Active Northumberland champion Jayne Baker is representing Willowburn Leisure Centre and will be running both the Half Marathon and 10k to celebrate her 57th birthday. Jayne first ran the Kielder 10k about 8 years ago and quite enjoyed the lovely and sc enic route. Since then Jayne has set up a loc
Sam Beecroft has been a full-time wheelchair user since 27th August 2017, when a motorcycle accident left him paralysed from the chest down. Having previously led an active life competing for North Tyneside swimming and completing charity runs, Sam wants to finish the half-marathon at Kielder Water
Events of the North have partnered with Northumbria University for Kielder Marathon, conducting a research study investigating the effect of tart cherry supplementation following a marathon. Northumbria University are looking for 60 healthy runners aged 18-65 to take part in the study looking at tr
For the second year in a row, a family from Hawarden, North Wales will have three generations running together in Kielder’s 10k race on Sunday 17th September. The Taylors, Bob (77, in orange), Richard (50, far right), and Jack (16, far left) will be taking on Britain’s Most Beautiful in
Plans for the 12th Active Northumberland Kielder Marathon weekend began in earnest shortly after the eleventh anniversary event drew to a close… …and today (Sunday, October 2, 2022), 12 months on, in the glorious sunshine, thousands of runners turned out in force to mark the incredible fea