There’s no such thing as a quiet weekend in this club… More races, more achievements and more reasons to be proud.

We had the red and white vests out in force for the Wild Deer Gibside 10k – whisper it quietly, but is summer finally heading our way?!

Leading the way for us, in a brilliant 7th place was Paul Brunger, in a time of 39:42. For the ladies, Claire Thompson was first home for us and the 32nd female overall, in 58:17.

Position	Name	Time
7	Paul Brunger	00:39:42
62	Nick Armstrong	00:50:45
126	Claire Thompson	00:58:17
137	Ian Maddison	00:59:24
142	Terry Owens	00:59:35
201	Sally Ann Greenwell	01:06:02
202	Susan Carney	01:06:01
208	Neil Frediani	01:06:54
210	Charlotte Bowes	01:07:22
217	Lindsey Dover	01:08:15
238	Theresa Owens	01:11:25

Great results from everyone, on what was a glorious night for running!

Moving into yet another long weekend, and Saturday morning is always ParkRun day, with our members visiting the courses of Chopwell Wood, Riverside, Prudhoe Riverside and Silksworth. Terry Owens claimed himself a PB at Riverside in 24:30! Great work, Terry! We also had the Robson’s on volunteer duty, where Tony and Kirsty were joined by Alan Vicarage as high-vis heroes.

Sunday brought more great news from the Sunderland City Runs Half Marathon, where Carys Watts, Sally Ann Greenwell and Lindsey Dover fought the heat of the morning sun, to smash out 13.1 miles.

Lindsey claimed herself a new PB in 2:14! Amazing effort! Carys got home in 1:44, with Sally Ann following in 2:08. What a day!

And, of course, no Sunday can go by without our usual social loop of Chopwell Wood – where the gang meet for the usual chatty and muddy run round our favourite trails.

Plenty of other training runs and recce runs over the weekend – those miles don’t go unnoticed, as we’ll enjoy the fruits of your labours on a weekend roundup soon, no doubt!

If you missed it yesterday – we crowned our first Trainer of the Month, with Luke Kelly taking home the award for the first time.