Sep 23
Still jubilant after his great run, Dave Moir sends in this race report from the Dumfries Half Marathon. A tough course ?? I’m still undecided if this is a hard course or not. It’s not a flat course by any stretch of the imagination (a rumour that our friends from Morpeth Harriers fed us and …
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Sep 22
There have been some remarkable results in the brief existence of Tyne Bridge Harriers, both individually and competing as a team. But the performance by the Men’s ‘A’ Team at the Northern Road Relay Championships must rank as one of the very best. The team, consisting of Steve Cairns, Tony Carter, Keith Smith, Darryl Davison, …
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Sep 22
The majority of North-east parkrun events witnessed an increase in their attendances this weekend, which no doubt was a result of the recent GNR and the buzz still going around the country following the Games. Long it may continue. And for Tyne Bridge Harriers, the weekend was equally satisfying, with two 1st place finishes and one 2nd place finish at various …
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Sep 20
Since 1994, club member Mark Allison, AKA Run Geordie Run, has being running around the world to raise monies for two charities close to his heart, St. Benedict’s Hospice (Sunderland) and The Children’s Foundation. Aside from running 11 Great North Run’s, 5 full major marathons and several Coast to Coast runs (each one in excess of 130 miles), Mark …
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Sep 16
Congratulations to everyone who finished the 2012 BUPA Great North Run. Despite the drizzly conditions, nothing could distract from a fantastic event and the customary great support from the people of the North East. Tyne Bridge members came away from the race with mixed results, with several achieving PB’s after running some brilliant times, a dozen or so made their …
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Sep 16
Did you watch Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and the rest of the GB&NI team take on the USA in the Great City Games at the weekend? Well, get along to Tyne Bridge Harriers and you too can run along the same Newcastle quayside and past the iconic Tyne Bridge as our fabulous Olympians did just a few days ago. This week’s training …
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Sep 16
Despite some race or other grabbing everyone’s attention at the weekend, several club members still turned up at various parkrun events around the country, with some even doing the weekend double – parkrun and the GNR. Well done to all. Results for Newcastle parkrun, event number 138, 15/09/2012. 212 participants completed the run on Saturday. The first male to finish was …
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Sep 15
A magnificent race report of the JUNGFRAU MARATHON by John Tollitt. If you’ve ever written one of those lists of ‘Things to do Before I Die’, drag it out, find a space at the top, and write in big fat marker pen ‘JUNGFRAU MARATHON’. The Jungfrau Marathon takes place every September in the Swiss Bernese Oberland …
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Sep 12
Tony Blair, Patron of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, wishes good luck to the TBSF 2012 Great North Run team, including several Tyne Bridge Harriers. Click on above logo to view video. For more information on the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, click here.
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Sep 12
Someone who wishes to remain anonymous supplies the next in our series of Great North Run memories, some of which aren’t always happy ones. Always wanted to run the GNR but couldn’t afford it. One year I went along to see off a friend, leaving them at the start as I walked a few hundred …
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Sep 11
Club member, Stephen Dixon, introduces us to the world of Circuits in the Park. I set up Circuits in the Park in 2010 because I had always trained outdoors and people started to approach me to ask about what I was doing. Friends, work colleagues and fellow gym buddies all wanted a piece of …
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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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