Thursday 7 September
Tomorrow’s sessions are open for booking on GymCatch. It’s looking like it’s going to be a warm evening so please bring some water.
Tuesday 5 September training
Tomorrow’s sessions are open for booking on GymCatch. Please ensure you have signed up for a group and received a confirmation email before joining your group. It’s looking like it’ll be a warm evening so please bring water with you.
Paul’s weekend report
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…
Thursday 31 August training
Tomorrow we will have an all inclusive session at Ropner Park. Please meet at the band stand at 6:30pm. Sign up is via GymCatch.
Tuesday 29 August training
Tomorrow’s sessions are open for booking on GymCatch. Please ensure you have signed up to a group and received a confirmation email before joining a group. It’s a tea/coffee night so please stop back for a brew if you can.
Paul’s weekend report
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…
Thoughts about Ben by Paul J
As I sit down to write this the club has just finished a tribute run for Ben Robinson in Norton. Ben was my friend. Judging by the number of people on that run this morning - he was a friend to many people. Not being on social media, I felt compelled to share my thoughts about Ben and have done so with Gail's blessing. I first met Ben towards the end of 2015 after joining the club. I'm not much of a people person but took an instant liking to Ben. Maybe it was one of his jokes? Or his shared passion for football? Through club sessions, barrage parkruns and social runs I gradually got to know him a bit better. He was a remarkable man. My mate Dave Fender…
Thursday 17 August training
Tomorrow’s sessions are open for booking on GymCatch. For those going to Cowpen Bewley please meet at the carpark
Paul’s weekend report
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.…