We're a running club that's proud of putting runners first. We get together to train during the week and love heading out to races wearing the red and white hoops.
Whether you're into road running, fell running, cross country or just doing parkruns, there's something for everyone at the Saltwell Harriers.
Saltwell club 3-mile race, 2023
So cross country season is here again… if you’re new to Saltwell and are considering trying it this winter I would highly recommend it! And if you have signed up already, well done. When i first signed up for cross country about six years ago I wasn’t sure what to expect as I hadn’t done […]
So cross country season is here again… if you’re new to Saltwell and are considering trying it this winter I would highly recommend it! And if you have signed up already, well done. When i first signed up for cross country about six years ago I wasn’t sure what to expect as I hadn’t done […]
Muddy cross country races may feel along way away but the North East Harrier League have released their fixture list for the 2024/25 season — including a brand new course! Saltwell Harriers are always proud to put out men’s and ladies’ teams in this cracking annual competition. See our cross country page for more information […]
If the truth be told I’ve never really had much ambition to run anything more than a half marathon. I’ve always thought that a couple of hours pounding the tarmac is more than enough punishment. My immediate thoughts whenever I have completed the Great North Run are always the same, ‘imagine if this was a […]
Well done to everyone who won awards and prizes at presentation night last Saturday for the 2023/24 season of running. Spring Series Male 1st: PAUL SMITH 2nd: JAMES YOUNG 3rd: MATT O’BRIEN Female 1st: JOANNA MCNEILL 2nd: NICOLA DYSON 3rd: NICOLA WHITMAN 3 Mile Handicap 1st: PRIYA RUTHERFORD 2nd: CLARE ROBSON 3rd: CLAIRE GODFREY 4 […]
Background I entered Brighton marathon in the spring of 2023 after, shocking to no-one, I was unsuccessful in the London marathon ballot. My first marathon the year prior was Edinburgh, which I had run with a group of friends, all of us in the dawn of our love affairs with running. Edinburgh had left me […]
After what’s felt like a particularly long and wet winter, Spring is finally around the corner and that means the arrival of the Saltwell parkrun Spring Series! For six Saturdays around April each year, there’s the opportunity to enjoy some local parkrun tourism and friendly club competition. Spring Series competition rules Anyone taking part in […]
