Apr 24
Sadly, the London Marathon, which was due to take place this Sunday (26th April), has been postponed until later in the year. But if there’s a silver lining for those missing out on Sunday, it’s the fact the atmosphere at the rescheduled event is sure to be the best ever, celebrating not only the race …
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Aug 06
The Chapel Fell Top: Roof of England Fell Race St John’s Chapel, North Penines Tuesday 17th July 2018 Report by George Stainsby Lots of runners have goals. I set some for myself every year. Some are to run a bit faster over specific race distances; some are to improve on previous races; but until …
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May 07
Virgin Money London Marathon Sunday, 22nd April 2018 Race report by George Stainsby Sleet lashed my face. The jelly babies I had taken to eat at carefully planned points were only slightly softer than the now rock hard energy chewy blocks I wished were chips. I took off my gloves to prise the sugary …
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Dec 27
George Stainsby, who recently became the 13th member to complete the TBH parkrun Challenge, writes this splendid report of his tour of North-East parkrun events. Is the NE tourism board reading? Saturday 23rd December saw me complete a challenge I had embarked on 10 months earlier, and it wasn’t washing the car. This was the …
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Aug 19
George Stainsby reports from the Gateshead Trail 10K. Gateshead Trail 10K: Saturday 12th August 2017 As Britain’s longest road, and one of the most important pieces of infrastructure in the North-East, the A1 is noisy. And busy. And not a good place for a run. But just a few hundred metres to the …
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Mar 29
Regular club member, George Stainsby, gives a first-hand account of training with the TBH Juniors. And it’s not all fun & games! “Bulldog!” Cue a lot of kids running about in roughly two directions. Some of them are running very, very quickly. On the back of the excitement boiled up by the TV Olympic-athons, …
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Aug 02
George Stainsby reports from the Frome Half Marathon (Sunday, 17th July 2016) Eleven years ago, just a few months after my little girl was born, I tried to go for a run. We were on a visit to Frome, Somerset, to see my wife’s parents. She’s from Frome, you see. So Frome was the …
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Jun 01
Hot on the heel’s of Danny’s Liverpool Half Marathon report, we also have one from new club member George Stainsby. Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon: Sunday 29 May 2016 I like Liverpool. It’s alive. It breathes itself and knows what it is good at, and with a cheeky grin and a friendly confidence, …
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