parkrun, 11th September 2021

There was no parkrun on the Town Moor this morning due to tomorrow’s Great North Run, which meant higher than usual attendances with lots of visiting runners for Leazes, Jesmond Dene and other local events. The proximity to the GNR also meant that a lot of Sky Blues chose to marshal, have an easy run …

parkrun, 4th September 2021

Perhaps this weekend signalled the end of holiday parkrun tourism, but Claremonters managed to spread themselves around 7 different events in the North East. A special well done to Kris Axon on winning in his first ever outing at Whitley Bay. Elsewhere, Mark Anderson chalked up a PB whilst finishing 3rd at Rising Sun, and …

parkrun, 28th August 2021

It was a sunny and warm day in the North East, much warmer than the days before or afterwards. Many from Claremont enjoyed the conditions and ran or volunteered at local parkruns.  Some were running further afield, with Kris and Maddie getting course PBs down in Cornwall.  Leazes was cancelled again, so the biggest turn-out was on …

3 parkruns, 3 countries

Julie Cross has been touring around parkruns. I am not a parkrun bagger, not even close, only clocked 31 to date, but I can lay claim to 3 in 3 countries – the first in each of those countries post lockdown. Is that a record? I’ll take it if so.  Parkrun  no. 1: Leazes Park, …

parkrun Saturday 21st August 2021

It was wet and drizzly Saturday morning.  But it was quite warm and not too windy, so not the worst day for a parkrun.  Leazes parkrun was cancelled because triathletes were swimming round the pond and it’s holiday time, so our runners were spread far and wide.  It was a good PB day – Laurie Johnson, Izzy Neatrour, …

parkrun, 14th August 2021

Well, who would believe that Sumanth’s baby is already 2 years old? It was the second anniversary of Leazes parkrun and Claremont Road Runners were out in force to help mark the milestone. As well as the 13 runners, Rose Hawkswood, Ari Hodgson, Hazel Juggins, Serpil Bulut, Chris Jones and Terry Welsh were all volunteering. …

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