Great North Run on BBC Tyne Running Group on WalkJogRun
Are you doing the Great North Run? We're looking for people training for the race around Tyneside and Northumberland to share their favourite training routes. Add your favourite run to the group - however long - and tell us why it's good... maybe it's scenic, has lots of hills, or is a good one for recovery days.
Running Routes for this Group
wbay lighthouse to knotts flats tynemouth
st marys lighthouse to knotts flats car park and back (10.5 miles)
Work - Home
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6, United Kingdom
Newcastle Pilgrim Street to Hadrian Park Wallsend, 6.5 miles approx
Osbourne avenue though the dene
A short senic running route through the dene. Hilly in places, particularly in the dene itself.
Blyth to Cramlington 10k
From South Beach, along Laverock Hall Road to Cramlington, and back again, finishing along the Promenade.
South Shields Coastal Run
This is a very good training route that follows the Coast Road in South Shields (Passed the finishing line for the GNR). It takes you down towards the Sandhaven Beach and up towards Trwo Quarry and onto the coastal track. It's an excellent training route as the track curves in a few places and is slightly hilly in places to get those legs working!!! :)
ask for a longer lunchbreak!
warm up along riverside u turn and then a run uphill (forth street) across the railway bridge down to Baltic Square to do a lap of the Great North Mile to finish
it's 5 km there so its 10 km there and back!
cullercoats clock tower to st marys lighthouse run there and back and make it a 10k session
The Great North Mile
This is the Route for the Great North Run. There is an electronic screen on the wall opposite the start/finish lines (in Baltic Square) Whne you step into the start/finish area your name comes up on the electronic board and the timer starts ticking! you can see your laptime comeup when you complete each lap - the times are also put onto the website. Great route and great use of technology. This is the website that I got my chip from. http://www.mychampionchip.com Feel free to join the group we started we are called the animals and the only rule we have is you must give yourself an animal name!
myGNR Jesmond short
A short-ish route starting at West Jesmond Metro station and skirting round Jesmond Dene.
myGNR Tynemouth coastal
Run from Tynemouth to Whitley Bay along the sea front going up and down the steps to the beaches and returning via the road.