To celebrate the rare occurrence of a fifth (leap) Saturday in February, Gateshead parkrun reversed their usual route and Richard Slack chose to run in a hemisphere where the water goes down the sink in the opposite direction.  Richard also ran at 8 am instead of the traditional English/Welsh parkrun time of 9. In the …

The Leas Marathon is another of the North East Marathon Club’s multi-lap courses that allow the runner to choose how many laps they run. For this event on the Leas in South Shields, 2 laps would be a half-marathon, 4 for a full one. Three Claremont Road Runners chose to complete 4 laps and so …

It was another day when running was more comfortable than volunteering.  The gales in Leazes park caused the tree branches to whip some of the runners into submission.  While on the town moor, which is always exposed to the conditions, those that braved the elements helped celebrate the 500th anniversary. Congratulations to Sarah Beech and …

Richard Slack is in Sydney running with the Kirribilli Runners, and met a Geordie called Owen who runs for them. Needless to say, Owen knew Mungai! Here is Richard’s update: “Owen ran the GNR for Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and met Mungai who he ran with for part of the race, and usual picture at …

Richard Slack is in Australia where they have been facing very different weather problems to ourselves. He has just done the Kirribilli Runners 10K – which he describes as: “Beautiful run around the Sydney Harbour Bridge and down to the piers and Stargazer Park. Then all up again to run across the Bridge back to …

There were a few events that overcame the weather this weekend, but they must have been wet, windy or both! Mungai Wairia ran the Valentines 10K on the Town Moor in a time of 47:25. I think this event is pretty much 2 laps of Newcastle parkrun, so Mungai would have been on very familiar …

Another good day for running, but not so much for standing around and volunteering. The menacing storm Dennis was on the way but largely held off until we finished. Well done to Luke Woodend for another PB at Jesmond Dene. Elsewhere, it had to happen eventually, and Paul Hughes’ seven-run streak of Leazes PBs finally …

It was clear and cold but not too windy this Saturday morning.  A good day for running, not so good for volunteering and standing around in the cold.  Well done to Luke Woodend who ran his 250th parkrun at Newcastle. Alasdair Wilson Craw used his orienteering skills at Jesmond Dene, presumably not getting lost, and …

Well done to Mandy Herworth, Julie Cross and Nina Jensen on winning their age group team prize in the North East Masters Cross-Country Championships on a very windy day in East Cramlington. As I am not a member of the North East Masters Athletics Association (NEMAA) and Claremont has not really pushed this event as …

It was a windy day for a parkrun, and perhaps a blessing in disguise that the Town Moor event was cancelled this week. The inevitable spill-over resulted in a record attendance at Leazes and the second highest attendance at Jesmond Dene. There were plenty of PBs this week, for Paul Hughes and Brian Hegarty at …