RunThrough Gateshead Junior Race – 5th May 2024
by Milo Pickering
Me and Caleb arrived at Gateshead stadium about 1 hour before the race. First we got our chip and race number. To kill some time before the race we played some of the activities which were Bean bag toss and giant connect four. We also watched some of the half and full marathon runners come in, then it was time for the warm up.
In the warm up we did jogging on the spot and some high knees then bum kicks and then to finish we did sweeps. After the warm up we did a walk to the start line. Race time!!!
We started at one o’clock after a ten second countdown, we started! We followed the pace bike around the 1.2km course which started just outside of the stadium, down the road before turning round and heading in to the stadium. We finished with just over half a lap of the track. Around the course the crowd was very loud which helped lots. I was in third place for most of the way but after a little hill into the stadium, I managed to overtake a runner from North Shields Poly, and I secured second place with a time of 4:55 which I was very happy with.
Caleb also did a really good run and came close behind in fourth place. His time was 5:23.
When we crossed the finish line we got handed a bottle of water, a bag of sea salt flavoured love corn and free biscuits and the best part a medal.
I really enjoyed this race and I’m glad Caleb could do it as well. I would definitely do it again.
Milo