Richard and Marie Slack ran in this year’s Run Northumberland Coquet Half Marathon. Even in the event information described as hilly and Richard says: “The run was a highly picturesque circular route starting and finishing in Rothbury and taking in the villages of the Coquet Valley. Couple of decent testing climbs on the second half …

No Newcastle parkrun this weekend, so a bit of a spread around the North East. Congratulations must go to Catherine Young for finishing as first female at Gateshead – and this despite running the beer mile the night before! I don’t think Laura Muir prepares for races like that! David Lydall and Rose Hawkswood also …

Running with your friends from the club … pleasurable!Drinking beer with your friends from the club … pleasurable!Running and then going for a beer with your friends from the club … pleasurable!Drink beer, run, drink beer, run, drink beer, run, drink beer, run … really? The 3rd annual Claremont Road Runners Beer Mile, organised by …

Claremont were well represented at the Anita Nott Women’s Only 5K in Jesmond Dene.  Congratulations to Mandy Herworth for winning her age category! Position Runner Time 33 Mandy Herworth 22:32 1st V50 104 Nina Jentl 25:07 201 Ay Okpokam 27:48 205 Julija Stoniute 28:11 276 Cath Robson 30:37

With Newcastle parkrun cancelled due to The Hoppings, we were a bit more spread around the North East (and further afield) this week. Three Claremonters – Sumanth Nayak, Dave Wotton and David Devennie – benefited by getting course PBs. Well done! Whitley Bay parkrun 22:27 Dean O’Brien22:41 Chris Gillie25:51 Alex Anslow26:19 Daisy Martin Gateshead parkrun …

Jamie Harding has added to the reports on The Wall, the 70ish mile ultra from Carlisle to Newcastle last weekend: Heroes of The Wall Although there have already been reports from Nina and Richard on the Wall race, I just wanted to reiterate how many heroes there were offering support along the way. They included: …

Final results here.

Once again, it was a lovely, sunny evening for the 106 teams competing in this year’s Weetslade Relays.The 3 Claremont teams did well, though I’d like to single out Catherine who was 5th fastest female. Position Leg 1 Time Leg 2 Time Leg 3 Time Team Time 30 Paul Robinson 16:13 Richard Slack 19:23 Catherine …

Well done to everyone that took part in the Weetslade Relays. Provisional results are here. Any errors/omissions will be corrected tomorrow. See you next year! Team Prizes 1st Morpeth Harriers ‘A’ Richard JohnsonJane HodgsonSam Hancox 43:20 2nd Tyne Bridge Harriers ‘A’ Ryan HoltKathryn StevensonMichael Hedley 44:39   Fastest Individuals Senior Male Sam Hancox Morpeth Harriers …

Maria Duenas chose the Durham Coastal Half-Marathon for her first run in Britain and sends us this report and photos. Well done, Maria – it sounds too tough and I think I will stick to the Northumberland version! “The Durham Coast Half Marathon was my first race in the UK and first race in blue …