Welcome!
Newcastle Frontrunners is North East’s biggest inclusive running club which welcomes all sections of the community, with an emphasis on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer + (LGBTQ+) communities and their allies. We have around 190 active members and we are part of the global family of running clubs, the International Frontrunners network.
We use Gosforth Leisure Centre as our base and offer sessions up to 3 times a week, including our Wednesday Rainbow Run and Sunday Social Run. To help get the most out of your running, we offer runs that suit all abilities. Our club members have a wide range of running abilities, from absolute beginners to advanced competitive runners. Long as you can run a mile, you can come and run with us!
We are not just about running, we do enjoy a chat before, after and even during a run. It's great environment to make friends and help your mental health.
We attend ParkRun events around the North East on Saturday's and also attend running events around the UK and abroad.
Most importantly, we enjoy running but we love cake too! so Rainbow Runs are followed by cake by our amazing members who like to bake. On Sunday after our social run, we enjoy even more cake along with a coffee and a chat.
Does this sound like your kind of thing? then come along and join us!
Meet The Coaches
We have several fully qualified coaches ready to help with your running goals.
- All part of the yearly membership fee -
Allen Dickinson-Deane
A runner for several years and a coach since 2017, I see my role as supporting runners to achieve their goals, whatever they may be. Just getting out there running is brilliant and everyone has different needs and motivations to achieve that.
A keen advocate of Strength & Conditioning to help runners prevent injury, I always include S&C exercises in training plans - I know how much it has helped me & it can be fun!
When not coaching I’m happy to tackle any kind of run, pretty much anywhere, the more the unusual the better, including circumventing Uluru, a midnight half marathon in Iceland, and running Hadrian‘s Wall. Ideally there’s a coffee and cake at the end.
Russell Dickinson-Deane
I just love running, everything about it. It not only means I can indulge my passion for cake, it helps my mental health enormously. I’ve been a UKA Event Group Coach for Endurance Running since 2015, and I am passionate about helping people improve their running - be that developing a more efficient technique, better nutrition, or running further or faster. We are mainly a road-running club, so I also love to introduce runners to other disciplines - trail, fell, cross-country and track running.
Outside of the club I’m a qualified UKA Timekeeper for track events, a Run Director at parkrun, and a Regional Councillor at England Athletics. Get in touch if you would like my support on meeting your goals.
Stephen Garbutt "Stevie G"
Having ran with the club since 2014, I qualified as a Leader in 2015 and Coach in 2019. I love running and all of the benefits it has to offer any runner; a healthier lifestyle, setting yourself goals to achieve, as well as the social aspect of it!
Within the club I lead many of our tempo runs and our long slow Sunday runs (always a good excuse to go on an explore and find new places to run!) but
I also put training plans together for runners who might be targeting a race or a run, helping them to set achievable and challenging goals for themselves. I aim to help runners improve their overall fitness, run further and faster, and feel like more confident and accomplished runners.
Becky Windsor
I moved to Newcastle for work in 2019, having never visited Newcastle before and knowing no one. I wanted to join a friendly running club and knew I'd found the perfect club when I did my trial session with NFR.
I became a LiRF in 2021 and a CiRF in 2024, as well as being Training Lead on the committee 2022-2023.