Having already completed the Kielder 10k, Half Marathon, and Marathon, Ben Heathcote will return to Kielder this year to compete in the Run Bike Run event with his wife Rachel and colleague Owain. Together the trio make up “Team Core Music”. Opened in 2008, Core Music is a music shop and community music facility located in […]
Retired librarian Jim Taylor has run all distances from 1 mile to 24hr endurance ultra events and currently he is undertaking an A-Z of marathons that will take him all over the world. Jim, 58, from Kirkcaldy came up with the idea on a plane after running the Athens marathon in 2011 and has since […]
When Tom Harper took up running at the age of 72, he couldn’t have imagined the positive impact it would have on his life. This year his journey to Kielder Marathon will be one of his greatest challenges. Tom, born in Middlesbrough in 1939 was diagnosed with diabetes many years ago and struggled to control […]
There will be a flash of orange at the start of this year’s Kielder Marathon, as a group of very special runners from Ipswich club Jogging and Fitness for all (JAFFA) led by Hannah Wood, take to the trails. Hannah, 42, and a handful of others are making the trip from Ipswich in October to […]
One of the North East’s most popular sporting events has opened for entries early for 2016. The Kielder Marathon weekend of races will take place on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October and the public can take advantage of a special discount between now and the end of the year. About to enter its seventh […]
