We can't tell you how much joy it brought us to bring you the 2022 Winter Wipeout. Yes everyone knows the pandemic has hit events businesses hard but then there has also been natural disasters like storms to deal with. Losing the Cheviot Goat at...
Today we open a new kind of race. One that adapts to the restrictions we find ourselves in and is open to just 50 people and to north east locals only. Just before the new year the north east was put into Tier 4 restrictions...
It's safe to say that we are bursting at the seams to be able to put on events again. It's been a devastating time for our industry which has been effectively shut down since March. Event companies are prime candidates to be slipping through the...
A few runners out there really brightened up our day by accepting the challenge of running in a squiggly manor to produce some kind of outline of a goat. Keep in mind that people have to deal with roads, fences, gates etc then you really...
We're all bursting to get out and hit those trails with some quality running but this damned 'rona is keeping us all apart. Like jilted lovers the longing is there but the reality means the distance stays. We all want to know just when we...
Many moons ago we organised a one-off duathlon in the quiet hills of the Upper Coquet valley. It attracted a very small field but the event was all about having fun and getting out into the serenely beautiful setting of Barrowburn. The ladies winner was...
The Winter Wipeout race of 2018 was a bit of a classic as local racers battled it out to see who got back to Ingram cafe first. The conditions were very wet underfoot and it would take patience, experience and determination to win the day. ...
Once again the weather has been pretty fantastic which has afforded us all the chance to get out and get some efforts in. Let's have a look at the movers and shakers in our two Strava clubs. If you're not in the clubs then get...
One of the most popular runs of previous years was the one at Thrunton Woods. Originally known as the Thrunton Thriller and then the High Fells of Thrunton. It's taken a few guises over the years but normally there are two distance options, a shorter...
As we're coming to hear with alarming frequency, we are living through interesting times. For all none essential workers, particularly those in the private sector and small businesses, this can mean a pretty catastrophic collapse in working norms. I remember one friend who owns mutiple...