Category: Run reports

Some pleasant sunshine this week for our parkrunners and entrants to the Middlesbrough 10k. We had 16 runners at Wynyard with Michael Meggs, Ian Saul, Stevie Cooper, John Corvesor and David Edwards getting new pb's. Andy L, Michelle I, Glenn C, Helen J and Kirsty A volunteered. Elsewhere, we had 2 runners in great form at Albert - with Caroline Horton achieving an 80%+ age-grading and Oli Hall (70%+) 2ndfinisher in an all-course parkrun best time. Tidy running guys. Beth Dang was 1st lady to finish at Cotsford Fields and Holly Taylor 2ndat Rothwell. Tara Oxley recorded a new pb at Northala Fields (London). Striders too at Aberdeen, Durham, Sedgefield, Redcar, Stewart, Darlington, Goole, Hartlepool, Flatts Lane, Lullingstone (Kent), Ashington, Talkin Tarn (Brampton), Jubilee and Whitby. Sunday saw the annual…

16 Striders at Wynyard this week with Phil Baines, Stevie Cooper and Tara Oxley getting new pb's. Elsewhere, Hartlepool saw Michelle Hart reach 300 parkruns and Steve Cotton achieve a 70%+ age-grading. A further 14 Striders went to Albert park where 3 members were in exceptional from. Oli Hall, Tom Holland and Keran Hodgson recorded big all-course parkrun best times. Nice work. Michael Meggs (70%+ a-g) ran his 100thparkrun. Paul Drake got a new pb on his 50thparkrun. Dan Meucci and Kris Allen got new pb's and Izzy Morgan was 1st lady to finish at Northallerton. John Wilson pb'd at Sedgefield as did Zoe Cornforth at Stewart. Holly Taylor was 3rd lady home at Denton Dene.  Suzanne Brodie ran the Zielong Jar event near Krakow. Striders too at Darlington, Brandon Country…

It was another busy weekend of running for the club. Striders were out in force at Saturday's parkruns and we had a great turnout at the Branches & Bays 10k trail race on Sunday. 11 Striders ran at Wynyard with Craig Morgan, Amy Gallilee and Tony Gallilee getting new pb's. Fran Corvesor and Kirsty Alderthay volunteered. Elsewhere, 11 more members chose Hartlepool where Sam Johnston celebrated his 350th parkrun. Sam jogged round with Phil Swash and Tom Marrs. Tom pushed his baby daughter, Thea, round for her first ever parkrun. (Thea was later disqualified after an overzealous run director deemed that the tread on her buggy tyres was too low). Speedster Tom Murphy was 1stfinisher. 14 Striders did the Leazes parkrun where Emma Fleming and Glenn Cooper achieved 70%+ age-gradings.…

More wet conditions for Saturday's parkruns - but a marked improvement for Sunday's Darlington 10k. 13 Striders ran at Wynyard Woodland. Amy Gallilee and Tony Gallilee got new pb's. Emma Fleming (70%+ age-grading) was 1st lady to finish and 2nd overall - just a few seconds from leading the entire field home. Gail R, Gareth M, Glenn C, Joanne C and Michelle Ince helped with volunteering. Elsewhere, Tom Ramsey had an excellent run at Hartlepool. Tom (70%+ a-g) was 2ndfinisher in an all-course parkrun pb. Nice work. Steve Cotton was also in great form at Jesmond Dene. Steve getting an all-course parkrun pb. Good stuff. Sarah Cotton got a new pb. Holly Taylor was 2nd lady to finish at Castle Park (Herts) in a new pb. Andrew Beavers recorded a…

20 Striders took a trip to the Hamsterley Forest parkrun on Saturday. It was chosen as one of the club league events for 2023. Suzanne Brodie and Martin Greensitt are the experts for the parkrun - and were on hand to provide us with advice and a course description. It's ranked as one of the toughest parkruns in the UK and with good reason. The first half is a seemingly never-ending climb to the highest point - before a descent back to the finish. There were warnings of rocks and tree roots to fill us with even more trepidation - and then we were off. The first few hundred metres are about the only flat section of the course and I was hoping to enjoy this brief respite from the…

