years of the NHS, and parkruns across the country celebrated by encouraging runners to wear blue, as a show of support to this invaluable institution. Outside …
It was a few years since I had done this race and that was the year that it took place in torrential rain! Thankfully, it was a nice evening as …
A nice evening for a dash along the riverside, Lynne Cornell sends an evocative report: “The Bridges of the Tyne 5 mile Road Race is organised by Tyne Bridge Harriers, …
2023 saw a re-vamped Great North 10K with a new route through Newcastle city centre and a much larger field of approximately 4,500 runners. It felt very much like a …
