The opening hours here at Northern Runner over the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend are as follows: Saturday 30th April – 9.00am-5.30pm Sunday 1st May – CLOSED Monday 2nd May – 11.00am-4.00pm Then normal opening hours will resume.
Now that the snow has arrived it is time for the first race in the Northern Runner/Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series. This will be Clay Bank West on Wednesday 4th May 2016. All the proceeds from this race will go to Cleveland Mountain Rescue. Clay Bank West is about 4 miles in length with around 1200 feet of ascent. Essentially the course starts on a large muddy bridleway and climbs up with the forestry on your right and two small hills on your left. When you have run past... Read More
The Altra Lone Peak 2.5 is the fourth generation of Altra’s Lone Peak range, their medium cushioned trail shoe. This shoe is an extremely popular choice at Northern Runner because the combined level of grip and cushion make this a great road to trail shoe for the UK. The Previous Generation Lone Peak 2.0 I have been happily running in the Lone Peak 2.0 for a year or so now and so I was interested to see what improvements Altra had made. Firstly I thought it would be a good... Read More
The 39th running of the Gisborough Moors now back in its traditional April slot, nicely book ended the 2015/16 Esk Valley/Northern Runner winter series with the 38th version opening the winter series back in October. The change around to accommodate a practice running of the Three Tops English championship event. Had the event been held 24 hours previously then competitors may have been faced with the snow that blanketed the high parts of the North Yorkshire moors, instead the skies were clear, the sun shone, an ideal day for fell... Read More
Scot Adkin and Harry Holmes, both Knavesmire Harriers, won the Ladies and Men’s events in the final round of the Northern Runner/Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series at Gisborough Moors on Sunday. Thank you to Rob Pollard and Brian Gleeson for these great pictures of the event, click here to see the images. Full results and report to follow.
The final race in the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series is Gisborough Moors on Sunday 17th April 2016. The 12.5 mile ish route takes a classic loop around the moor taking in the summits of Captain Cooks, Roseberry Topping and Highcliffe Nab to total over 2600 feet of ascent. The race starts and finishes at Guisborough Rugby Club, Guisborough, North Yorkshire. The start is at 10.30 am. Registration is in the Rugby Club from about an hour before the start and entry is £7 on the day... Read More
A Women’s Offering From Altra that Isn’t Just ‘Small and Pretty’ – The Intuition 3.5 The Altra Intuition 3.5 is the Women’s specific version of the Altra Instinct 3.5. However, it isn’t just the same shoe made in small sizes and pretty colours. All Altra’s shoes are gender specific because Women’s feet are a different shape to Men’s. Women have a narrower heel and midfoot, higher instep, longer arch and slightly different spacing between their toes. Altra makes a whole line of truly female-specific shoes. Altra’s shoes are all... Read More
A spring day welcomed runners to the latest round of the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Winter Fell Race Series. 99 hardy soles took up the challenge that is Blakey Blitz Fell race. This is an A Category Fell race which means there is a lot of rough ground and plenty of climb. At the front end this years race was a close battle between Knavemire duo Harry Holmes, the winner of Captain Cooks Race on New Years Day and Chris Roberts, who has been steadily improving and Durham Fell Runner... Read More
Thursday 24th March 10am to 7pm Friday 25th March (Good Friday) 11am to 4pm Saturday 26th March 9am to 5.30pm Sunday Closed Monday 28th March (Easter Monday) 11am to 4pm Tuesday 29th March 10am to 5.30pm Normal hours resume
This event takes place at the Hamsterley Festival of Trail Running that also includes a Marathon and 18 mile event on the same day. The course is 1 lap on easy forest trails suitable for road shoes as well as trail shoes. This is an ideal run if you fancy trying somthing different to a road race. Hamsterley Forest is a very bueatiful place to run and easily accessable. The event takes place on Saturday 2nd July. For more information and get your entry click here.
