Blackhill Bounders Running Club.

By Derren Sarginson Well our first Summer parkrun GP was certainly a success! Suspecting the festivities of the previous evening for Erin’s special Birthday may have dwindled the numbers of competing Bounders somewhat, we were very pleased to see a total of 13 turn out in the black and yellow today. Meeting briefly at Belle …

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Reports by Sara Sarginson and Erin McHugh The very first club trip to Durham parkrun was a resounding success! 10 parkrun virgins braved an unexpected blast of wintry weather and judging by the smiles and chat afterwards, everyone really enjoyed themselves. Here’s what Erin had to say…   It was a typically wintry start on …

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    We’re pleased to announce a new run series for members to enjoy, and best of all it’s totally free! Based at the Durham Parkrun event, at the Graham Sports Centre, Maiden Castle, the Grand Prix will be a series of 6 parkruns on specified dates over the next 6 months. Each run will earn you …

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Plans are currently afoot to make a club visit to Durham parkrun, next Saturday, 14th April. For anyone who hasn’t heard of parkrun, they organise free, weekly, 5k timed runs in parks around the world, on Saturday mornings. They are open to everyone to take part in, and to quote the parkrun homepage “These events …

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After enjoying a gloriously sunny day for the end of season NEHL fixture at Prudhoe, I knew we were to expect the same, if not warmer, the following day for the half marathon at Wallington Hall. This was actually the only thing concerning me about the run, not the fact that I’d also ran a …

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This Saturday (24th March) sees the final fixture in the NEHL season at Prudhoe, and in the words of Mike Powell “The ladies are on the brink of a great achievement in staying in Division 1″. In an attempt to rally the troops to make sure this does indeed happen  I’d like to reiterate that …

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By Sara Sarginson Leaving school meant that I no longer had to endure the one thing that is most likely responsible for putting an awful lot of people off running from a young age – cross country. Yet here I was volunteering to give it a go for the club. Strangely, not only do I …

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By Sara Sarginson: Sunday 5th February, and the forecast had been for heavy snow the previous night. Thankfully we woke up to a mere dusting. As much as I was looking forward to a snowy run, I was grateful that it wasn’t going to be a full-on arctic expedition just to get to the starting point in …

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By Sara Sarginson: This was to be a day of firsts for me. My first proper race, my first half marathon and also my first run representing the Bounders. The date seemed to approach fast after Christmas and New Year and I felt a little under-prepared, not having stuck to any kind of proper training …

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By Sara Sarginson. With the festivities of Christmas and New Year over and done with, it was time for the trip back up to Bolt’s Law Fell to strip the lonely tree of it’s decorations. Sunday 8th January was the chosen day and at 8:30am there was a good turnout of Bounders at the assembly …

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