With marathons a distant memory, kind of, we were back to local action.
Quayside 5km
On Wednesday athletes, young and old returned to the Quayside for the chance to run quick times, one of various RunThrough events throughout the year. Wednesday’s offering was a 5km where adults had the choice between a A Race and B Race, the junior event was a 3km.
The A Race was stacked with the winner running an incredible time of 14.20.
Jonny Rewcastle continued his impressive form of late to lead the Elswick contingent home, we had 5 runners competing in the A Race all going under 20mins.
It’s great to see Mark McNally competing and running incredible times, his super performance was rewarded with a 1st place in the v75 category in the B Race.
| Pos | Name | Gun Time (Chip Time) | Cat Pos |
| 56 | JONATHAN REWCASTLE #1566 Senior Open (20-34) | 00:16:51 (00:16:47) | 25 |
| 71 | STEVEN HORN #1671 V45 Open | 00:17:17 (00:17:12) | 5 |
| 73 | DANIEL SPOOR #1726 Senior Open (20-34) | 00:17:27 (00:17:22) | 33 |
| 104 | STEPHEN DOBSON #1524 Senior Open (20-34) | 00:18:09 (00:18:03) | 47 |
| 141 | DAVID JONES #1611 V40 Open | 00:19:12 (00:19:00) | 11 |
| 117 | MARK MCNALLY #132 V75 Open | 00:23:15 (00:23:02) | 1 |
Well done everyone!
Yorkshire 3 Peaks
John Rippon was in action on Saturday in the Yorkshire 3 Peaks – the race takes on the 3 big peaks that Yorkshire has to offer with runners having to reach each checkpoint within an allotted time to allow them to continue.
This race is not for the fainthearted, it’s a gruelling race and one John done amazing in. He completed the 26 miles of trail, tarmac and hills in an impressive 4 hours 48 minutes.
Huge well done John!
Washington Trail 10km
Paul Taylor took on the muddy Washington Trails – an undulating route not helped by the damp weather we seem to be having.
Paul, with Manchester a distant memory ran a great race to finish 5th v40 on the day.
Well done Paul.
Future Fixtures:
Relays:
1st May – Jarrow Relays (v35+) we have had a couple of dropouts. If you want to run please contact Felicity.
8th May – Wallsend (limited to 10 teams per club) Andrea is taking names – see facebook post.
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)