What a busy weekend for our members with runners travelling all over to get their running fix…
Prudhoe’s Easter Egg Run.
Surprisingly there was no Steve Robertson for this one – the lure of chocolate wasn’t great enough this time round… We did have Imogen King running her first race of the weekend and rewarded with a nice easter egg at the end…
Blyth 10km
Our club championships started of with a bang, despite the high winds our runners were out in force (28 of our lads and lasses) with some very impressive runs.
It’s brilliant to see lots of new names on the results sheet and flying the Elswick flag proudly some of which running 10km for the first time.
Imogen Bungay continued her impressive form, finishing 2nd lady on the day. Our ladies also picked up the 1st female team prize – well done ladies.
We had numerous individual age category prizes with Tony, John, Mike and Nigel in the money for the men and our women’s section went one better with 5 ladies picking up cash; Imogen lead them home, followed by Hazel, Felicity, Susanne and Debbie all being rewarded for their impressive runs – don’t go spending it all on chocolate!
| Pos | Name | Time | Cat Pos |
| 22 | Daniel Spoor #575 | 36:15:00 | 12 |
| 27 | Jonathan Rewcastle #496 | 36:26:00 | 16 |
| 33 | Sean Mennim #400 | 38:08:00 | 21 |
| 40 | Imogen Bungay #76 | 38:34:00 | 2 |
| 52 | Tony Banks #25 | 39:19:00 | 2 |
| 66 | Hazel Bough #51 | 40:12:00 | 1 |
| 79 | Ben Hall #247 | 40:43:00 | 13 |
| 83 | John Rippon #504 | 40:52:00 | 2 |
| 84 | Mike Russell #525 | 41:05:00 | 3 |
| 98 | Felicity Smith #562 | 41:45:00 | 5 |
| 143 | Simon Mcenaney #379 | 44:02:00 | 65 |
| 155 | Bella Russell #523 | 44:46:00 | 11 |
| 161 | John Lowes #367 | 45:01:00 | 22 |
| 173 | Susanne Stephenson #585 | 45:33:00 | 2 |
| 179 | Heather Donald #159 | 45:47:00 | 13 |
| 184 | David Walton #636 | 46:20:00 | 6 |
| 190 | Mary Hall #250 | 46:37:00 | 9 |
| 201 | Debbie Spoor #576 | 46:59:00 | 3 |
| 293 | Laura Shepherdson #542 | 52:02:00 | 15 |
| 287 | Joanne Webber #645 | 51:49:00 | 6 |
| 305 | Jayne Cuskern #137 | 52:44:00 | 13 |
| 333 | Imogen King #333 | 53:44:00 | 21 |
| 344 | Nigel Hollier #276 | 54:16:00 | 3 |
| 368 | Andrea Banks #24 | 55:23:00 | 12 |
| 374 | Kate Taylor #608 | 55:41:00 | 25 |
| 416 | Caroline Johnson #307 | 57:43:00 | 31 |
| 420 | Maxine Cottam #121 | 57:47:00 | 14 |
| 517 | Jonathan Morrell #413 | 01:10:50 | 35 |
Well done everyone – I hope you all enjoyed it!
Sheffield Half Marathon.
Roland Brown took a trip to Sheffield as part of his marathon preparations – Mike Russell had promised a flat and scenic route with perfect weather conditions so why would Roland refuse….
The scenic bit was about right but Mike might have to share some of his Blyth winnings to make up for the hills Roland endured…
Despite the hurricane and hills he managed a cracking time of 1.37, a good confidence boost ahead of London.
3 Village 10 mile.
Luke, fond of a car journey headed over to Cumbria for the 3 village 10 miler.
It was worth the last minute entry as he finished an impressive 2nd overall in a time of 57 minutes.
Northumberland Duathlon.
We also had some of our multi sporters in action today at the Northumberland Duathlon at Druridge Bay – yup running is not enough for these guys they want to jump on a bike in a hurricane 🤯
Amy Fuller has a great event finishing 32 (5th lady) in a time of 2.22.59.
Rob Lambert wasn’t too far behind clocking a time of 2.42.04 finishing 66th overall.
Future Fixtures:
With one XC fixture still to go of the season, our men’s team have a chance of getting promoted and women are in danger of relegation from Division 1 so we need a big turnout.
13/4 April – Thornley Farm.
If you’re not already registered and want to run let me know.
Relays:
8th May – Wallsend (limited to 10 teams per club)
Club Champs:
May – Pier to Pier Sold out but transfers are allowed
18th June – **Elswick internal 5km
July – Sunderland 5km
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)