On a day of ferocious winds, nine Claremont Road Runners were probably hoping for some relative shelter in Saltwell Park, not that it would have offered much protection from the gales tearing through the area. Three-and-a-half laps of the park on what is a considerably up-and-down course, the race takes participants round the lake, past …

The last parkrun before Christmas was a windy affair everywhere, not just at Windy Nook where it was good to see a return to parkrun for Laurie Johnson (other than as tail walker and volunteer). Tourism mainly consisted of visiting family for Christmas, so we were spread around the British Isles. The two Aoifes had …

Well done to Niamh Garratt who ran her 10K PB in the Run Through London Ten, around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Niamh clocked 56:36 to finish in 1639th place.

Chris Jones brave enough to venture back into the countryside after the previous day’s NE Cross-Country Championships, this time up in the Northumberland hills. Here is his report of the Simosnside Cairns race: Simonside Cairns is one of those races that says it’s nearly Christmas, like the Saltwell 10k. You might have seen article about …

Yet another week when we spread ourselves around – with Claremont Road Runners at 20 different parkruns! It is true that most stayed in the North East, though Niamh Garratt made the pilgrimage to the birthplace of parkrun – Bushy Park. Niamh was one of over 1200 runners, including somebody celebrating their 900th parkrun. Amazing! …