Club News & Updates
“Now Bid Me Run, and I Will Strive With Things Impossible”: EMF 2022
“Now Bid Me Run, and I Will Strive With Things Impossible” These are the words uttered by Ligarius in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caeser. And the words that the EMF Jesmond Joggers unequivocally held at the tips of our tongues as we attempted the half and full...
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 man at...
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...
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 waiting for the...
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 Sunderland races perhaps. Some met on the Metro for the...
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, but...