by JesmondJoggers | Aug 27, 2022 | News, Road race
Watergate is an office block in Washington which gave its name to a political scandal in the 1970’s. It’s also the name of a country park in Lobley Hill, Gateshead home of the Watergate 5k race hosted by Low Fell Running Club. The race is a two lap trail race race...
by JesmondJoggers | Aug 27, 2022 | News, Road race
5 JJs entered this popular GNR warm up – an out and back route from Ovingham Middle School which follows the no 72 cycle route along the River Tyne past Bywell, and up to the main road before turning back with a fast and mostly down hill last 5 miles –...
by JesmondJoggers | Aug 15, 2022 | News, Road race
The sun was still shining and the heat was still in the air for the Quayside 5km, a dash out along the Newcastle side of the quayside, before returning and finishing over the Millennium Bridge into Baltic Square. Two races on the night, a sub 20minutes A race and then...
by JesmondJoggers | Jul 10, 2022 | News, Road race
Racing with Pies in their Eyes! Forget T-shirts or Medals, one way to get the JJs out on mass, is to offer a pie at the end! 25 JJs made the start line, and after a JJ mass warm up, Kenyan style, up the hill that the first mile sped down it was Niran who was quick out...
by JesmondJoggers | Jul 8, 2022 | News, Road race
The Bridges of the Tyne are mine all mine! Four JJs took the line for the postponed Bridges of the Tyne 5 mile race from 2020. A flat and fast 5 mile race along the north side of the Tyne. Simon Wells, Geoff Blair, Emily Pass and Kate Winstanley were the lucky holders...
by JesmondJoggers | Jul 3, 2022 | News, Road race
It was a warm one for the 2022 Great North 10k with a mixture of sun and cloud and little breeze to offer relief. A decent sized event with a field of approximately 5000 runners (I didn’t have the opportunity to count them all). Izzy Sharrock, Rob Dooley, Graeme...
