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 and Claire Taylor ventured south to Knaresborough. Further south still, Aoife Monaghan …

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 …

Claremont Road Runners stalwart Julie Cross celebrated her 100th parkrun at Leazes today, congratulations Julie! Elsewhere, there was a smattering of tourism and some notable performances. The prize for furthest flung tourist was a curiously close contest, with both Holly Porter and Rose Hawkswood running at Leicestershire-based country parks. Holly edged it, Market Bosworth being …

A few runners may have been resting ahead of Sunday’s Great North Run, but there were still plenty of Claremonters out parkrunning in the mist, instead of (or in some cases in spite of!) participating in the world’s largest half marathon. Niamh Garratt was back down at Markeaton in Derbyshire, improving on her course PB, …

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 …

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 …

This week’s Claremont parkrunners managed to cover 3 different countries and even travel overseas, while all still remaining within the borders of the UK. Aoífe Monaghan was at a sunny Belfast Victoria with Jack Shawcross, while Mr and Mrs Smith were just a couple of miles across the city at Ormeau, the site of the …

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 …

It was a touristy week for Claremont parkrunners, which is perhaps not too surprising at this time of year. Luke Woodend and Lucy Ward ventured to Scotland to collect a rare “U” and “V” respectively – Luke in Strirling and Lucy at Vogrie Country Park to the south of Edinburgh. Claire Taylor ventured north too, …