Checking in with your weekly dose of good news from your favourite running club…

We started the week off by going back to the lighter night sessions in Chopwell Wood – managing two coached sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, completed in totally daylight… Such an underrated treat!

The two main races we had DVRC representation in were the London Landmarks half marathon and the Port of Blyth 10k.

We’ll start with Caroline Smith heading down to the big smoke for the picturesque 13.1 tour of the capital city… Caroline hammered the streets and got round in an excellent 2:40.

Derwentvalleyrunningclub.co.uk got an exclusive interview, and Caroline shared these words with us:

“Really enjoyed it! It’s absolutely brilliant to be running on the usually busy London roads. The route takes you all around the various landmarks of London from the Shard to Tower of London, finishing next to Downing Street. First 10 miles felt great. I was just taking it easy as I hadn’t done a great deal of training for it. Last few miles I had cramp in my calves but managed to jog to the end! Brilliant day and one of my favourite runs to do!”

Heading back to more familiar territory, Will Lacey and Susan Carney did us proud on a sunny day out on the coast. Will heading home in 170th in 44mins, with Susan following in 395th in 57mins.

Photos from Ian Harman Photography

ParkRun saw our club runners hitting the courses of Prudhoe, Town Moor, Chopwell Wood and Jesmond Dene; Chris Hewitson helping himself to another course PB at Jesmond Dene, in 20:21.

Chris was very pleased with the efforts of the photographer to capture this… (The shorts are Adidas, and not Global Hypercolor, as has been suggested elsewhere!)

On volunteer duty at Chopwell Wood, was our very own Kirsty and Tony Robson, alongside Andrew Walton.

And no weekend roundup would be complete without the group picture from the Sunday Social – another 12km/7.5mile loop of our usual Chopwell Wood haunt… and as is becoming the norm, Natasha and Lisa added ‘a bit’ extra to the day – hitting 27.5km/17 miles – we’re reliably informed that Natasha is going to be in charge of route plotting next week, instead.

Plenty of other training runs from club members – getting that all important race prep in – we see you!