Three races to report on this week.
Sail Fell Race
Melissa Bateson battled the hills and weather to complete the course in 3.46mins – an incredible achievement by Melissa. The 10 mile course take in some of the most challenging hills in the lake district, runners climbing 4,000+ foot of elevation.
Well done Melissa!
Rat Race – The Wall
Dave Hodgson, fond of a challenge completed The Wall on Saturday in a time of 22 hours.
The route starts in Carlisle ending on the Newcastle Quayside a mere 70 miles with 3460ft of elevation. My legs hurt at the thought of it… 🥵
Well done Dave, incredible achievement!
Run Nation Bamburgh 10km
We had two runners in Joanne Webber and Maxine Cottam running the Bamburgh 10k on Sunday.
Excellent run by the ever improving Maxine who completed the course in 58 mins. Looking at the times Joanne and Maxine battled to the line to come in neck and neck – well done ladies!
📣 Big Shout Out 📣
Huge congratulations to Chris Pearce who ran his 250th park run at Leazes Park on Saturday.
Challenge Gdańsk
Mike Russell fancied a nice break in Poland and thought the best way to see the city is do an Ironman. Well yes, why not, it’s the sort of thing everyone does…
Mike joined his buddy Richard Winter as part of their prep for Challenge Roth in a few weeks time for the half Ironman.
70.3 miles of pure delight, swimming, cycling and running (i’d sooner take the open top bus tour). Mike was incredible, finishing in a time of 5 hours 20 mins (6th in his category and 162nd overall).
Mikes 6th place qualifies him for the Challenge World Championships next year.
Awesome work Mike!
Future Fixtures:
Newburn River Run
We’re hosting our very own River Run on Wednesday 19th June. If you’re available to help, please let us know and we’ll find a nice marshaling place for you.
Relays:.
26th June – Weetslade Relays see Felicity for info
4th August – Gosforth Relays
Club Champs:
18th June – **Elswick internal 5km
July – Sunderland 5km – Entries are open now
August – *Watergate 5km
September – Internal 10km
October (weekend) – **Internal 10 mile
November – Heaton Memorial 10km
Useful website for races: http://www.northeastraces.com
*Update 5/3/24: Watergate 5km has been included following the withdrawal of the March fixture due to rearranged XC fixture.
**Updated 19/3/24: internal 10 mile and 5km switched so we can utilise the light nights and run the 5km on the closed section of OneNE. The 10 miler will now take place in October on a weekend.
Track and Field:
Athletics Senior league fixtures – see Eric for more information…
Match 1: 20th April Shildon (Saturday)
Match 2: 18th May Whitley Bay (Saturday)
Match 3: 29th June Morpeth (Saturday)
Match 4: 14th July Shildon (Sunday)