Month

How do you know when you’ve become a runner? Well, in all honesty, it probably isn’t after completing your first run/walk session and collapsing on the sofa swearing that you’ll never do that again (we’ve all been there, it gets easier!) But once...

Another week and a nice gentle drive across country to the outskirts of Nostell Priory. I guess Wakefield conjures images of urbanisation but the marathon was quite the opposite. Quite a walk to the start from the car park with a start in the sunshine around 10.00. I consciously...

This is the second and final 10k race of the year organised by New Marske Harriers as part of their Coast Road series.  The race starts at the Mermaid pub in Marske and finishes on the Coast Road opposite the Fox Covert.  It is a fast flat course run on roads and pavements. It...

Date Venue 24th September 2017 Thirsk, Chapel Street (relays) 15th October 2017 Middlesbrough, Acklam Grange School 12th November 2017 Stockton, Preston Park 19th November 2017 Whitby, Caedmon School 3rd December 2017 Hartlepool, Summerhill 21st January 2018 Middlesbrough,...

Hosted by Loftus & Whitby AC, the Mulgrave Castle 10k trail race is a joyful affair, starting with a junior race and refreshments at Lythe Sports Pavilion. All runners are requested to congregate here 15 minutes before the main race is due to start. Runners and spectators are...

From travelling 3500 miles the previous week, it was a slightly shorter journey of four miles or six minutes travel time. Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, not quite our North Riding but it’s still Yorkshire. A cloudy but warm morning saw the start at the local...

It was the earliest start to a marathon day – 05.15 hrs – ridiculous, I know. A quick departure from the hostel in Buffalo and a short walk to the Niagara Conference Centre. The number pick up was a very easy affair; just gave my number and the number and shirt were handed out....

Last night saw the second of the club championship race – the first being the spring coast 5k organised by New Marske Harriers. A fantastic 40 turned up at the club to run from Tunedin to the top of the Pink path and back to the large sculpture known as...