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 Runners Time 30 Paul RobinsonRichard SlackCatherine YoungTeam Time 16:1319:3216:2452:00 69 Julie CrossMaria DuenasHoward MacLennanTeam Time 20:5919:2718:3459:00 93 Tara McCullyAy …

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 …

The Claremont Ultras were doing mad things again this weekend – The Wall is a 70 mile ultra along Hadrian’s Wall from Carlisle to Newcastle.  Nina Jensen, Julie Dumpleton, Marie Slack and Jamie Harding were the running team with Richard Slack also staying awake (and driving!) for 22 hours! We have two reports – Nina …