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North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships 2023

Temple Park, South Shields, Saturday, December 9, 2023

Organised by NECAA

Jan Young

Jan Young, North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships

This event took place at Temple Park, South Shields, familiar to many as a Harrier League xc course, but this being a championship event that familiar course was stretched to 11k for men and 8k for women, with no hiding place as all feet are on the start together, in each race. 253 men contested … Continue reading North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships 2023 →

Blyth Sands 5 mile race

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Jan Young

Blyth Sands Race, Jan Young

A Day of Sun, Sea, Sand & SECONDS One hundred and seventy seven runners helped this race celebrate its 60th birthday. The event organised by Blyth Running Club, is an age handicap, oldest off first, which makes for lots of getting caught. We climbed three groynes twice, ducked under a drainage pipe twice, avoided dogs, … Continue reading Blyth Sands 5 mile race →

Tour de Helvellyn: A Tale of Two Spectators

Lake District, Saturday, December 15, 2018

Our route: 17 miles, a few thousand ft of ascent, 3 coffee shops, 30 miles bus travel

Nina Mason

Jan Young, Nina Mason, Tour De Helvellyn

It was Brownies that taught me to always carry emergency money. The 2p piece for the telephone box has now been replaced by my credit card, a crumpled fiver, and my phone….and I was glad of the 40-yr old lesson last Saturday. I’d heard about the Tour a couple of years ago, but it wasn’t … Continue reading Tour de Helvellyn: A Tale of Two Spectators →

Sewerby parkrun August 2015

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Jan Young

Jan Young, Sewerby parkrun

parkrun: 1/8/15 location: Sewerby Hall, Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Georgian house built 1720, additions 19th century, now open as 1910 restoration. course: 2k out and back along clifftop, final 1k through Sewerby Hall gardens and woods. terrain: fast, slight gradients; winning time 16.39. I ran 26.5 on grass next to tarmac paths, woodchip in woods. atmosphere: … Continue reading Sewerby parkrun August 2015 →

Blakey Blitz

North York Moors, Sunday, March 22, 2015

AM / 10.6m / 2805'

Jan Young

Blakey Blitz, Jan Young

On March 22nd, three Striders completed the Blakey Blitz fell race; 17k/855m ascent. The three should have been five, but Anita C. and Paul E. both unfortunately had last minute domestic/ family incidents. From race registration at the Lion Inn; a welcoming shelter for windswept weary travellers on Castleton Rigg; the route features a 2k … Continue reading Blakey Blitz →

Guisborough Woods

North York Moors, Sunday, December 28, 2014

BM / 6.8M / 1358'

Jan Young

Guisborough Woods, Jan Young

My last race of 2014 and three and half minutes faster than last year, due to calm day, no wind. This year a perfect winter’s scene, thin snow cover and bright sunshine on moor, so calm. In the woods, frosty air hanging white against green conifers. The juniors ran to quarry top and back, a … Continue reading Guisborough Woods →

UKA Fell & Hill Relay Champs 2014

Middleton & Barbon Fells, Kirby Lonsdale, Sunday, October 19, 2014

Scott Watson

Anita Clementson, British Fell Relay Championships, Jan Young, Kerry Barnett, Mike Hughes, Nigel Heppell, Scott Watson

This year, this prestigious event in the fell-running calendar was held on the little-known (to me at least) Barbon and Middleton fells, a very compact but no less hilly venue between Sedbergh and Kirby Lonsdale. Conditions-wise, wind was to be the main feature of the day but at least in Durham it remained a generally … Continue reading UKA Fell & Hill Relay Champs 2014 →

Roseberry Topping Fell Race

North York Moors, Wednesday, September 10, 2014

AS / 2.3km / 217m

Jan Young

Jan Young, Roseberry Topping Fell Race

After you lot pounded thirteen miles at the GNR, I thought I’d buck the trend with 2.3k. Scoff not, that short stretch climbs 217m. Picture that angle; can someone do the maths for me? It’s steep! But it’s a very tolerant Topping; allows you to walk up/ climb up/ cling on to it’s grassy, rocky … Continue reading Roseberry Topping Fell Race →

Forest Burn Fell Race

Northumberland, Sunday, August 10, 2014

BS / 3.5M / 492'

Jan Young

Forest Burn Fell Race, Jan Young

Forest Burn fell race; traditional country fair race of 5.6k/150m climb over gates, pastures, streams, fell. Striders Will Horsley has organised this since 2007; he did everything, taping the course, took entries, ran, sorted results. Simonside Country Fair and hay show (all a tad soggy) small affair with dog show, falconry, wrestling, exhibition tent (victoria … Continue reading Forest Burn Fell Race →

Glaisdale Rigg

North York Moors, Sunday, March 2, 2014

BM / 8.5m/1844 '

Jan Young

Glaisdale Rigg, Jan Young

After ‘will we, won’t we’ moments, two Mikes and a Jan parked up in Glaisdale village, North York Moors, for another muddy encounter across boggy moorland in the twelfth race of NEHRA winter series. The race starts and ends with steep gradients, lots of bog on Glaisdale Moor, aim for checkpoint at trig 326m, descends … Continue reading Glaisdale Rigg →