Rat Race or A Good Run? The Clive Cookson 10km – 18.5.22
With Monkseaton turned into a Ghost town because of the pandemic, the Clive Cookson 10km had to wait two years before the Velvet Underground Race T shirt could be replaced with something special. The cry of enjoy yourself went up and the JJs ditched their…
Piers and “Biers” : Seaside Sunshine for JJ’s at the Pier to Pier Race 2022
The Pier to Pier Race made a welcome return this weekend after 2 years of Covid postponement. The race is a popular and longstanding event in the North East running calendar efficiently organised by Sunderland Strollers and was sold out well in advance. The approximately…
Gordon Smith Relays May 2022
Twenty-two JJ’s made the short drive from Jesmond Pool down the coast road to meet at Cobalt Business Park. The weather was nice with a bit of a breeze in the air. Teams were mingling around the start…
JJs Magnificent 7
It was a game of two halves at Gateshead today … well and half and a 10k to be accurate. For a local run I expected a bigger turn out but only 7 JJ’s made it on the day, likely in anticipation of next week’s…
Foam Rollers and Fish & Chips: North Tyneside 10K, 17 April 2022
Foam Rollers and Fish & Chips: The JJs North Tyneside 10k 17 April, 2022 Some might say that running from Bondi to Bronte Beach, Sydney, Australia or along the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France are the world’s prettiest coastlines to go for a run,…
Paris Marathon 4/4/22
Paris Marathon 4/4/22 With chip issues for Louis Gardener as he crossed the Paris Marathon line last week, the results were delayed in coming out. However, it was worth the wait as a new JJs Marathon record was set. Louis, making his marathon debut in…
To Carbon or not To Carbon, that is the Question? – Terry O’Gara 5km
Terry O’Gara 5km – 10/4/22 To Carbon or not To Carbon, that is the Question? The spring racing calendar brings out the fast athletes after a winter on the country and with a fast course, a very good standard of entries, the weather gods being…
Sunshine over Thornley Farm!
North East XC Relays Championships – 18th March 2022 The NE XC Relay Championships took place at a much different Thornley Farm, basked in sunshine and a lot less mud than at the recent NEHL. With the race run over a different course it still…
Final XC of the 2021/22 season: A stunning venue for a stunning performance
Race report 1: Senior and Vet Women’s race A record breaking 17 JJ females took the line at the wonderful XC course in Alnwick Pastures, looked over the by the 11th Century Alnwick Castle. A venue that had witnessed enough history of the years…
The National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill, London
On Saturday 26th February two JJs were flying the flag at The National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill London. Angus Miller’s report of the day is as follows: I met Geoff at Kings Cross Station and made our…
North East Masters XC Championships – Rising Sun Country Park – 5th February 2022
A windy and blustery, cold day welcomed the five JJs for the return of the Masters XC championships. Kari was unfortunately the only female JJ to enter. The women set off with the windy blowing hard up the first straight. A unique course of a…
JJ’s show their steel at the Brass Monkey Half Marathon.
An intrepid 20 JJ’s set their alarm clocks extra early and rendezvoused at a cold dark Osbourne Road on Sunday to catch a 6.30 coach to York. The dawn was rising as we arrived at York racecourse in time to brave the toilet queues and…