Northumberland Coastal 14

Poacher · April 2005

What's the fastest route for this? Any ideas?

Brooks the beast · April 2005

Take the road the whole way in a Porsche :-)

Seriously I have often thought about this but never done it and the thought you pick your own route has intrigued me. I think along the beach is the answer BUT I believe a lot depends on tides.

Poacher · April 2005

There must be an optimum route combining the ideal amounts of beach, dune, footpath and road. There are probably places where its better to do a longer section of good ground rather than wallow in soft sand.

Ian Richardson · April 2005

I've done this a few times, and basically it is like most races, where you follow whoever is in front of you. There is a well-established route, with little real opportunity for deviation. I seem to recall a bit where you reach a bunch of houses and can go around them to the left or right and then you meet up again the other side of them.
Just hope it is low tide, like last year, as high tide makes it a bit interesting in places.
Having said which, I'm pretty sure I'll do it again this year, as it's a great event.

[Deleted User] · April 2005

Done this a few times and to be honest have just about managed to follow the people in front...absolutely no ability, energy or inclination to work out my own route AT ALL

[Deleted User] · April 2005

am quite interested in doing this run but am a bit intimidated by the finding your own route bit. if it is possible just to follow other people though i may give it a shot

Ian Richardson · April 2005

Don't worry RR. There are several hundred people doing it, and even some marshals in places where it has to venture onto back roads (near Boulmer) as I recall. As lots of it is on beach and coastal paths, you have a good view ahead of you a lot of the time. The reality is rather different to the "find your own route" advertising, and it really is a great event.

Oook! · May 2005

The tide is everything.

If the tide is out, nice wet sand ; if it is out soft sand or sometimes no sand at all. I did 1997 with water up to my shorts.

As the marshal said to me "Keep the sea on the left, you can't get lost"

RR join a club and run races with someone

[Deleted User] · May 2005

It's an excellent run, one of the most scenic too. There's also a 10K on 17th July (Coquet Challenge) starting at Amble Marina runing past Warkworth Castle to a track alongside sand dunes and back. Anyone in the area on holiday might like to do both? See www.coquetchallenge.com A holiday maker 'just decided' to enter the recent Les Allcorn at Alnwick last week and ended up winning it. I think he was from Norfolk Gazzelles.

Oook! · May 2005

Shh

We like to keep Northumberland to ourselves

Another beauty

Kielder Forest 10k road race
4th September@11am

www.allterrainevents.com

[Deleted User] · May 2005

Its nice here but don't tell them

Oook! · May 2005

Tell them about the

pit heaps
whippets
flat caps
tuberculosis

that should do it

Ian Richardson · May 2005

mmmmmmmmm, whippets

Oook! · May 2005

Am I to deduce from the above that you are romatically involved with the afore mentioned ?

Ian Richardson · May 2005

errr, no, but I used to like watching whippet racing at Coxlodge Welfare ground, when I were a lad

[Deleted User] · May 2005

Is that in England? (South of hadrian's wall?)

Oook! · May 2005

"Coxlodge is a bustling hamlet to the NW of the thriving metropolis of Newcastle. Main points of interest the Psychiatric Hospital and Dependency clinic"

"Rough Guide to the Toon"

No it is just north of the Wall

I remember the whippets at the North Walbottle Miners Welfare.

[Deleted User] · May 2005

Anyone who doesn't want to know about the tide on the day of the race should look away now.............................
We have arranged for the tide to be out.
The event is filling up steadily, so don't dither too long.

Oook! · May 2005

How out is out ? Can you give me a degree of outness on a scale of 1-10?. This is scientific stuff planning assault on my PB

I don't know what's worse corrugated sand or ankle deep puddles.

Does that mean we won't have to queue at that bloody bridge again?

Congratulations, I hadn't realsed that electricity had reached Alnwick

Ian Richardson · May 2005

I've never heard Coxlodge called a bustling hamlet, but it makes it sound good.
Anne - well done for arranging for the tide to be out. As I recall, you managed this last year too. can you arrange for another warm sunny day, too ?

Oook! · May 2005

I hope the tide is out; some gadgie called Canute had some problems I recall

[Deleted User] · May 2005

30/05/2005 Time Type Height (metres)
0201 Low 1.8
0805 High 4.4
1447 Low 1.1
2113 High 4.2

Tide information for today and the next six days. Times in GMT..

30/05
31/05
01/06
02/06
03/06
04/06
05/06

Sorry, I don't know what it will be like in July so this is no real use at all.

Baz · May 2005

Sending off my entry tonight, just getting the envelopes together. Part of the club's league season.
Ian - I think it is always a sunny day, certainly has been the last 2 years when I have run.

Oook! · May 2005

See you in the Red Bull?

Oook! · May 2005

Sorry that should be Red Lion

Torque Steer · May 2005

mmmm

could be worth a trip back north as I ran this many years ago.

OOK - small world - I used to live in Walbottle Village

Oook! · May 2005

It's two miles to the Percy Arms from my house

Torque Steer · May 2005

used to live on the Paddock in Walbottle - nearly 1/4 mile to the front door of Percy Arms!

Favourite run used to be down to the river, over Newburn bridge up to Wylam bridge,then up hill to Military Road and back via Heddon and Throckley.

Nearly 20 years since I have run that.

Oook! · May 2005

We'ya'bugga

That's wor race - up te Wylim passin Geordie Stephesin's hoos n'owa th'watta n'doon t'utha side n'back yem.

Event website: http://www.newnet.org.uk/elswickharriers/

Since yiv left th'ownley event of importince is the new booza that meks itsown canny fallin doon water

Torque Steer · May 2005

y've haad the hevvy iron on tha' coorse pet!
nae hills.
!

Oook! · May 2005

Nar aroond the river's deed flat; nee peltin up th' bank te Heddin

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