The water quality in the River Seine may be causing problems for our Olympic triathletes, but there were no such issues for Sonam Wangdi in London this weekend as he took part in an Olympic distance triathlon.  This consisted of a 1.5K swim in Victoria Dock, before a 40K cycle on closed roads, taking in …

I have said before that Simon Lowe likes a challenge and they don’t come much tougher than this. As the name implies, the Montane Lakeland 100 is a 100 mile ultra trail race over the Lake District fells. Simon had a tough time of it but stuck at it to the end. In his own …

With the Town Moor once again postponed, numbers were swelled at other local parkruns. The largest Claremont contingents were at Whitley Bay and Jesmond Dene, the latter producing PBs galore with Lucy Keating, Aoife Monaghan and Anneliza Andreadi all producing course record performances. We all got a soaking before the start at Whitley Bay, though …

A sandy telegram from Mark Anderson: “The Northumberland Coastal Run, organised by Alnwick Harriers, has long been a firm favourite in the North East running calendar, always popular with Claremont, forming the basis for the Colin Archibold prize for the first sky blue home in this race. The run starts on the beach in Beadnell …

After Friday’s surging heatwave, the temperature dropped to something slightly more manageable this morning, but we were still already verging on a muggy 20 degrees (in the Newcastle area, at least) as 9am rolled around. Of those spreading their wings, Cate Walker was down in the Midlands at Evesham, collecting a final ‘E’ to complete …

A report from Lynne Cornell, fracture now marginally less stressed: “As a lot of people know I’m unable to run at the moment due to a stress fracture in my left foot. However when a friend mentioned an event which I could walk and which involved fancy dress and cake, I was up for it.  Susan and …

Howard Maclennan is a regular at the Durham City Run Festival, where 5k and 10k routes weave around the centre of the city, usually taking in some cobbled stretches alongside views of the river and various landmarks, with a few hills thrown in. Howard bettered his 2023 performance by almost a full minute in the …

The Hexham Sundowner has both a 5K and a 10K race, This was a local race for Lucy Ward who sends us this summary: “Hexham sundowner 10k had been rescheduled from October when it was cancelled due to flooding.  The night before the race we had localised flooding in Hexham so it seemed doomed again. …

Sophie Richardson went a bit further afield to find a scenic half-marathon – to Ilkley in West Yorkshire. The undulating route took the runners around the town of Ilkley, before heading up the River Wharfe to cross at Bolton Bridge and head back downstream to the town. Sophie came 1336th in a time of 2:05:37 …

This is a new event on the North East running calendar, organised by RunThrough. Both courses start and finish at the Newcastle Falcons rugby ground in Kingston Park and head out on closed roads, past the back of the airport and through Dinnington. The 10K route is a straightforward out and back, while the half-marathon …