We had a big turn out on tonight’s Blaydon race, a 5.67mile race which takes place on the 9th of June each year. The Blaydon Race is an athletic race from Newcastle upon Tyne to Blaydon, following the famous 1862 Geordie folk song. Phil Teece was first of the group to finish in 32 minutes […]
Sunday saw a handful of Harriers at the Edinburgh Festival events, with an option of a half or full marathon around the beautiful city. Ian Threadkell was the only Harrier in the full marathon finishing in 5hrs 12 with Graham Bell the first to finish in the half in 1 hour 46. All results can
Sunday saw the return of the Great North Run, an event which has been running since 1981 with two of our club members, Harry Singh and Paul Kelly having ran in every single one, two of around 100 people in the world to have completed this feat. Second claim runner Tori Green not only got
Twelve months ago the team of Simon Rogers, Paul Cook, Andy Dobson and Nick Mason romped home as the fastest non club at the Neptune relays…well they were back again with Dave McKenna replacing Nick with Andy the only non Harrier at this time. Dave McKenna got the team underway this time getting round in
The wet conditions didn’t prevent more Harriers PBs being broken at the Mermaid 10k race on the sea front at Marske. Paul Cook was the first Harrier to finish in a PB of 36:04, followed by Peter Armstrong in 39:13 – both looking on track with their preparation for London Marathon at the end of
