Tuesday – club session. 3k time trial. Good turnout considering how cold and icy it was. Thursday – club session. Benton Road lamp posts. Saturday – well done to those that ventured further afield than Rising Sun and Newcastle to find a parkrun that was running. I personally took the opportunity to have a lazy morning. So 23 HH’s ran at 8 different parkruns: Prudhoe, South Shields, Newbiggin by the Continue Reading →
A bit of a disaster this week. Firstly I accidentally deleted my first basic draft of the round-up. Then the training schedule was updated so I don’t know what the sessions were last week and now the consolidation report for parkrun isn’t working. Grrrrr Tuesday & Thursday – Heaton Training Sessions!! – The End. Saturday – A wet, soggy start to parkrun for most of us. Well done to all Continue Reading →
Tuesday – once it was established whether the lights were on or off, Tuesday’s training session was Heaton Park Hills. Thursday – training session was 400’s @ Balliol Saturday – WET WET WET for many of the parkrun routes on Saturday. The weather however did not stop Heaton Harriers from being out in force. 58 of us could be seen running and wading at 14 different events. Newcastle, Prudhoe, HighBury Continue Reading →
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Monday – was the monthly mile, starting on West Street. See Monthly Mile post for the detail. Well done to all those that smashed it! Tuesday – was training night. It was an explosive night of 1 mile intervals at Balliol. Thursday – there were two offerings for training. Session 1 was a fartlek session at HM. Session two was 2-1-2 – 2 mile easy, 1 mile hard, 2 mile Continue Reading →
Tuesday – Club session Killy Persuits. Tough but effective session. Thursday – Club Session 20 out and 18 back. However some did an alternative session – Lets find Lexi! FYI – she was found. Saturday – Well I made the decision to stay at home and cheer on the boys – c’mon England. With hindsight, perhaps I should have done parkrun and just sent positive vibes out into the universe! Continue Reading →
Well the weather put a spanner in the works again – but more about that later. Its a short round-up as I haven’t had much sent my way this week. Tuesday – 5k Club Handicap. Amazing record turnout and some brilliant running by everyone. A huge shout out must go to Ellie who achieved a mega 5k PB of 22:41. Fabulous motivation and encouragement by Rob Brown. Thursday two club Continue Reading →
Tuesday was a club session – Matthew Banks Hills – brutal but effective. Thursday saw a handful of Heaton Harries take part in the GRL on the Quayside. Later that day it was a club session – 400’s on Benton Lane (Cat & Dog Shelter end). Saturday and it was a busy parkrun day. 59 Heaton Harriers ran in 10 different parkruns – with a whole lot more volunteering. At Continue Reading →
This is certainly a treat for one lucky person. We have secured a free place in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival next year. That’s right – one of you lucky Heaton Harriers has the opportunity to gain free entry into the EMF Marathon on May 24th 2020. The only requirement is that you are a fully paid up member of Heaton Harriers as of today (22nd October 2019). So if you Continue Reading →
Monday was the Monthly Mile. 14 runners made their way to West Street. More info available on the Monthly Mile post. Next Monthly Mile is Monday 4th November. Tuesday – club session. 1 k intervals at Balliol Wednesday – AGM and it was a special one as we made a well deserved presentation to our Club Chairman, George Routledge. George was awarded to George Routledge Award – ‘The Geordie’. This Continue Reading →
Thursday 12th December. Lezzet Restaurant. At Heaton Harriers we are as good at the social/fun stuff as we are at being awesome athletes.🏃🏼♀️ This years Christmas Shindig will be at the amazing Lezzet Restaurant. Lezzet is ideally located a shot put throw away from Blue Flames and less than a triple jump from Four Lane Ends Metro. 7pm meet for a 7.30pm meal. A tasty 3 course meal will cost Continue Reading →