by JesmondJoggers | Sep 19, 2024 | Road race
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....
by JesmondJoggers | Oct 9, 2023 | Marathon, News, Road race
Sunday 8th October was a marathon Super Sunday with JJ’s competing in 3 marathons across 2 continents. In a weekend that saw Kelvin Kiptum shatter the men’s marathon record 7 JJ’s took the journey to Kielder for the marathon and half marathon races.The marathon...
by JesmondJoggers | Sep 17, 2023 | News, Road race
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...
by JesmondJoggers | Sep 14, 2023 | News, Road race
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...
by JesmondJoggers | Aug 7, 2023 | News, Road race
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...
by JesmondJoggers | Aug 7, 2023 | News, Road race
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...
