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The latest round of the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series saw a balmy August evening where the light is getting tight so thanks to the sweeper for keeping an eye on the rear of the field. A great contest at the front of the men’s race with Nick Barber, Ian McGrath and Dan Middlemas all in good form. At the top of the infamous’Incline’ Nick had a clear lead with Ian and Dan chasing. As they approached Round Hill Ian had broken away from Dan and closed... Read More

Saturday 24th August 9am to 5.30pm Sunday 25th August Closed Monday 26th August 11am to 4pm Back to our usual opening times after Monday.

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Another sultry night which made for fast running. As they set off it was the usual culprit injecting the pace in Paul Butler through to Greenhill with Jack Willis hanging in behind then a group of four led by Cameron Taylor. In the women’s race Kay Neesam set off quickly followed by Shelli Gordon and Nicola Kent. At the top of Highcliff the men were now grouped into three leaders in Paul, Jack and Cameron whilst in the women’s race there was a steady line of Kay, Shelli and Nicola.... Read More

Thanks to David Aspen for these pictures of last nights Guisborough Grunt.

Thanks to David Gowans for these great pictures of the Blakey Blitz Fell Race held on 5th August 2013.

Haveing been called off due to snow and ice the Blakey Blitz Fell Race took place on the 5th August. The Lion Inn must have been the coldest place in Britain at 8.00a.m. By the race start it had warmed up considerably and with a strong breeze made for ideal running conditions. On the first climb Ewan Brown had pulled away from the field as had Paul Butler in second. After Paul came a string of runners including Catherine Williamson the leading female who was ahead of Angharad Owen ,... Read More

The next race in the Northern Runner/ Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series is the Gribdale Gallop on Wednesday 31st July 7.15pm start. Theevent start/finish and registration is at Gribdale Car Park 1 mile east of Great Ayton (Grid Ref NZ593111). The event is mainly on good tracks running upto Captain Cooks Monument, descending and cutting across the moor to Hanging Stone and then onto Roseberry Topping. A distance of about 7 miles with around 1700 feet of ascent making the race an AM in fell running classifications. Registration is... Read More

Nick Constantine from Soul in Motion is coming back in for the final Chi Running Taster Session of 2013 on Saturday 31st August. Chi Running like Pose Running is a way of teaching runners to be more efficient and run with good posture. This reduces injuries and in some cases makes runners faster and running feel easier. This type of running is best done in more minimal footwear so we have a size run of Saucony Kinvara’s for customers to use on the day for the coaching session. Each session... Read More

Inov-8 Athlete Ben Abdelnoor won a very hot Wasdale Fell Race. This was one of the Fell Races in the English Fell Running Championships so it was packed with quality athletes. Ben, an ex Northumberland Fell Runner now running for Ambleside wrote the following race report: The Wasdale race has a special place in my heart I first ran it ten years ago, in 2003. I had just graduated and was working at Black Sail Youth Hostel. I’d only taken up fell running earlier that year and had no real... Read More