by JesmondJoggers | Jan 23, 2020 | News, XC
A cold morning greeted the JJs making the club’s debut in the Birtley XC Relays. The first relays of the year saw a testing 3000m course, consisting of two laps, which was deceptively hard going. The course was soft with some wicked hills, up and down, which...
by JesmondJoggers | Jan 8, 2020 | News, XC
North East Cross Country Women’s Championships 14th December 2019 – Alnwick Pastures A historic day in the short history of Jesmond Joggers on a cold and windy Northumberland day saw the women’s team bring home the club’s first Championship medal. With...
by JesmondJoggers | Jul 17, 2019 | News, Road race
“Green or red?” “Green” “Green” “Green” “Green” “Green” “Green” “Red” said Izzy. There’s always one. As it happens the Fates and some sporadic marshalling led to more Red than Green by the end of the morning. The Hexham Running festival had planned a 3k fun run,...
by JesmondJoggers | Jul 15, 2019 | News
(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...
by JesmondJoggers | Jun 23, 2019 | News
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 &...
by JesmondJoggers | Jun 10, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
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...
