Club News & Updates
JJs inaugural plogging!
(to the tune of The Wombles Song) “Under trained, over trained Still running free, The ploggers of Jesmond Joggers are we” (courtesy of Rob!) On Sunday 14th July seven JJs dragged themselves away from the tennis, cricket etc for the inaugural JJs...
Tynedale Pie and Peas 10k, July 2019
A warm night saw six JJs take a trip along the river to Prudhoe for a lovely 10km. A downhill start after a long warm up for some, mentioning no names Molly, saw a blistering first mile. The race settled and Kleo continued his fine form to come home first for the JJs....
NEMAA The Track & Field Championships
I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t been looking forward to this. Because I had. For months. But the weeks of waiting, obsessively checking the start lists every half hour and scouting out the competition were over and it was finally the day of the 2019 NEMAA Track &...
Ah went to Blaydon Races, ‘twas on the ninth of Joon
Ah me lads, ye shudda seen us gannin’ ... all 23 of us (a JJ record at Blaydon I'm sure) We flew past Airmstrang’s factory, and up to the "Robin Adair" .... We flew across the Chain Bridge reet into Blaydon toon ... ... to an outstanding sub-32 chip time (31.59) by...
Pier to Pier (South Shields to Roker Beach), 19th May 2019
The popular and lovely race organised by Sunderland Strollers saw 1287 runners cross the line with two JJs being 1st and 2nd in the women's race. Molly Rebecca led home all the JJs (both male and female - we need to pull our...
The Stirling Marathon (with apologies to Barry White)
Stirling, you were “my first, my last*, my everything …” (* I reserve the right to change my mind!) Stirling you were “my first” road marathon, and Si’s first marathon for 19 years, and you certainly took pretty much “everything” that I had in me! A relatively flat...