Trail Race

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by Amanda Taylor The first time I ran The Sedgefield Serpentine was in 2014 when the race was 6.5 mile, it started and finished on the cricket field in Sedgefield and you got a bacon or sausage sarnie and a pint of milk at the end. There have been one or two changes since then and it's now a 10k (ish), starting over the road in Hardwick Park then keeping to the original circular route out towards Bishop Middleham on

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by Paul Campbell Brimm brothers missing (unless one is in dinosaur suit…)I was keen to do this one as it was the first event I did after joining the club in 2022, then missed it last year due to injury. It sold out pretty quickly, not surprising as it’s a little different to the norm – a random distance of 5.4m, local, and cheap due to no medals, t-shirts, goody bags etc.Checking the entries there were 10 Crookites signed up. Unfortunately,

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by Claire Weir Geoff and I were having a conversation about upping our mileage and I mentioned to him that I had been given a flyer at Darlington parkrun from LRC about a new Tees Trailtastic 9 miler. Geoff, with a raised eyebrow, pointed out that the running event had been listed for quite a while in his race calendar, published every week in our favourite e-zine Crook-Ed. I assured him I do peruse the race calendar (I do 😊) and

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by Sarah Fairclough After seeing lots of Crook AC members completing Saturn Runs and various other ultras, I nervously entered this 5 days before the run. My friend surprised me and entered the day before, as I was going to run alone. I had joined the Facebook page and read how friendly, inclusive and supportive theses runs were. I had originally entered the 5-10k thinking I would probably just manage the 10k, the last year has been difficult with injury (plantar) and eye problems. I

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by Amanda Taylor 6.20am alarm and I did not like that one bit but it had to be done, as the organisers of this year's P2P had decided the race would start at 9am rather than the usual 10. A 45 minute drive through to Roker, a bus up to Shields, where I sat next to a lad from York who'd chosen to stay in a sea front hotel ahead of the race, hoping to wake up to sunshine over the sea

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by Dawn Milburn 2023 saw our Keswick Mountain Festival (KMF) debut with us taking on the 10km course. The real draw of this was the start on the boat and the anticipated views over Derwentwater. Possibly the most beautiful race we have ran, we wanted more! 2024 saw us take on the 25km trail event. With a start in Keswick’s famous Crow Park, a picturesque start line overlooking the serenity of Derwentwater and Catbells, it was set to be a beautiful day.

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by Paul Wragg Training for a good time or training for a good time? I’ve never been one for training for races, unless it’s anything over a 1/2 marathon. So after 5 days in Magaluf and with a couple of runs under my belt I thought I would stamp Club Championship Race #2 in the book. After 5 days in the heat and all the edges of working day life washed away like a stone on the shore of Palma Nova, I

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by Jill Berry Denyse Holman & Jayne Henderson convinced me that it would be a nice idea to register to run Hamsterley 10k trail race. The day of the race we all met up at the Nest car park looking a little nervous and not sure of what to fully expect. We met with Mark Standbridge and Jason Marr too and we all went to collect our race numbers. The run nation marshals were lovely and the event was very well organised. Looking

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By Gerry Hehir Sunday morning, after the presentation evening, saw me and Jane set off on our next half marathon run, this time we were heading north up to Alnwick Castle and a run around the castle grounds. We met up with our very own Crook star Kelly who had decided to add a trail half marathon to her marathon training programme. We all gathered below the castle walls next to the river (wet and muddy) the ground looked as clarty as

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by Gerry Hehir Saturday morning saw me and Jane set off on our next half marathon run, this time we were heading back to Yorkshire and it was the Harewood House Trail half marathon. The weather was cold but clear and the sun was shining. It was on a new course from last year, instead of 2 laps around a very hilly and muddy trail we did the 1 lap and then they added an even hillier and muddier second loop. The