Ultra Marathon in North East England - Ultra / Adventure racing

IanRunner

03/06/2007 at 18:32

I'm considering in getting involved in Ultra Marathon running but races in the North East of England seems quite limited.I was just wondering if anyone knew of any clubs,races or links which mght be useful.

Thanks

Ian.

scareb

03/06/2007 at 18:36

where in north east england..?
sheffield tri club i know of

IanRunner

03/06/2007 at 18:39

Sorry should have been more specific.Newcastle upon tyne area.

Thanks

Ian.

Extreme Muzzy

03/06/2007 at 19:33

Closest that I've seen are North Yorkshire.

Lyke Wake and Osmotherly Phoenix, both listed as Northallerton on the same day (7th July 2007).

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Plodding Hippo

03/06/2007 at 19:35

Lyke wake is evil

there is also the Hull 24 hour track race

ed_m (a.k.a. ultra bunny)

04/06/2007 at 08:49

seem to be alot of trail ultras north of the border too.

round rotherham?

Plodding Hippo

04/06/2007 at 08:50

Now that event is highly spoken of

scareb

04/06/2007 at 13:32

done round rotherham the last 5 years..
brill race 52miles
its in december
go to rotherhamharriers.org for details

vertor

15/11/2011 at 17:36

I just noticed your post as I was posting this about a Yorkshire Ultra Race.

Just a quick heads up on the Rosedale Ultra to remind everyone of the Rosedale Rumble this coming weekend. 13, 30 and 40 mile distances. There are 125 competitors registered for this inaugural race, so the event is looking to be well attended. Race starts at 07:30 on Saturday at the Hutton Le Hole village hall in North Yorkshire.

Keith Godden

25/11/2011 at 21:03

another one by Adventure Hub...
http://www.ultramarathonrunning.com/races/northumberlandultra.html

Oook!

25/11/2011 at 21:22

Apart from the usual NE clubs that members do frequent marathons, there is also the NE Marathon club who have put together a local marathon season.

http://northeastmarathonclub.co.uk

I don't know of a specialist ultra club in the area - joining a club is a good idea if only for some company and proper coaching

Where to you live in the toon?

North - Gosforth Harriers

Central - Claremont RC

West - Elswick Harriers http://elswickharriers.co.uk

East - Heaton Harriers

Alistair Hutchinson

21/12/2012 at 21:19

Avid Runner (http://www.avidrunner.co.uk) are hosting two race weekends next year in the North East of England.

Gee Bee 2

23/12/2012 at 09:38

I like the look of those avid runner ultras. Quite tempted by the tyne one in September. The 4 cities one could be quite a challenge, having to run through middlesbrough or sunderland in the middle of the night could throw up all sorts of interesting scenarios.

Tim Bateson

28/12/2012 at 16:29

I plan to host a 50km fat ass next year. Starting at Penshaw monument and heading past the angel of the north, Tanfield Steam railway, Causey Arch, Beamish and then back to Penshaw. Will be around the 50km mark and will run the route in early May or late August. Will start publishing the route in the New Year. Was supposed to be doing this now, but man flu has claimed my Christmas running.

pursuedbyangrybees

28/12/2012 at 20:44

Yay to the Fatass! I reckon the way to go in these cash-strapped times is to sort out something with mates and self-support. The brief route overview sounds intriguing - deffo in for it.

Saying which, I have an entry for The Wall, which will be my first ultra event.

My plan after that is to run St Cuthbert's Way in the autumn - reckon Mrs Bees will fancy a night in Melrose the night before, and another on Lindisfarne the next. Just need to convince her that she'd like to lunch in Kirk Yetholm and that's the half-way support point taken care of.

Robert Walsh 4

16/01/2013 at 00:11

Hi All,
I've booked myself into the Northern Cities Ultra in Sunderland on June 29th (40 miles). There is also 60 & 100.
http://www.avidrunner.co.uk/ncu.html
Anybody else thought of doing this one? The 'AvidRunner' forum has no activity on at the moment.
Cheers

Edited: 16/01/2013 at 00:12

Tim Bateson

18/01/2013 at 13:27

It would be nice to see a published route for these runs.

I don't like to enter races without knowing what the route would be like.

I pulled out the Hadrian's wall run when I found out it hard large sections on public roads.

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