Great North Run 2024

We gathered at dawn, 65 strong, With hearts full of courage, the road seemed long. From Jesmond we came, with grit in our stride, For the Great North Run, with Ben as our guide. The skies opened up, the rain didn’t rest, But spirits stayed high, we gave it our best....

Northumberland Coastal Run – 17 September 2023

One week after a huge turnout of JJ’s at the Great North Run a much smaller group of five JJ’s took on the challenge of the iconic Northumberland Coastal Run. Spanning the coast from its start on the beach at Beadnell the slightly more than half marathon course winds...

The Great North Run 2023

Tensions in Tyneside were palpably rising, along with the temperatures, in the week building up to the 42nd Great North Run. A surprise sunny start to September sent the mercury spiralling upwards but did not deter the 82 JJs (our largest ever amount of member...

Bridge of the Tyne 5 Mile – 4 July 2023

The Bridges of the Tyne is a chance to run a rarely run distance and this one being a fast, mainly flat, out and back 5-mile course along the quayside passing the iconic bridges of the Tyne. Indeed, the winner clocked 24:52 to show the quickness of the course. Four...

Cleveland Steelman Triathlon – 5 August 2023

3 JJs, Emma Curtis, Jayne Oswald and Andrew Heide and 2 former members, Rob Kingston and Louise Mcleman were met with a torrential downpour or a British monsoon, so it meant the Steelman Triathlon converted into a swim-run / aquathlon. With the bike being cancelled...