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The next race in the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series is Cock Howe and Beyond. The race has a great grassy climb at the start and a fantastic grassy descent at the end. Well worth a run out. Details below. Click to see a map of the race route. Wednesday 25/07/2012 19.15hrs – Cock Howe and Beyond – BM – 11.3km/460m – 7miles/1500′ – Venue Public Car Park, Chope Gate, 3 miles south of Clay Bank on B1257. GR SE 558993 £6.00 on day, £3.00 – Juniors.... Read More

As most runners are getting fed up with the rain we thought we would draw your attention to this little film. As well as motivating you to get out and do it the style of running that Anton Krupicka has is a Chi like style that we are offering the chance to come and learn a bit about on the 28th July. For more info give the shop a call on 0191 2614322.

If you fancy a nice trail run on Sunday then why not rock up to the Hamsterley Forest 10km Trail Run. The Hamsterley 10k trail run starts at 10.30am on Sunday 15th July 2012. This is an undulating course over forest tracks through a very scenic area. If you would like to take part you can enter on the day of the event. Registration will start at 09.45am.

Click here for the results of the Beacon Hill Fell Race on Northumberland Fell Runners website. A record turnout of 66 runners for the Beacon Hill Race. Conditions underfoot were pretty wet after the recent downpours but thankfully the stone slabs and steps were dry. Local runner Nick Swinburn stormed home 8 mins clear of the field and set a course record for the revised route. 2nd to 6th places were closely fought with Joe Blackett just holding off Bruce Crombie for second and Dave Armstrong the first Vet 50... Read More

Click here to see Saltwell Harriers Fell Race Results. Nick Swinburn (Northumberland Fell Runners) won the men’s in a new course record and Karen Robertson (Northumberland Fell Runners) won the ladies.

Click here to watch a BBC documentry on the Olympic 1500m.

This is a great film on BBC’s Iplayer. Former Irish athlete and 5,000m world champion Eamonn Coghlan travels to Kenya’s highlands to uncover a little-known story – the role of Irish missionaries in securing Kenya’s dominance in world athletics. He meets Brother Colm O’Connell, a modest priest who played a major role in fostering Kenyan distance running and who is now considered one of the world’s top athletics coaches. Watching him train the 800m world-record holder David Rudisha, Eamonn observes at first-hand his unlikely but lasting legacy. Part travelogue, part... Read More

Northern Runner is having a Chi Running Day in our Newcastle-upon-Tyne Store on Saturday 28th July. We have local Chi Running coach Nick Constantine from Soul in Motion coming in to lead small grouped taster sessions. So, if you want to run more efficiently and avoid injury then come along and find out all about Chi Running. Each session will last about 2 hours. To book your place give the shop a call on 0191 2614322 they are open from 10am during the week and 9am on a Saturday. Alternatively... Read More

Wet conditions on Cheviot reduced the Classic 20 mile Fell Race to a 15 mile course under the advice of the Mountain Rescue. This years race included such notable runners as Carl Bell of Howgill Harriers who was last years sensation of the fell running world having come from a football background. Nick Sanderson from local clubs Morpeth Harriers and Northumberland Fell Runners, who won a British Championship Race back in 2008 was also competing after breaking the record in Tuesday nights Saltwell Harriers Fell Race. In the ladies event... Read More

The latest round of the Northern Runner /Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series was Maybeck 3 Crosses. Click here to get the results.