Monthly Archives: October 2011

Another brilliant day’s racing ont’ Moor.’ In the men’s race there was a competitive race between four men:- Mike Fanning, Charlie Stead, Cameron Taylor and Matt Hayes. They were all within range of each other with Mike taking a lead at Roseberry Common. By the time they reached Hanging Stone Mike had a substantial lead with the chasing three still … Continue reading →

Click through to some great photo’s of the last race in the Northern Runner/Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series courtesy of David Aspin and Ian Robinson. Borrowdale’s Mike Fanning showed us all the way home. Full report and results to follow.

Northern Runner is hosting a Brooks Pure Project Evening on Thursday 3rd November from 4pm to 7pm. We would be delighted if you could join us. There will be try on shoes for you to take for a run, fitting advice and hospitality. As well as Northern Runners usual expertise we will have experts from Brooks available to give added … Continue reading →

On the day of the Snowdonia Marathon a new marathon has just been announced. Entries will open on the 1st November for the Trail Marathon Wales. Taking place on the 23rd of June 2012, Trail Marathon Wales will have full (26.2 mile / 42.1 km) and half (13.1 mile / 21 km) marathon race routes in the stunning trails and … Continue reading →

The City of Sunderland now has it’s own marathon. Under the trendy name of ‘Marathon of The North’ Sunderland will host a marathon on the same day as the annual 10km. The first event will take place on 6th May 2012. For more details click here.

The Thirsk 10 has been run for over 30 years and in the early days it was run from Northallerton to Thirsk. Offering a spectacular finish in Thirsk Market Place. The course record was then about 46 minutes but, like many road races at the time it wasn’t accuratley measured. The increase in road traffic has forced the route to … Continue reading →

The next race in the Northern Runner/Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series is the Guisborough Three Tops on Sunday 30th October. Registration is at the Rugby Club in Guisborough and the race starts at 10.30 am. As usual you can only enter on the day. The route is about 8 miles long with about 2000 feet of ascent making it … Continue reading →

The Fruit Bowl Trail Race is now full. So, please don’t post anymore entries. There are no entries on the day. Race numbers will be mailed out to the lucky ones on Tuesday.

Soleus have developed the perfect runners distance and pace measuring watch. The Soleus GPS 1.0 Digitial Running Watch uses a high sensitivity GPS receiver to measure distance, pace and speed. The watch also has a stop watch with a 50 lap memory and time of day. The unit runs of are chargeable lithium battery and is no larger than the … Continue reading →

Change of venue was very popular particularly the cakes. Despite 33 runners in POW. Camp, two interrogated by the SS, exploding shells, tanks and troops of GI’s and Scots Highlanders manoeuvring it was a brilliant day for racing. At the start there was a large group made it to the gate on the moor before the field started to thin … Continue reading →