A mixture of the start of racing on the track at Jarrow and Gateshead and the Gateshead 10k/Half/Marathon at…. well Gateshead. The club brought home some top 5 finishes and a few PB’s over the past week  

NEGP 1 – Jarrow 

1500m

3rd (F race)	Hatti Stead	4:54.44
16th (B race)	Jordan Bell	4:19.37

Gateshead 10k/Half/Marathon

 Half Marathon

4th

Ash Slavin

01:16:12

10k

270th

Mathew Moffat

55:56

Gateshead BMC

800 D

4th

Hatti Stead

2:26.29

A warm reception (In more ways than one) greeted the selection of bounders who tackled the iconic 26.2 miles around London. Several of the club also travelled down to spectate and soak in the atmosphere of now the world’s largest marathon as London surpassed New York’s 2024 world record of 55,646 finishers.

All enjoyed the occasion and put in admirable performances given the conditions described as: “uncomfortable” and “The hottest day ever” (evidence might be lacking on that last one)     

25523rd	Hughes, Tommy (GBR)	04:25:31
33549th	Thompson, Michael (GBR)	04:51:03
37956th	Bastien-Langham, Agnes (FRA)	05:05:29

An extended Easter weekend meant two races featured prominently from Newburn and just over 3000 miles away in Boston

Good Friday Relays  

A massive thanks to Elswick harriers for putting on this club favourite event doubly so with last minute logistical challenges which meant a slight change to the course this year with the start and finish moving further up the disused section of road, which was positively received by most  

The senior women put out an impressive 5 teams with the men entering 3 teams. A lot of teams finishing in and around each other which spurred us all on. 

The relays also feature in the club grand prix with Jordan and Hatti picking up maximum points in their respective categories

Senior Women 3 x 2 mile  

Blackhill A: 24th			Blackhill B: 96th			Blackhill C: 97th
Hatti Stead	0:11:44		Rachel Malerick	0:18:20		Lauren Young	0:14:43
Kaye Collins	0:14:37		Caroline Slane	0:16:33		Joanna H|ughes	0:18:24
Elisabeth Middlemas	0:15:06		Mandy Dixon	0:19:11		Fiona Bell	0:21:17
Blackhill D: 104th			Blackhill E: 107th
Agnes Basten Langham	0:16:38		Shirley Toal	0:19:29
Maresa Bell	0:15:55		Carol Morrison	0:20:17
Sarah Berry	0:23:39		Stacey Bell	0:19:17

Senior Men 4 x 2 mile  

Blackhill A	74th		Blackhill B	104th		Blackhill C
Jordan Bell	0:10:05		Stewy Bell	0:15:23		Bryn Young	0:22:30
Ben Heckles	0:12:33		Jon Dodds	0:13:47
Owen Young	0:14:03		Neil Uren	0:15:12
Samuel Thurlow	0:17:03		Aidan Hughes	0:16:14

Boston Marathon  

Keiron, Gary, Lynda and Robin travelled stateside for the Boston marathon all pleased with how they ran on a surprisingly up and down course  

1610th	Gary Wallace	2:46:29
2733rd	Keiron Lightfoot	2:52:35
11409th	Lynda Clough	5:17:49
26942nd	Robin Clough	5:17:50

A lot of trail races feature from the past weekend, but first we take a look at Wales where Mark had a successful run at the Newport marathon before we hit the fells in both Stanhope and the Lake District  

Newport Marathon  

288th

Mark Temple

2:59:48

Newlands Trail race (incorporates English championships)  

387th

David Best

2:36:33

Stanhope Trail half marathon 

85th	Tamsin May	3:20:56
86th	Rebecca May	3:20:59
92nd	Natasha Pollock	3:41:37

Lakeland (Hawkshead) 10k  

20th	Ian Young	1:00:46
54th	Alison Hodges	1:38:24
56th	Brian Richardson	1:38:56

Sanddancer 10k

57th

Luke Aston

47:56