Sep 11
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness Scott Jurek (with Steve Friedman) Bloomsbury, £12.99 If you’re ever in doubt what a book’s going to be like, turn straight to the index. A: Activate Isolate Stretching Technique; addiction to running; addicts, recovering as ultramarathoners; aid stations. H: hamstrings, Hardrock 100, heat. V: vegan diet; …
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Sep 10
Club member, Dave Moir, was TBH’s sole representitive at this year’s VAANEE 10k Championships and sends in this report. A bit of a disappointing turn out with only 7 of the 8 entrants making it to the start line, possibly due to a conflicting fixture taking many of the potential entrants over to Farringdon to compete in the …
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Sep 10
This week’s training sessions are; Tuesday 11th Group 1. 30min Tempo Surge Group 2. 26min Tempo Surge Group 3. 22min Tempo Surge Group 4. 6 x 3 minutes Group 5. Fartlek Thursday 13th Group 1. 4 x 1 Mile Group 2. 4 x 1 Mile Group 3. 4 x 6 minutes Group 4. 5 x …
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Sep 09
Kenny Mac writes this superb report about the first cross-country event of the season. ” Keep going, you can breathe at the end of the race.” It is said that Cross Country first started in the early 19th Century and the first official race was held at Rugby Public School in 1837 and was called the Crick …
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Sep 09
Club member, Anji Close, introduces us to the world of Aqua Running. I want to start by attempting to dispel two common misconceptions about aqua running. 1: It’s not just for injured runners 2: It’s definitely NOT the same thing as aqua aerobics. My baptism of fire into aqua running came in May this year …
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Sep 09
Continuing our series of GNR memories, we have this one from 1991. Take it away Stu Dickson.. 1991 My First Great North Run. My first Great North Run was 21 years ago so my memory of the event has slightly faded, but as I was a young ‘whip snapper of a lad’!!! I can remember being …
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Sep 09
Congratulations to David Beech, who dipped under 17 minutes for the first time on Saturday. Clear bright skies made for perfect running conditions, and with many using the parkrun event as a final preparation run before next weekend’s GNR, there was a massive turnout of 319 runners. Results for Newcastle parkrun, event number 137, 08/09/2012. 319 participants completed the run on …
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Sep 08
In the lead-up to next Sunday’s BUPA Great North Run, several club members will offer they own personal memories of this great sporting event. Starting things off is David Daniels. Like a lot of people at the time, I took up running in order to take part in the Great North Run. The year was …
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Sep 08
Club member, Louis Goffe, extols the virues of fell running. The sport of running is as diverse and colourful as the personalities that we have in our great club. Its beauty is in its simplicity and its accessibility, no one is excluded and there is a flavour for us all to enjoy. For many in …
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Sep 04
Good news folks, Newcastle has came top of a recent survey to find the UK’s best running city. The article, in the October 2012 issue of Runner’s World magazine, highlighted the number of running clubs in the city, the numerous races throughout the year and the great locations to run, which all contributed towards this accolade. …
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Sep 03
Giving the fact there were two big races the following day, there was (unsurprisingly) a fairly low turnout by club members at Newcastle parkrun on Saturday. Nevertheless, Sparrow and TC managed to entertain all those at the finishing line by having a minor tiff towards the end of the run. Apparently, there had been some sort of …
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Sep 02
Tynedale 10M race report by Shaun Brown After a week of cold weather the large contingent of TBHers taking part in the ‘Jelly Tea’ were hoping for more of the same but lined up on the start line in near tropical conditions. And with minimal warning, or actual idea where the start line was, the race …
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Sep 02
Woah!! When you’ve being running for as long as I have it’s not often you come across an event that blows you away, but today’s Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10k Race (sponsored by SABIC) certainly did that. Kenny Mac sends in his report: Well, The build up wasn’t ideal, a week of little mileage substituted with …
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Sep 01
this week’s training sessions are; Tues 4th Sept Gp.1: 3 sets of 5x400m Gp.2: 3 sets of 5x90s Gp.3: 3 sets of 5x1min Gp.4: To be announced on club night Gp.5: Hills Thurs 6th Sept Gp.1: 6M tempo run Gp.2: 6M tempo run Gp.3: 5M tempo run Gp.4: To be announced on club night Gp.5: Pyramid 1,3,5,3,1 minutes All …
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