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A time to reflect

For obvious reasons, people have had a lot of time recently to think about and re-assess the important things in their life. Personally,  this comes down to deciding whether to have Custard Creams or Bourbon biscuits with my cup of tea, but club member Matt Walker has been using his time more wisely and contemplating …

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TBH Virtual Relay Race: St James to South Hylton

For the latest virtual club challenge, teams had to race over a distance of 55km, the equivalent of running from St James metro station to South Hylton metro station (via the coast).  Members were arranged into teams of 11 runners, with each runner having to run a 5km leg. And to make the event more …

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TBH Running Challenges

This week, besides the regular training sessions, members have also been given a range of challenges to complete. Some are running based, some are strength orientated and the rest are purely for fun (in other words, to make the members look foolish). A collection of photographs taking during the challenges can be viewed below.  

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TBH Running Challenges

With things the way they are, you could be forgiven for slipping into the routine of doing the same run, along the same route, at the same pace, at the same time of day for the duration of the lockdown. And although there’s nothing wrong with that (it’s sure beats sitting on your behind all …

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A long time ago…Nice

Nice to see you, to see you Nice. Our next trawl through the club archives sees us jumping back to April 2015, and a report from the European Boy Bands convention. No, my mistake, it’s a report from the Nice Half Marathon.     NICE Half Marathon Sunday, 26th April 2015 Report by Arnaud Albertini   …

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A long time ago…Whitley Bay

Continuing the seaside theme, this time we’re popping back to 2012 and re-visiting Kev Jeffress‘s take on the North Tyneside 10K. This was Kev’s first competitive run for TBH, and boy what a debut. Enjoy. North Tyneside 10K Road Race Sunday 8th April 2020 Report by Kev Jeffress   I’d been looking forward to this …

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A long time ago…Tynemouth Longsands

Several members celebrate their birthday today (Tuesday, 7th April), so as way of marking this special occasion I’m featuring a couple of videos which were shot in the early days of the club. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Happy Birthday folks!! Huge thanks to Rob (Shades) Kirtley who produced the …

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A long time ago…Vienna

This weekend (Sunday, 5th April) should have seen the running of the Berlin Half Marathon, but as we all know, sporting events around Europe have been postponed due to the Coronavirus, so the next best thing to running a half marathon is reading about one. I present to you this fine report from Tony Carter. …

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TBH Easter Egg Quiz

Congratulations to Jamie Wilson, who was first to successfully answer this week’s TBH Easter Egg quiz.  The answers are; Tom Charlton Vicky Cuthbertson Jesmond Dene 2 Miles Sandy Anderson Nurishment Active Milk Tynemouth Londsands 1m 10cm Neal Richardson £5

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A long time ago…12 Stage Relays

This weekend should have seen the running of the National 12 & 6 Stage Road Relays, but like everything else at the moment, the event has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. Nevertheless, we can still saviour this prestigious competition by re-visiting James Dunce’s report from 2015.     National 12-stage Road Relays: Sutton Park, …

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2019 TBH parkrun Challenge

With the final parkrun of 2019 done and dusted, this year’s TBH parkrun Challenge is now officially over. Well done to the eight members who completed the challenge (see below for a list of completists) and thanks to everyone who took part in the challenge during the year. Details of the 2020 TBH parkrun Challenge …

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Unsung Heroes of the North East

The North East Volunteer Awards took place on Wednesday evening (25th September) and TBH Membership Secretary Kevin Cheetham was recognised for his contribution to the sport by being named as runner-up in the Volunteer of the Year category.   Although richly deserved, what I find staggering is how Kev could only be named as runner-up, …

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Race Report: Joss Naylor Challenge

Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge Saturday 15th June 2019 Report by Badger   Joss Naylor, aka ‘King of the Fells’, ‘Iron Man’ or simply ‘The Shepherd’ is something of a legend in fell running circles and beyond. His achievements are too numerous to mention and now, well into his 80’s is still to be found running …

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parkrun round-up: 9th March 2019

This is a list of members of Tyne Bridge Harriers who participated at a parkrun on 2019-03-09. The first runner home for each gender is included/emboldened, regardless of club, for reference purposes. The list is presented by parkrun and contains every member registered with us that participated. If a member is missing from this list please contact …

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Tyne Bridge Harriers: New Members

A warm welcome to the club’s newest members. Sophia Clark (Junior) Lucas Powell (Junior) Charlotte Waldron (Junior) Jason Braithwaite Stephanie Docherty Zara Hough Alister Houghton Jennifer Jones Kieran Reay Emily Stokes Michelle Stokes Julie Wright Joe Ziegler I hope your time at TBH is filled with success and happiness.  

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Back in the Game: by Kevin Cheetham

Back in the Game by Kevin Cheetham January 2019   It was 2012 and there I was, in my mid 40’s, carrying a fair bit of excess timber and having a liking for a regular social drink or three. I decided that the time had arrived to do something about this, so I started doing …

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Run Report: Good times in South Africa

Having a Whale of a Time November 2018 Report by Annette Kelly   I know the run reports for the club are usually about races but this is about a social run on a recent holiday that has gone down as my favourite run, probably ever.   I don’t usually run when on holidays but …

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TBH Advent Calendar: The Great Reveal

Season’s Greetings. Many thanks to everyone who took part in this year’s TBH Advent Calendar challenge. Judging by the answers that came in – and the number of incorrect guesses at some of the old photographs – it’s safe to presume it’s been a tad difficult. In fact, the winner of the challenge only managed to …

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