BATTLING JEFFRESS FOURTH IN SUNDERLAND HALF

The weather and a difficult, twisting course conspired against fast times in the Sunderland 10km and Half-Marathon races on Sunday, but that didn’t deter a healthy turn-out of royal blue vests on a less than ideal day for racing.

Sunderland’s newest Olympian, Alyson Dixon set the runners o...

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A Captain's Correspondence - Chapter One

“It smells like team spirit.” - This is a great place to start in my first blog as team captain. It’s not a badly typed song title from a Nirvana album, instead it is a term that sums up the mood in the Sunderland Harriers camp as we head into summer. Since joining the club in 2014 I have watche...

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TWELVE GOOD MEN AND TRUE SECURE NATIONAL TOP 30 FINISH

In order to gauge progress, any club with ambitions of a place at the top table of competition needs to test itself against the best the sport can offer. Last Saturday, on the iconic short and long laps round Sutton Park, Birmingham, a dozen Sunderland Harriers got the chance to see how they ran...

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ROWAN'S ROUND UP - TWO MEDAL AT JUNIOR SAND DANCER

Yesterday at the Sand Dancer was a great day all round for the club. The senior women secured a solid second place and the senior men just missed out on first place. Yet, they all ran well and secured second.

The junior members also did extremely well in their 3K race with two medalling. ...

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HARRIETS CRUELLY DENIED AT SAND DANCER

Having popped its head through the curtains a week or so ago and decided to go back to bed, Spring finally made an appearance on Sunday, just in time for the increasingly popular Sand Dancer Multi-Terrain 10k in South Shields, incorporating this year’s NEMAA 10k Multi Terrain Championships.

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ARE WE EATING PROPERLY?

Are we eating properly?

Train hard, race hard, and your times will improve, yes? Well it usually works. Sometimes though you suddenly start to struggle with the training or in races, a pace you were once comfortable with now seems beyond you, you feel weak, exhausted and unhappy with your ...

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NEW BEST TIME FOR JANSEN IN BLYTH 10KM

A busy weekend for the Harriers continued with the Blyth Valley 10k on Sunday. Leading the way on his home course was local lad Jake Jansen. The day after a sharp short leg at the 12-stage Jake clocked a new personal best on the flat, fast course from Blyth Quayside to Seaton Sluice to record 3...

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TONY THE TIGER SHOWS THERE'S STILL PLENTY IN THE TANK

Just 24 hours after battling the wind and rain round Silksworth at the Northern relays, several hardy Harriers laced up their racing shoes once again to be part of a 22-strong Royal Blue contingent tackling the Hartlepool Marina 5-miles race in somewhat more pleasant conditions.

Perhaps th...

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JAMES UP TO FOURTH ON CLUB ALL-TIME LIST

Great things are happening for Oliver James on the other side of the Atlantic as the 22 year old McNeese State University student continues to impress. Just a week after smashing though the 3:50 barrier for 1500m, Oliver improved further in winning his heat at the prestigious Florida Relays in G...

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED AT NORTHERN 12 AND 6 STAGE RELAYS

It was a case of ‘Mission Accomplished’ all round at Silksworth last Saturday as the club organised and staged an impeccable Northern 12 and 6 stage road relay event which was a huge credit to all involved, whilst all four men’s and women’s teams dug deep into their reserves on the tough circuit ...

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