Runners at the Active Northumberland Kielder Marathon weekend are being invited to a party with a difference. The weekend’s first pre-race ‘Pasta Party’ will be taking place on Saturday October 6, 2018, for competitors who want to ‘carb-load’ the day before Britain’s most beautiful marathon and half marathon. Held in the Boat Inn restaurant at […]
We are delighted to announce that we will be joined at the Run Bike Run this year by best selling running author Rachel Ann Cullen. Rachel is the author of “Running for my Life: How I built a better me, one step at a time”. Experienced runner and Mum Rachel is no stranger to stepping […]
A runner’s job is at the heart of his efforts to power himself around Britain’s most beautiful Marathon. David Raggett, aged 39, works for innogy Renewables UK, which operates Northumbrian Water’s hydroelectric power station at Kielder Water. The largest hydro power station in England, it churns out some six megawatts of power – enough to […]
The warm up and the cool down are crucial to any exercise, but some runners at Kielder will be taking the cool down to new extremes…to a bone-chilling minus 125 degrees Celsius. A two-minute Cryotherapy session will be offered to just 40 competitors at the Active Northumberland Marathon weekend (Saturday 6 and Sunday October 7). […]
Double Olympic Decathlon champion, Daley Thompson CBE, will be guest of honour at the Active Northumberland Kielder Marathon. The decathlon legend will join race organiser, fellow Olympic athlete and good friend, Steve Cram at the weekend of events, which takes place on Saturday October 6 and Sunday October 7, 2018. Daley, who won decathlon gold […]
