Saturday 21st of November – Harrier League Fixture, Aykley Heads Hi all – this Saturday sees the return of the Harrier League at Aykley Heads in Durham. It’s a great course and with the recent wild weather we’ve been having, it’s odds-on to be muddy! Instructions from the Harrier League website – “The course […]
Race Report Tanfield Cross Country 26th September 2015
Pretty much right from the point of joining Saltwell back in July there were whispers of this thing called ‘the Cross Country season’. For me cross country was just dim and instant memory; plodding around muddy fields or tracks at secondary school on dark nights in the autumn months. As mid -September approached what to […]
Temple Park XC Race Report
Well it was another glorious Saturday afternoon, and perfect conditions for our second cross country of the season, and only my second in 30+ years. The memories of Tanfield were still fresh, and the thought of another 6 miles in the mud with my fellow hoops actually brought a smile to my face. As […]
Sherman Cup/Davison Shield
Saturday 10th October – Sherman Cup/Davison Shield This Saturday (the 10th of October) sees another cross country race – a one off fixture where teams are competing for the Sherman Cup (men) or Davison Shield (women). This is a ‘scratch’ race which means there are no packs, everyone starts together. It is being held at Temple Park at South Shields, […]
Start of the XC Season
Saturday 26th of September sees the return of the Harrier League with the first fixture at Tanfield. Firstly, you can check the list of registered runners and packs here http://www.harrierleague.com/runners/2015-16/Saltwell%20Harriers.htm. If you have a ‘0’ next to your name, but asked to register in the last 7 days, you should still have a number on […]
XC and track training
Cross country training starts again this Saturday – meet in the Co-op car park in Wrekenton at 9:30 for a 45 minute session. Track sessions led by Keith are now running on a Tuesday night – meet at Gateshead Stadium at 6-45pm for a 7pm start apart from the following dates when the track […]
Cross Country Season
Bring on the Cross Country Season! You will have noticed that coaches, captains and members have already started talking about the Cross Country Season…talk of gearing your training for different terrain…whether you have cleaned your spikes from last year…and more importantly, who is on cake and biscuit duty for the first event! Amongst all of this, we will shortly […]
Wrekenton XC Race Report
Ideal race preparation tips: Stand around for 3 hours in freezing cold conditions Drink lots of coffee beforehand to try and keep warm and then leave it till the first race has started before deciding that you need to go to the toilet but are unable to because you are unable to leave your […]
Alnwick XC Race Report
This is a beautiful course in the backdrop of Alnwick Castle. The course was pretty dry which made for fast running. There was a fantastic turnout for both the men and women including people doing x-country for the first time. I have to say that the recent new members have been so positive for […]
National Cross Country Report
Venue – Parliament Hills, Hampstead, London Weather: chilly, slight breeze, clear. Course: thick sticky deep mud. The women’s race was off first and was 8K. Watching the race it was apparent the mud was very hard work for all competitors, both at the front of the field and at the back. There were 6 […]