Author: Liz Simpson

29 Striders at Sedgefield saw Tom Ramsey celebrate his 50th parkrun. Beth Dang and Chloe Turner picked up new pb's whilst Caroline Horton got a 70%+ age-grading. Izzy Morgan was first lady to finish. Stevie Cooper (70%+) wasn't holding back at Albert - even if he did have the Boro 10k the next day. Michelle Hart was 3rd lady home. Simon Russell also reached 70%+ at Druridge Bay. Striders too at Hartlepool, Bracknell, Stewart, Darlington, Flatts Lane, Rushmoor (Aldershot), Great Notley (Essex), Beverley Westwood, and Queens (Glasgow). Around 30 Striders were up early for next day's Middlesbrough 10k event. Several others were there to give support. Conditions were damp and muggy for the 1000+ runners. The race start was delayed by 10 minutes due to a long queue of people…

Striders were out in force this week on - yes, you've guessed it - another warm and sunny morning. 21 members made the trip to Marshall Drive, Brotton for a designated league event. For those that haven't done the course - it's 4 laps round a park, a mix of grass and trail, with long up and down gradients and a cheeky steep dip. Once again, the volunteers made us feel welcome and put on an excellent event. Rob Parker reached the 50-parkrun milestone. Abby Barker (70%+ age grading), Andy Johnston, Ben Robinson, Emma Fleming, John Corvesor, Liz Simpson, Michelle Ince, Fran Corvesor, Chloe Turner and myself (70%+) came away with new pb's. Jon Archer (70%+) led the field home, with Abby and Izzy Morgan 1st and 2nd ladies to…

NYMAC Relays Race Report Thursday evening saw 7 SSAC teams take part in the NYMAC - Tom Wall relays and what a night it was to be a Stockton Strider, our team spirit shone through as always. After some initial warm up laps, a mad dash to get as many group photos as we could and some last minute toilet stops, the ‘A’ runners from each team took to the start line with a mix of nervousness and excitement, to say it was a squeeze was an understatement with 74 teams in total taking part. Everybody took off like a shot downhill towards the carpark, most of us then remembering we had a mile to run and not a 100 metre sprint, having just about settled in on the flat,…

Runners at Hartlepool faced a stiff breeze in the final mile on Saturday. That didn't stop Doreen Morris and Emma Fleming recording new pb's. Emma celebrated afterwards by consuming a shortbread cakey thing. I was 2nd finisher and Abby Barker 3rd (and first lady). Abby missed out on a new pb by a whisker but had the consolation of a superb national standard 80% age-grading. Elsewhere, Suzanne Brodie reached the 200-parkrun milestone at Keswick. Helen Mcilvenny (70%+ a-g) at Whitley Bay and Izzy Morgan at Sedgefield were both 2nd ladies home. Tom Holland and Zoe Cornforth got pb's at Darlington with Tom's an all-course one. Lisa Graves pb'd at Hull as did Craig Thomas at Hackworth. Stevie Cooper got a 70%+ a-g at Albert. Striders too at Newtown (Wales), Windy…

Hot and sunny again this week - with 6 Striders picking up new pb's. They went to Dan Meucci at Sedgefield, Beth Dang and Joanne Cooke at Redcar, Holly Taylor at Hackworth, Victoria Slatcher at Flatts Lane and Fin Pennington at Alness. Holly was also 2nd lady to finish with Izzy Morgan 3rd lady at Sedgefield. I was 2nd home at Albert - a venue that saw Nicola Hudson make her parkrun debut. Striders too at Silksworth, Lymington, Stewart, Hove and Hamsterley Forest. Finally, congratulations to Emily Palmer who was 1st lady to finish and 10thoverall in the 'Try on the Tyne' Gateshead 5k. Emily also getting a 5k pb in the process. Paul J