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The latest round of the Northern Runner / Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series was the Guisborough Grunt. The race report is here. Click for results: Another sultry night where the heavens opened 15 minutes before the start and everyone was soaked by the time they arrived at the start point. Equally runners were now hot & cags. were peeled off. The usual suspects set off at a clatter with Matt Speake & Jim Bulman breaking away pursued by Lewis Rodgers and Ian McGrath with Paul Butler in between. At... Read More

We now have the three variants of the new Inov-8 Trailroc’s available for sale in store and online. Inov8 Trailroc

The next round of the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series is the Guisborough Grunt on Wednesday 15th August 7pm start. The registration is at Guisborough Rugby Club. Click here for a map of the race route. The race is 6 miles long with 1350 feet of ascent.

Click here to watch a video of the last round of the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series which was the Gribdale Gallop.

Northern Runner has some slight cosmetic second’s in the La Sportiva Crosslites which we are able to sell at £60 both in our Newcastle-upon-Tyne Shop and through our website. This is a saving of £25. The marks on the upper can be viewed on our website and will have no effect on the shoes performance. Click through to have a look.

Click here to see Mick Thompson’s and David Aspin’s photographs from Wednesday’s Gribdale Gallop Fell Race

A balmy summer’s evening with a variable breeze. What was noticeable in the men’s race was that the first eight runners were from different clubs. In the men’s race Jim Bulman was soon in a clear lead with Paul Butler his main challenger. By Roseberry Jim had a clear lead of two minutes with Paul being three minutes ahead of the third placed runner Nick Barber. This order remained through the finish line. In the women’s race Catherine Williamson was a clear winner followed by Nicola Kent, Kay Neesam, Shelli... Read More

Chester-le-Street Athlete Freya Murray has been picked to run for Team GB in Sunday’s Olympic Marathon. Freya who ran 2 Hours 28 Minutes in London Marathon in April to narrowly miss out on selection was called up after Paula Radcliffe has pulled out.

Click here to watch and interesting little film on French Triathlete David Hauss as he prepares for London 2012.

Bellingham Show Fell Race is on Saturday 25th August at 2pm. The race is 4 miles long with 600 feet of ascent. Entry is £4 on the day only. Bellingham Show is a country show with all the usual attraction so bring the family and make a day of it.