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I was back on the track on Sunday, this time at Middlesbrough Sports Village in the Charles Stuart Memorial Open meet. I entered in the 1500m, and was placed in heat 1. It was a warm and windy morning, which made this a little harder. I won't complain too much considering what some of our members we're up to at the same time elsewhere! Once the gun went I hit the front, and a small group sat just on my shoulder. I

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Wednesday saw the return of the North East Grand Prix at Monkton Stadium I entered the 1500m, and I was placed in heat 2 of 8. Looking at the start list, I was in for a tough night, my PB was one of the slowest of the 16 in my heat. Nevertheless, as soon as the gun went I hit the front(would you expect anything less?). I had a pretty decent first 400m, but the wheels started to fall off after that.

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by Sam Etherington Myself, Ryan & Alex had entered the 800m in the Kieran Maxwell Memorial Open, this event was hosted by Darlington Harriers and had a great turnout. In good fashion, me and Ryan got there with very little time to get a warm up done before being called up to the start where they set off the younger age groups first and worked their way up to the u17’s/seniors race. Alex joined us not long after having managed to get

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Sunday was a cracking morning on the Northumberland coast, as six of our members took part in the highly competitive 17th Port of Blyth 10K. Dare I say, the "spring" like morning, was a great setting for the opening of the road running season. The fast and flat route started within the Port area in Blyth, and headed south towards Seaton Sluice on paths through the sand dunes. We looped around a play area at 5k, and headed back for home up