Tynedale ‘Pie n Peas’ 10km
Often a popular race with our runners, this years pie n peas had 5 of our runners completing.
Danny fresh off his all inclusive holiday ran a very impressive time around the 10km in hot conditions with Callum not far behind.
Lee, Nigel and David also making light work of the course.
Well done fellas!
| Position | Name | Time(Net Time) | Cat Pos(Gen Pos) |
| 10 | Daniel Spoor #339Male SEN | 35:42(35:41) | 8(10) |
| 16 | Callum Eldridge #117Male SEN | 37:28(37:26) | 13(16) |
| 63 | Lee Coulson #74Male V45 | 42:42(42:40) | 8(59) |
| 228 | Nigel Hollier #174Male V70 | 52:34(52:16) | 1(157) |
| 273 | David Hodgson #172Male V55 | 55:32(55:15) | 21(172 |
Tyne Bridge Harriers Bridges of the Tyne
Again, often a popular run for our members but it’s been a busy time for racing of late and a clash with the pie and peas race on the same day reduced our representation – 4 of our members took on the 5 mile route along the quayside.
It was a close run thing against all our runners with Rich finishing ahead of Dave, Roland and Ben not far behind.
Well done fellas!
| Pos | Name | Time (Net Time) | Cat Pos (Gen Pos) |
| 83 | Richard Houghton #240 Male V40 | 00:31:31 (00:31:25) | 23 (78) |
| 90 | David Jones #263 Male V40 | 00:31:49 (00:31:43) | 24 (84) |
| 97 | Roland Brown #63 Male V50 | 00:32:21 (00:32:17) | 10 (88) |
| 108 | Ben Green #195 Male Sen M | 00:32:46 (00:32:23) | 39 (97 |
Chevy Chase
We had 5 crazy fellas running in the undulating Cheviot Hills.
Running under 4 hours is the holy grail for me and always out of me grasp. Jonny Lowes proved that hard work and long runs do pay off by dipping under the 4 hour mark for the first time.
Joe in his first attempt managed to navigate the course very well coming in just behind Pete who has struggled with illness of late to post a time quicker than last year. Sleep deprived James who is prepping for his Lakeland 50 run in a couple of weeks also managed to shave time off last years attempt.
Great going by the guys in the changeable weather conditions.
Great North 10km
It’s amazing to 15 members taking part in this years Great North 10km.
Hazel was the first Elswick home on the day with an impressive run. Sarah looked to hold off Sean to gain bragging rights in the household.
Lovely to see Harry and Abi running the 10km along with Jonathan who is fresh from his honeymoon.
In total i’ve counted, 7 graduates from Simon’s none to run course. Superb achievement by everyone!
Challenge Roth
Mike was on his travels again, flying the Elswick flag in Germany this time round.
Mike took on the 140.6 mile course, swimming, cycling and running his way to a very impressive time of 11 hours 5 mins.
An incredible achievement considering he felt a bit under the weather and would have had a late night due to the penalty shootout at the Euros on the Saturday.
Future Fixtures:
Relays:
4th August – Gosforth Relays (See facebook posts)
Club Champs:
July – Sunderland 5km – Entries are open now
August – *Watergate 5km – enter online now
September – Internal 10km (possibly end of August)
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)