Race Reviews
I thought I’d gather all my race reviews in one place so it’s easy for people to find the one they’re looking for, and maybe see other races in the area they might also be interested in which I have run before. I didn’t realise when I started writing it how long it was going to be and had forgotten I’d done several of them!
If you’re looking for parkrun info, please see my separate page here.
Races sorted by alphabetical order rather than any particular preference! GPX files are available to download from my Dropbox account by following the links at the end of reviews.
The race title will take you to the organiser’s website, the year will take you to my experience of that year’s events – some I have done multiple times because I enjoyed them so much, some I have done once because I couldn’t make it on following years or it’s the first time I’ve attended – frequency does not necessarily suggest preference – unless it’s high in which case I probably like it 😛
Blaydon Races – 5.6M – Blaydon – 2015
Bottom’s Up Cup – 5k – Washington – 2015, 2016
Brough Law Fell Race – 5M – Powburn – 2020
Butterwick Hospice -10k – Hamsterley Forest – 2015, 2016
Cheviot Trail Events – 12M – Wooler – 2019
Color Obstacle Rush – 5k – Newcastle – 2015
Endurance Life Challenge: Coastal Trail Series – ultra/marathon/half/10k – Bamburgh – half: 2016 10k: 2015, 2019
Gateshead Trail – 10k – Blaydon – 2015, 2016, 2019
Gelt Gladiator – Assault course 10k/5k – Carlisle – 5k: 2015
George Ogle Memorial – 9k – Swalwell – 2015
Gibside Fruit Bowl – 6M – Rowlands Gill – 2015
Go TRI – triathlon – Prudhoe – 2016
Great Manchester Run – half/10k – Manchester – 10k: 2015
Great North Run – half – Newcastle – 2015
Hellhole – 10k – Stanley – 2015
Kielder Marathon Weekend – marathon/half/10k/duathlon – Kielder Water – 10k: 2015, 2016
Loftus Poultry Run – 8M – Loftus – 2015
National Trust Night Run – 6k – Gibside – 2015, 2018
Newburn River Run – 10.5k – Newburn – 2015
No Ego Challenge – 10k – Trail: Hamsterley Forest – 2015
No Ego Challenge – 10k – Trail: Otterburn – 2015
No Ego Challenge – 10k – Torch: Wallington – 2015
North-East Harrier League – XC 7k – Aykley Heads – 2015/2016
North-East Harrier League – XC 7k – Herrington Park – 2016/2017
North-East Harrier League – XC 7k – Tanfield – 2015/2016
North Tyneside – 10k – North Shields – 2015, 2017
Pier 2 Pier – 11k – Sunderland – 2015, 2017
Resolution Run – 5k – Sunderland – 2015
Rock ‘n’ Roll – marathon/half/5k/mile – Liverpool – half: 2015
Run 2 Remember – 5k – Sunderland – 2015, 2016
Run Nation – 10k – Cragside – 2016, 2017
Sunderland City – half/10k – Sunderland – 10k: 2015, 2017
Tatton 10k – Manchester: 2019
Thirsk Ten – 10M – Thirsk – 2015
Trail Outlaws Dark Skies – 26.5/14M – Kielder Water – 26.5M – 2016
Trail Outlaws Washington Trail – 10k – Washington – 2015, 2016, 2017
Trail Outlaws Branches & Bays – 10k – Seaham – 2019
Washington Duathlon – Novice – Washington – 2018
Willow Miner’s Trail – 5M – Durham – 2019
Blue Runnings 