by JesmondJoggers | May 9, 2023 | News, Relays
Bedeswell Park in Jarrow is one of those local parks that was regenerated after being an industrial tip in the days of coal pits and iron works. Unlike some other courses on former slag heaps (watch out for the hilly Weetslade relay in late June), the NEMAA Road Relay...
by JesmondJoggers | Apr 9, 2023 | News, Relays
‘As Michael Johnston says ‘Don’t Drop the Baton!’ A new venue for the Good Friday Relays hosted by Elswick Harriers, also saw the introduction of a baton for a road relay. With the buzz around the start of who has ever raced a road relay holding a baton, only Stuey...
by JesmondJoggers | Sep 4, 2022 | News, Relays, XC
With the weather turning, it was clear sign that the Cross-Country season was back with us for the 2022/23 season. Twelve JJs made the trip to Sunderland for the traditional curtain raiser at the Sunderland Harriers Farringdon Relays. A 1.8 mile undulating lap of hard...
by JesmondJoggers | Aug 1, 2022 | News, Relays
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” With Jake declaring that he felt like he was getting ready for cross country rather than a summer relay, the JJs made their way, in the drizzle, to the humid warmth of the Great Park for the traditional Gosforth relays,...
