Author: Helen Johnston

Having seen a post on social media about a planned charity parkrunathon (8 and a bit parkruns to make a marathon distance) a few of us decided to participate .... and what a phenomenal day it was! Starting with the junior parkrun route at Sedgefield followed by our days only official parkrun  Sedgefield  (the others count as parkrun freedom runs) we then made our way to: Hartlepool (loved it) Cotsford fields - some loved it, Sam hated it Sunderland - Sue loved it everyone else wasn’t sure 😊 South Shields - mine & Phil’s worst a combo of pier to pier & GNR course wasn’t ever going to be great lol Windy Nook - the one we couldn’t find so played catch up  with Sam &  Phil not doing it…

thanks to Julia & Samuel our team managers ... here’s the men’s team news As you know it’s the NYMAC relays this coming Thursday and I have sorted the men’s teams out for this event. If you can’t run can you please let me know at the earliest possible opportunity. Thank you! sam NYMAC Men’s Teams : Paul Johnson Jamie Bentley Philip Swash Michael Burke Dave Fender Tom Day Samuel Johnston Chris Newton Matty Clarkson Ben Robinson Ste King Andrew Laverick David Horton Lee Hamilton David Edwards Mark Dickinson Gavin Morley Colin Firth Phil Baines Steve Harrison

Thanks to Julia & Samuel our team managers, team news as follows Ladies teams for NYMAC relays below. Can people aim to arrive by 6.20pm if possible to give us the chance to juggle teams/orders in case of any last minute issues. Any problems please comment below Team 1 A Lucy Owens B Liz Simpson C Kirsten Baines D Caroline Horton Team 2 A Helen Johnston B Helen Hall C Julia Coleby D Paula Newton Team 3 A Sophie Owens B Gail Allison-Robinson C Fiona Shaw D Lucy Owens

We’ve been asked to share .... Entries are open for The Willow Miner Trail Race in Durham organised by Elvet Striders on Wednesday 10th July at 7pm.   5.3 miles. £7/£9.   https://racebest.com/races/973cw    

A few of us are doing a recce of Cleveland Way relay leg from Runswick Bay to Skinningrove (approx 8 miles) next Saturday 08 June. Thinking maybe if we do Brotton parkrun first then go from there? Anyone is welcome to join us so far there’s me, Kirsten Baines, Liz Simpson, Michael Burke, possibly Tom Day, Neil McGee and Lisa McGee. We’ll also need to sort out car sharing so post here if you want to join us please ....

An early heads up that there’s no official session next Thursday 06 June due to the NYMAC relays that the majority of coaches are taking part in.

Ive been in touch with the organiser Catherine, shes asked that I remind you that: "Everyone needs to understand that this is a charity event with no licence etc or any insurance etc so people are taking part at their own risk, also need people to be respectful at the various events so we don’t jeopardise any of the parkruns or the charity’s good name - day by parking irresponsibly etc hope that makes sense, also won’t be able to wait for everyone to arrive and finish if they go beyond the times, as we have the bus schedule to stick to (Ive made her aware we are car sharing). If folks arent running all of the events but are free to help Marshall & time if needed as well…

As informed some weeks ago Stockton Striders membership was due as of 01/04/19. Whilst we fully appreciate that sometimes life gets in the way to getting round to such things as renewing, filling in forms etc, as the closed fb group is for members only we have reviewed membership (a similar exercise will be done with the members log-in area of the website) and removed members who have not renewed, unless they have contacted us already. Can you please relay this message to any of your Striders buddies who have not renewed. Reminder e-mails have been sent to people previously or alternatively they can message us directly. Thank you

A few of us are planning a run tomorrow morning meeting at Ropner Park main gates on Hartburn Lane at 8:45am - plan is to run up along Yarm Road and then join the pathway passing the six fields back to the bowling club and on to Ropner Park for the Great Run Local 5k ... at a social pace of around around 10.5 minute miles. It’s about a 10k all in all & there’s scope to add more distance on if you want too! If anyone’s wanting to join us please comment so we know who to look out for 👍🏻🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️💪🏻