We're a running club that's proud of putting runners first. We get together to train during the week and love heading out to races wearing the red and white hoops.
Whether you’re into road running, fell running, cross country or parkrun, there’s something for everyone at Saltwell Harriers.
Saltwell club 3-mile race, 2023
It’s that time of year again where everyone is ready for Spring and our annual club parkrun series! Our Spring Series takes place over six consecutive Saturdays offering an opportunity for regional parkrun tourism and friendly competition. Spring Series competition rules Anyone taking part in the series needs to be registered for parkruns and wear their Saltwell vest […]
It’s that time of year again where everyone is ready for Spring and our annual club parkrun series! Our Spring Series takes place over six consecutive Saturdays offering an opportunity for regional parkrun tourism and friendly competition. Spring Series competition rules Anyone taking part in the series needs to be registered for parkruns and wear their Saltwell vest […]
The Saltwell club fell series for 2025 is going to be run under a new, more accessible format to encourage as many runners as possible to give it a go. Check out all the details of the new format and races on the Fell Series page. The proposal for the change came from member Sam […]
In June 2024, over 800 runners lined up to take on the epic route of Hadrian’s Wall from Carlisle to Newcastle. Among them were a handful of Saltwell’s finest. Below they share their stories of an physical and emotional journey as they tackled this iconic ultra event. What made you want to take on a […]
In 2021 I took the brave step of signing up for my first fell race, the Hexhamshire Hobble, a ‘reasonably straightforward’ 10.4 ish mile race marketed as a good first fell race for the road runner who can get round a half marathon. I still needed other members of the club to tell me I […]
When you think of Benidorm, running probably isn’t the first thing that springs to mind. Sunburned holidaymakers in mobility scooters, maybe. Full English breakfasts in pubs called the Red Lion, perhaps. But every November Benidorm hosts both a 10k and a half marathon, and so when the opportunity of a bit of late autumn sun […]
The famous Brampton to Carlisle 10-mile… It’s officially the oldest 10-mile road race in the UK and the Border Harriers Athletics Club website proudly boasts this fact. I had been eyeing up this one ever since joining the oldest running club in Gateshead at the start of the year. You see, it’s not just the […]
