Apr 18
Next month sees a whole host of members travelling north of the border for the Edinburgh Festival of Running. Over the weekend of 24th & 25th May, Edinburgh plays host to a range of running events, beginning with a 5k & 10k on the Saturday and culminating with the half & full Marathon the following …
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Apr 13
Sand Dancer 10k Race Report: Sunday, 13th April 2014 by Alasdair Blain Whilst most eyes were rightly on TBH exploits at the London Marathon on Sunday morning, a few of us decided to get our running fix at South Shields Harriers Sand Dancer 10K. A multi terrain race, mainly on trail and grass, it provided a …
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Apr 12
Having suitably carbo-loaded the eve of the race, Michael Nemeth reports from the Cragside 10k. Run Northumberland Cragside 10k: Saturday, 12th April 2014 A Deluge of Daves: Ok, as all good race reports start, I suppose I should start with the night before. I was hoping for a night of will power and sensibility on my …
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Apr 08
After a bumper weekend of Marathon races the reports keeping flooding in. This, the second from Greater Manchester marathon, is written by a fairly new member to the club, Faye Slade, and highlights – as all the others have – that passion and determination are just as important as speed and stamina. Greater Manchester Marathon- 6th April 2014 …
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Apr 07
This is a list of members of members who participated at a parkrun event on Saturday, 5th April 2014. The first runner home for each gender is included in bold, regardless of club, for reference purposes. Leeds parkrun A total of 366 runners took part. View full results for Leeds parkrun event #342 Position Gender Position parkrunner …
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Apr 06
With possibly the quickest ever turn-around from race finish to race report Edwin Wong recall’s this morning’s Blyth Valley 10K Road Race (Sunday, 6th April, 2014). Blyth Valley 10k race report For me, entering the Blyth 10k was at short notice, making a snap decision following a few ‘encouraging’ messages between myself, Keith Rooney and Nick …
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Apr 06
A round-up of races featuring Tyne Bridge members. Sport In Action 10M: 5th April 2014 Five members took the short trip across the country to take part in the Sport In Action 10 mile road race (formerly the Longtown 10M) with John Tollitt (3rd M50) and Sophie Marr (2nd Female) among the prize winners. …
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Apr 04
Although the introduction of Member of the Month award was a great idea by the committee, trying to select just the ONE winner from a plethora of nominees doesn’t half create a headache for the voting panel. Worthy of a mention from the March candidates are Tony Carter (a 10k PB in the Seville 10k …
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Mar 29
This week’s training sessions are; Tuesday 1st April TBH Summer Grand Prix. A 2-mile race through Jesmond Dene, starting and finishing near Pet’s Corner. (Note: a new course will be used this year). Members are asked to meet at East End Pool between 6:00 – 6:30pm before making their way to the start, 1 mile away. The race will …
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Mar 28
Now the cross country season has come to an end it is time to start thinking about getting some speed into those legs for the summer of road racing ahead. One theory for how to make yourself a faster runner is that if you can increase your basic speed over shorter distances then this in …
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Mar 22
Wrekenton, 22nd March 2014 After another fantastic day of cross-country racing, including a surprise result in the Senior Men’s event, the major honours for 2013/14 went to; Senior Women Division 1: Gateshead Harriers Senior Women Division 2: Birtley AC U17 Girls/U20 Women: Durham City U15 Girls: Jarrow & Hebburn U13 Girls: Tynedale Harriers Senior Men Division …
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Mar 20
This will take place at 7:30pm on Thursday, 3rd April at the PTE club on Chillingham Road in Heaton. Members of the Committee to be elected at that meeting with Committee roles to be decided at the first Committee meeting following the AGM. Can all members please try and make the effort to attend.
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Mar 16
The club’s very own Scottish warrior, Kenny Mac, reports from the BMAF Cross Country Championships. This year it was the turn of Scotland Veterans to host the BMAF Cross Country and Tollcross Park was the chosen venue. The changing rooms were the newly refurbished International Swim Centre which is to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Tollcross …
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Mar 14
This year the TBH Golden Mile is due to take place on 10th May at Churchill Track, Monkseaton. The series of training sessions building up to the final will start Saturday 29thMarch and take place every week at Churchill Track. This year however, the format is slightly different and there will not be an initial …
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Mar 14
As previously mentioned, after six frenetic races, the winner of the 2013/14 TBH Winter Grand Prix is Paul Brown. Paul started the series with a time of 38:59 and got continually quicker as the competition progressed, posting times of 36.27 (race 2), 36.14 (3), 35.47 (4) and 34.06 in race 5. (Paul volunteered in race 6). And as a result …
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Mar 13
When Tyne Bridge Harriers was formed in 2011, one of the objectives of the committee was to set-up a successful junior section. To develop and coach promising youngsters and – more specifically – to encourage children from the local community to participate in the sport. Well, three years down the line, it appears the committee’s dream is about to be realised. At the moment, …
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Mar 09
A round-up of results featuring Tyne Bridge members. parkrun: 8th March 2014 Congratulations to the following members who recorded a parkrun PB on Saturday. Gateshead: Jonathan Pearson Riverside: Nick Pearson Whitley Bay: Craig Hodgson Newcastle: Jon Moss Emily Chaytor and Harriet Chapman Leeds: Megan Parkin and Becky Parkin (If you ran …
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Mar 09
This week’s training sessions are; Tuesday 11th Group 1: 35 mins Tempo Surge Group 2: 30 mins Tempo Surge Group 3: 28 mins Tempo Surge Group 4: 25 mins Tempo Surge Group 5: 20 min Fartlek Run Wednesday 12th Beginner’s session, 6:30pm at East End Pool. This is aimed for beginners only and …
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