It was gloomy conditions and a wet course for the 10 Striders at Wynyard on Saturday. However, this didn't affect Emma Fleming as she achieved a 70%+ age-grading, got a new pb, and was first lady to finish. Aaron Atkinson also pb'd. Elsewhere, Keran Hodgson got an all-course parkrun pb at Herrington Country. Nice one Keran. Paul Drake got another all-course pb at Hartlepool where Steve Cotton recorded a 70%+ a-g. Glenn Cooper got a 70%+ a-g at Albert. John Wilson pb'd at Sedgefield. Angela Cox did the inaugural parkrun at Ashington Community Woodland. Striders too at Mile End (London), Stewart, Crichton (Dumfries), Leazes and Denton Dene. I was looking at recent results on the North East Races website and saw that there were a few Striders who have been…

Early Saturday morning a band of happy Striders arrived at Sedgefield parkrun with enough spare clothes for a week’s holiday and enough snacks to feed most of Stockton. We were ready for a day of running, but this was no ordinary run, this was a parkrunathon to remember and celebrate the life of a very special Strider - our Debbie. First up was ‘the bit’. Those that ran the full distance last year said this was the hardest part so this time we were smart and ran the hardest bit first. 1-0 to us! The race director at Sedgefield parkrun gave us a lovely shoutout in the pre-run briefing. 38 of us competed our first full parkrun. 1 down 7 to go. On to Wynyard. A slightly confused Wynyard parkrun…

Saturday saw the Debbie Edwards celebration parkrunathon. 38 Striders gathered at Sedgefield for the first parkrun. There were a further 6 parkruns before another big Striders turnout for the grand finale at Ropner Park. I won't go into great detail regarding the day as there'll be one or two reports just focusing on the day's events. It looked like it went well - thankfully staying dry for the first and last parkruns. Would just like to repeat the congratulations to Nicole Shirley Edwards, Liz Simpson, Emma Fleming and Tom Ramsey for completing the full 26.1 miles - and Tor Slatcher, Helen Johnston, food providers, cake makers and all the others who helped make it happen. Think Debbie would have approved.   Maxine Buckton and Gina King got pb's, and Izzy…

Wednesday saw Team Striders descend on the Croft racing circuit at Dalton-On-Tees. It was the Pitstop 10k and one of the club league races for 2023. Conditions weren't too bad albeit a little breezy in certain sections of the course - but certainly not as hot as it's been in years gone by. The course is 3 big laps of the circuit. After the usual warm-ups, loo visits and team photos (we had the biggest team on the night) the clock ticked round to 7.45pm and we were off. Once again there were some truly exceptional performances. First in was Tom Marrs (36.15 - and a big 10k pb) followed by Tom Murphy (37.58 - and a 10k pb), Myself (39.15), Jonathon Archer (39.19), Abby Barker (39.59 and first female…

Paul’s weekend report… A fresher, blustery Wynyard Woodland saw Ciara Granton breeze to an all-course parkrun pb. Nice one Ciara. Of the 18 Striders present - Ian Saul, Antony Hamling, Maxine Buckton (and Raymond), Aaron Atkinson and Kirsty Alderthay picked up new pb's. Katie Ayton was 3rd lady to finish and Michael Meggs was 3rd home. Dave Fender and I got 70%+ age-gradings. Neil Mcgee volunteered. Elsewhere, 16 Striders attended the York parkrun. It's a flat and fast tarmac path around the racecourse. Emma Fleming got a 70%+ a-g. Michelle Ince was 1st lady to finish in a new pb at Cotsford Fields. Sedgefield saw Helen Mcilvenny (70%+) and Holly Taylor 2nd and 3rd ladies to finish. Amy Gallilee recorded a new pb at Northallerton. Striders too at Albert, Roundhay,…