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by Denyse Holman After a five-year gap, I decided it was about time I challenged myself to run another half marathon. I had been studying Geoff’s Race Calendar for months before finally deciding that the Castles half marathon was the one to go for. Graeme and I have done a few walks up near Bamburgh, so I knew I would be treated to some fabulous scenery. Plus, given the time of year, I banked on the weather not being scorching hot. In fact,

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by Lisa Donaldson Well where do I begin? It has been one hell of a weekend to say the least. This was my 2nd marathon for this year and 3rd overall, was so desperate for that Sub 3:30 after running London back in April 2023 and knew I didn’t push myself then, so there was defo more to be had!! We got to the airport Friday afternoon where we met Laura and Sam, a few airport drinks were had but not by

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by Gerry Hehir Sunday morning saw me and Jane heading up to Housesteads roman fort for the start of the Hadrian's Wall half marathon. It was freezing 🥶. The race is well organised and runners set off in waves so that the narrow paths along the wall don’t get clogged up. I dropped Jane off at the start then drove back to the finish at Hexham and got the bus back up to the start. As I said, it was bitter, even with

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by Andy Turnell The Running Festival is a regular event at the end of September and packs four races into a single morning (early afternoon for the slower runners). There's a 2k Junior Fun Run, 5k, 10k and Half Marathon all starting before 10:15. Crook had representatives in the 10k and the Half. One of my long standing targets has been a sub 1:45 half marathon and, although the course has changed somewhat over the recent past, it's about as flat as you could

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by Brad Wight Where to start? Safe to say from both a running and a weather perspective it was a right mixed bag! All week the weather forecast was looking far from ideal for distance running. Brendan Foster wrote to runners saying “Sunday will not be a day for PB’s.” Well, what does he know? I’ve counted NINE personal bests in the results, and there may be more as some of our newer members registered without a club name. At the front end, starting

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by Meadow Winham It all started this morning, I woke up at 6:00 am, I was so looking forward for my run, so I got ready into my running shorts and my new Crook vest and set of with my Mam and Dad to Newcastle. This is my first Junior Great North Run as a crookette. When I got there my Mam and my Dad crossed the Millennium bridge, me and my Mam set off for our warm-up. We went past these funky

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by Rob Teasdale A decent turnout of 7 Crookites lined up to do business this morning in Middlesborough. This one was always one of the to do races on the calendar and a very popular one lap loop but since Covid it's changed hands in organisers and also had a route change. Although it's now been like this for a couple years this was my first go of running the new route. It was a pretty decent route with a few turns but completely

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by Laura Newby Jake and Jack ran their little socks off and completed the Darlington fun run in super hero style. They both completed it with big smiles on their faces and were encouraged throughout by other Juniors/Seniors showing great team spirit and support. Well done boys you both did amazing, keep up the great work! Maisy, Alex and Charlie took part in the 3K. Alex nabbed a PB (16:19) which shows how his hard work in training has paid off. Alex

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by Simon Pickering This was my first time doing this course, and I’d been sold it as a “bloody quick course”. As soon as I saw the first half mile, I understood why. It turned out to be a good night for Crook, with many people getting 5k PB’s. I got there early as I went straight from work and was one of the first to register. Simple enough process. I soon started to get imposter syndrome seeing the height and the