Low Fell Running Club held their annual 5km race in Watergate Forest Park this Thursday evening. Conditions were overcast and mild, decent for racing, and a sizeable number of runners lined up, including some very nippy customers, following the junior 2.5k event. We were treated to a pre-race briefing reminiscent of a few local parkruns, …

Sarah Kerr, Anton Mirafsari and Jonathan Gilroy went for a weekend in the Lake District, and followed up Keswick parkrun with a far tougher assignment the next morning – a trail half-marathon around Borrowdale. Anton kindly sends this epic race report: Borrowdale Half Marathon: Survived it mate When we signed up for the Borrowdale Half …

Isabel Neatrour loves the islands of Scotland and took advantage of this trip to take part in a half-marathon on Coll. Despite splitting open her toe in the sea on the morning of the race, Izzy put in an excellent run to finish as 4th lady in a time of 1:42. Unfortunately she says that …

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, …

Aoife Monaghan was Claremont’s sole representative is this fast 5K dash along the Newcastle Quayside, and she did us proud. Aoife ran an excellent time of 22:39 – a 5K PB – which placed her 146th in the B race. She was rightly delighted with her run, saying: “Absolutely loved that and so so happy …

With the relays occurring in the middle of the school holidays, this event always has fewer entries than the other relay races, but in many ways that adds to its charm, with a smaller, friendlier feel. It is an event that I always enjoy, and it seems that many other sky blues do too as …

The “Run the Raid” Lindisfarne Half-Marathon is a brand new race, and it looks like being a great addition to the North East running calendar. Nina Jensen and Marie Slack (although running in her first claim South Shields vest) were the first Claremont Road Runners to give it a try. They certainly enjoyed it, as …

“Isaac’s Tea Trail links Alston, England’s highest town, with Allendale and includes romantic hamlets like Ninebanks and the old lead mining village of Nenthead. The route follows public rights of way where livestock graze, and walkers are asked to follow the country code and keep dogs on a lead at all times. A moderate degree …

With the circus in town and planting their tents on the moor, there was once again no Town Moor parkrun causing elevated attendances at the other local venues. However, the chosen venue for the reinstated monthly Claremont parkrun tourism was slightly further afield at Carlisle Park in Morpeth – a lovely route up the hill, …