Oct 24
Town Moor Marathon Saturday, 17th October 2020 Report by Ian (PARKERMAN) Parker 30 YEARS OF HURT. I remember my 1st Marathon well, it was London 21st April 1991, 2 days after my 30th Birthday and surprise celebrations that went on for most of Friday and Saturday nights. The race itself went well finishing in 3hrs …
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Oct 11
On a bitterly cold and blowy morning on the Town Moor, 13 runners from Group 5 & the Beginners toed the start line (socially distanced of course) for this one-off 5K Time Trial event. And in spite of the difficult conditions, the majority of runners posted fantastic times, with several claiming an unofficial Personal Best …
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Sep 09
Yorkshire Three Peaks Sunday, 30th August 2020 Report by Simon Pryde Lots of us are missing racing. I read with interest Matt’s re-evaluation of running (A time to reflect), and not so much why it’s important, but HOW it is. And whilst I agree we can all become a little too obsessed with …
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Jun 15
For the latest virtual challenge, TBH members took part in a 5K Handicap run. But rather than handicap times being applied to individual athletes, they were applied to the training groups instead. So rather than running for personal glory, members were running for the honour of their regular training group. And the victorious group were…(and …
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Jun 14
We runners are a hardy bunch, and nothing comes between us and a local road race – not even a pandemic. Last week saw the staging of the Virtual Blaydon Race, and TBH had another terrific turn-out in the event. Well done to everyone who represented the club Full results can be found here
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Jun 03
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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May 21
The latest TBH Virtual challenge involved two teams running over 12 consecutive hours. Broken down into 24 x 30 minute slots, team members took turns to run as far as they could before ‘handing’ over to their team-mate. The first team to compete was Team George, and they managed a combined distance of 86.625 miles …
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May 15
This week members have been mostly doing time trials Thanks to everyone who took part in the trials and submitted their times.
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May 08
Starting on Monday, 4th May, the 2nd TBH Virtual Relay Race will see four teams, comprising of over 130 runners, compete over four days of virtual racing. Each team member has to run (or walk) as far as they can during one leg of 20 minutes. The team which accumulates the greatest distance over four …
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May 02
We’re skipping back five years to May 2015, and revisiting the Prague Marathon. Completing a marathon is always a special occasion, but for Steve and Mary Pattison, that year’s Prague Marathon was memorable in more ways than one. Volkswagen Prague Marathon Sunday 3rd May 2015 Report by Steve Pattison Back in January I …
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May 01
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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Apr 30
Following the positive response to the ‘beach videos’ posted here a few weeks ago, we have another vintage video to enjoy. Filmed in 2011 at the 6 & 4 Stage Road Relay Championships in Warrington, the video features several current members and all I’ll say is, ‘haven’t they aged well!‘ Full credit to Rob Kirtley …
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Apr 23
With the nation under lockdown, and all ‘real’ sporting events suspended for the foreseeable future, this week saw TBH hold a virtual club relay race. Three teams competed over four days (Monday – Thursday), with each team member completing one leg of 20 minutes duration, and the team that accumulated the greatest distance over the …
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Apr 20
As we all know, parkrun events are currently suspended because cafe’s have ran out of cake and coffee. But that doesn’t mean we can’t run parkun in the virtual world (this virtual world is a mighty busy place at the moment). The premise behind this challenge was to count the number of members who ran/walked …
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Apr 17
For our next visit to the club archives, we’re travelling back to March 2012 to read about the Paris Half Marathon. But we haven’t got one race report. Oh no. We don’t even have two race reports to digest. In fact we’ve got three race reports, all from the same event, and all belters too. …
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Apr 07
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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Mar 28
Our next race report was written in 2013 and is from Barcelona (it was written in Heaton actually, but you know what I mean). The club had been going for two years by this point and this report was a real game changer as it was a message to fellow runners to never give up …
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Mar 26
Unfortunately, we have had to make the very difficult, but probably not surprising, decision to cancel the Bridges of the Tyne 5 Mile Road Race on 7th July 2020. This is due to the ongoing health concerns surrounding the Covid-19 virus and the uncertainty as to when events will again be allowed to take place …
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