Apr 16
Mark Reynolds sends in this report from a stately home near Rothbury. Cragside 10k – 2012 Run Northumberland series Saturday 14 April 2012 So then, to Cragside: country seat of Lord Armstrong; home to the world’s first hydroelectric power station; site of Europe’s largest rock garden and, for one day only, venue for the second …
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Apr 12
Kev Jeffress has posted his account of the weekends North Tyneside 10K Been looking forward to this 10k since boxing day, when captain Hilton showed me round the course while we were passing time waiting for Xmas pudding run in December. I couldn’t remember most of the course, two things which did stick in me …
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Apr 09
Tyne Bridge Harrier John Hurse is training hard and putting in some superb mileage in preparation for his 2012 Comrades Marathon. For a ‘training run’, John chose the Hull Marathon at the weekend. Here is his superb account of the day. The search for a spring marathon began with the usual suspects. Early hopes of …
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Apr 08
Vikki Waugh completed her very first 10K Road Race today in the North Tyneside 10K, and has sent this brilliant report. My First 10K Since joining TBH last May, I am often mistaken for being older than I am. This meant that for every race on the calendar, I was frequently asked if I was …
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Apr 08
Great Good Friday! It was a sterling effort by Elswick Harriers to stage their annual Good Friday Relays. Frantic discussions had taken place in the days before as to whether it would go ahead. An electric pylon was being refurbished and this was on the usual, looped course. A new route was quickly sorted (2.25 …
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Apr 08
Tyne Bridge Harrier Tony ‘TC’ Carter sends in this superb report from Bratislava The second half marathon that I entered for this year in Europe was The Bratislava Polmaraton. I had also done this one two years ago and I entered for this one again as it’s not every day when you can go to …
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Apr 02
My 6townsrunX2 Half Marathon I first learned of Phil Thomas through the wonderful world of Twitter during the autumn of last year. By that time, Phil, who runs for Trentham Running Club had already run the “6 Towns Run” in which he ran the 6 towns of Stoke on Trent in 6 days. Phil raised …
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Apr 02
Danielle Rutherford sends this report from yesterdays Blyth Valley 10K Having decided to do the Blyth 10km only the day before I wasn’t sure how things would go. I arrived to the late registrations around 9:10 and was given my number pretty quickly. After pinning my number on and dumping my things in the car …
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Mar 28
Andy Harrison reports from Sundays Wallington Half Marathon in the Run Northumberland Series This report may become rambling and long winded, if you want to cut to the chase Micky Baker provided a succinct summary of the course as he crossed the line dripping with sweat, his verdict was two words long and rhymed with …
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Mar 25
Thirsk 2 – The Sequel. Last year eight Tyne Bridge Harriers set off for Thirsk in a state of some excitement. For all but Micky Baker, it was our first race for our new club. Our club had just been accredited by UK Athletics and we had not raced since November 2011. We were raring …
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Mar 24
In ‘blazing’ conditions Tyne Bridge Harriers blazed to glory at the final Start Fitness NEHL meeting at Prudhoe today. On a challenging and gruelling course, both Mens & Womens teams cemented
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Mar 20
Tyne Bridge Harrier Diane Pringle sends in this fantastic report of her very first 10k event. It was a beautifully sunny spring morning at Harewood House for the Age UK Wrap up and run 10k. There was just a slight breeze, which made it really pleasant conditions to run in. Having only experienced two 5k …
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Mar 19
K Mac reports from yesterdays meeting at Jarrow Brilliant sunshine and no wind meant tropical conditions for the 2012 VAANEE Cross Country at Campbell Park, Jarrow. In the first race Lisa Walker was the sole representative for Tyne Bridge Harriers with the female impetus being focused on next weeks Cross Country in Prudhoe (pronounced PROOD HOE …
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Mar 09
BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Simon Pryde is a busy man, presenting the Total Sport programme 5 evenings a week, he also runs for Tyne Bridge Harriers. In February, Simon took part in one of the Brooks Hellrunner series of races; Hell In The Middle. Here is his report from that ‘hellish’ day. Hell in the …
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Mar 06
Tyne Bridge Harriers had three athletes taking part in the Paris Half Marathon on Sunday. All three had excellent runs and all recorded brand new PB’s !! and for the first time, we have a race report from each TBH runner for a different perspective on the race. Well done to John Tollitt, Vicki Deritis …
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Mar 05
NEHL Alnwick Fixture – 3 March 2012 Following yet another highly successful day for Tyne Bridge Harriers in the NEHL, we have two fantastic reports from both Mens & Womens teams. Firstly, Mark Reynolds sends in this account TBH Magic at home of Harry Potter! The TBH men’s team did not require the assistance of …
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Feb 27
From the fells of Cumbria, Tyne Bridge Harrier‘s very own John Tollit sends in this fine report from Saturdays High Cup Nick Fell Race. Saturday morning saw the advance party of the TBH fell running division rallying at Byker Pool to make the trip over to Cumbria to take part in the High Cup Nick fell race. Numbers were slightly down on what had been expected so Messrs. Tollitt, Kirtley, Varley, Ms. Deritis and Cassie the dog
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Feb 20
Mark Reynolds sends in this report from the inaugural Gateshead parkrun where we had 2 Tyne Bridge Harriers taking part. Saturday 18th February 2012 marked the day when the parkrun phenomenon arrived in Gateshead. Much work has been going on behind the scenes
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