Chris Pratt made a return to Kielder to run the marathon this year having fallen in love with the stunning scenery during a school trip over 30 years ago. The 46 year old, originally from Yorkshire moved to Bridgend after University and has always remembered his northern roots. Having relatives in Sunderland, 60 miles from […]
SO MANY PEOPLE RAN FOR VERY SPECIAL REASONS THIS YEAR AT KIELDER and Hannah Wood was one of those people. We featured her story earlier this year, and below Hannah writes a blog to bring us up to date with her Marathon experience. On 30th November 2015, a date that will forever be etched in […]
Around 1,300 runners descended on Kielder Water & Forest Park, Northumberland today for ‘Britain’s most beautiful Marathon and Half Marathon’ (Sunday, October 2). Cees Van der Land from Allendale took the title of Active Northumberland Kielder Marathon 2016 champion, while Ashington runner David Green won the second annual Kielder Half Marathon. The weekend is run […]
Re-uniting 25 years after their ship was bombed during the Falklands Conflict has led to a new series of adventures together for Stephen Jopling and Chris Warner as they prepare for the Active Northumberland Kielder Run Bike Run challenge. The Navy veterans were on-board HMS Plymouth when it was attacked by five aircraft on June […]
Only 17 months after suffering a heart attack, a North East man is preparing to run the Kielder Half Marathon to raise funds for the charity that saved his life. Terry Gregg had to be airlifted from the bed and breakfast he runs in Kielder to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle by the Great North […]
