18.04.15 – 11.5 miles, 1200 m ascent Another Saturday, another fell race in the lakes and another journey over on my tod! Conditions were in contrast to the previous week, sunny, warm and calm! Like last week it was just myself and Phil Pearson representing Saltwell. This is a classic race which takes on […]
Coledale Horseshoe Fell Race Report
1,025m ascent 7.5 miles I had been wanting to do this race for a while having missed it last year through illness. It was a lonely journey over to the lakes as I was the only one travelling over. When I got there it was apparent that there had been some overnight snow on […]
Paris Marathon Race Report
It’s my own fault really, it was me who signed up for the Paris Marathon on a whim last year. Of course, Jacqui followed suit and training started in earnest at the turn of the year. Then about six weeks ago I lost the love for long training runs, just as I should have […]
Blyth 10k Race Report
I had high hopes of getting a PB before this race – my previous being 35.41 at the Heaton Harriers 10k on the town moor in November. I’d love to break 35 minutes and this was going to be the first race I’d attempt it- the Heaton 10k has a number of tight right […]
Spring Race Series
For those new to the club our spring series takes advantage of parkrun. There are six races in the series to be completed, using the same scoring as xc and now our road race grand prix. Anyone who dosen’t take place in a race will be awarded 50 points, and the top 5 performances […]
North Tyneside 10k race report
Sunday was a lovely sunny morning so I slapped on the factor 30 (ah, the curse of the ginger – the slightest hint of sun and I turn a startling shade of lobster) and headed off to North Shields for the start of the North Tyneside 10k where I met up with the other twenty […]
Revised Fell Series 2015
The format is the same as last year. Men to complete 4 races – short, medium & long plus another. Best position to count. Women to do 4 races – two short and two medium. The long races don’t count in the womens series. However, if they feel they have the experience to do them […]
Wrekenton XC Race Report
Ideal race preparation tips: Stand around for 3 hours in freezing cold conditions Drink lots of coffee beforehand to try and keep warm and then leave it till the first race has started before deciding that you need to go to the toilet but are unable to because you are unable to leave your […]
Saltwell Harriers Internal Club Races
Yacht Handicap – 3 Miles (3.1miles/5km actually) This race was founded on an open handicapping system that allocates each runner a handicap (time allowance) based on their potential speed, estimated from their past performances and in comparison to other Saltwell runners. The runner with the greatest time allowance starts first and the one with the […]
How to Run the Perfect Race
No wait! Don’t go. I can see my mistake now with that title. It makes this look like one of those articles which is about to tell you that you are an inadequate runner because you haven’t been living on a steady diet of Yasso 800’s in training, your shoes cost less than 145 […]