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by Alex Hird Wednesday evening saw the return of the NEGP track and field series at Monkton Stadium. Three Crook members were entered; Matty Richardson, Rory Hart, and myself. All of us taking part in the 1500 metres. Rory and I were up first in heat C. We ran the first 400 side by side, then Rory started to show his talent and engine and kept up with the leader who made a breakaway from the pack. The leader probably should've been in

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by Alex Hird On Saturday I made the trip down the A1 to Doncaster, for my 2nd track race in the space of a few days. It's the first time I've been to the facility, which is situated right next to the Doncaster Rovers football stadium, and it's a cracking setup. I was told that it was built at the same time as the football stadium, and given to the athletics club, which now boasts over 700 members. The event was a well

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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 Phil Healy From 5 stops over a 400m distance (One Lap) to 42.4km Non-stopThe event was organised & marshalled as you'd expect for such a big race, athletes from around the country & across the globe had congregated to participate. The great atmosphere amongst the runners was evident from warm up to the start line & continued all along the 26.2 mile (My Garmin logged 26.46 mile). The course is generally flat & down hill section, the naughty incline everyone

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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 Rory Hart On Saturday the 9th of March it was the 2024 inter-counties XC championship in conjunction with the final of the British Cross Challenge, and the World Cross Selection. After being selected to represent the north east as a U17 based on performances in the NEHL and other races, I got the team bus down to Wollaton Park, Nottingham. We were all given yellow vests with blue, red and yellow rings, as modelled in the only photo of me (blurry, left)

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by the Stig Road races, hill races, athletics track and trail races, we've all tackled them and enjoyed/endured them, but there's always something about a quirky running event and that's precisely what last Sunday's Croft Motor Circuit Run was. Similar to Saturn Running events where competitors can run whatever distance they wish on the day, however, on this occasion individuals had to commit on entry, 5k? 10k? Half Marathon? 20 mile? Or Full Marathon? I originally had committed to the classic distance but

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by Sam Etherington Fresh from Alnwick, myself & Amy headed to Richmond on the Sunday along with our parents & Bill (potential future mascot), to take on the last NYSD of the season and one of the more challenging of the courses. Amy was first off in the senior ladies/vet 65 race which was 3 small loops (just shy of 4 mile), she got herself to the front of the line and off she went up to the old racecourse grandstand where

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by Josh Pearson Earlier this year I picked this race out as my first main goal race of 2024. I had planned out a whole 6 week plan specific to this event, working on improving the body's fitness in a variety ways. The night before I had a look at the forecast for the first time and saw that it was actually a nice day for a change, cool and dry with winds of 5-7 mph which was very good to see. On

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by Brad Wight Another cracking club day out despite the downpour which managed to soak everything inside our once waterproof tent… The U11 lads were off first with Joe Hall Junior completing the 1km race in 5:20, he looked so determined on the long downhill finish, teeth gritted just like his dad at a NEMAA sprint! The U11 girls were next up, Eleanor Shaw and my youngest daughter Adelaide making their XC debut alongside Meadow Winham. All three slogged up the hill then