Birtley Cross-Country Relays
A nice, quick relay to break up the Harrier League action, just down the road in Birtley. Teams of 3, each person runs 2 laps of 1500m or 3km/1.8 miles total. All members welcome - club pays fees and organises lifts.
A nice, quick relay to break up the Harrier League action, just down the road in Birtley. Teams of 3, each person runs 2 laps of 1500m or 3km/1.8 miles total. All members welcome - club pays fees and organises lifts.
Up Claremont Road and across the paths to Cowgate. Then a bit of a climb to Kenton Bar, before a downhill stretch through Kenton and around the edge of the Town Moor. The full route is approximately 6.8M (11K) and the shorter version is approx. 3.6M (5.8K).
There is an A race and a B race. "A" race for sub-40 runners at 0900; "B" race at 0920
Although a bit out of our area, this is very popular with North East runners.
10K and Half-marathon
Although part of the NEHL cross-country season, this is a one-off event. It does include some minor changes from the usual league races: Everyone starts together, no staggered starts for medium/fast packs. Points scoring - instead of just teams of 4 for women and 6 for men, this race has Senior and Vets categories, in teams …
6th event in this team competition organised by North Shields Poly. Claremont has 3 teams of 8 runners. Course is along the front at Whitley Bay.
This Wednesday, we will head to the Town Moor and count lampposts while varying pace. It will be a variation of the session described in the attached link.
A rare chance to compete in the national championships in the North East Women 13:40 Men 15:00 Various junior races earlier
10 mile - 9:30am 5 mile - 9:45am