28 year old Katie Davison, a transport planner from County Durham is a big fan of Kielder, and she was our perfect choice to be ambassador for this year’s Active Northumberland Kielder Half Marathon. Find out more about Katie here: “I’ve been running about 4 years. I started with Couch to 5K and never dreamed […]
Meet Michael Briggs, one of our 2019 Events of the North Ambassadors, who will be running in the Active Northumberland Kielder Half Marathon. Michael, 30, works in digital Marketing and is filmmaker and also has a podcast dedicated to running: A Runner’s Ramble. “I started running about 6 years ago. Having being involved with athletics […]
Britain’s most beautiful marathon weekend promises to have something for everyone Kielder marathon weekend brings something for everyone, drawing together a 10K and Run Bike Run on Saturday 12th October, and full, half marathon and junior races on Sunday 13th. Marathon runner in 2018, Becky ran a PB alongside her brother in law while her […]
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘hills are your friend’ and internally disagreed? Kielder is stunning, challenging and constantly undulating. So if you haven’t yet thought about incorporating hills into your training, here’s why you might need to start! Many newcomers to the Kielder Marathon events look at Kielder water and presume it’s just one […]
A few months ago, we put a call out on our social media pages asking if anyone had done the Kielder Marathon as their first ever marathon. Many see Kielder as a challenging course with plenty of (literal) ups and downs and we were wondering what that feels like to a new marathon runner. We […]
