Activities
We offer various sessions throughout the week plus cross country and charity run events!
Our weekly runs and most of our club events are open to members, visiting FrontRunners, and new members!
Some events are for members only, but we will highlight which events these are.
Weekly Runs
Rainbow Run
Wednesday evenings are when we meet for our Rainbow Run, which is a tempo run. We meet outside Gosforth Leisure Centre at 6:45pm ; booking is not required to attend these sessions, but new runners will be notified when they may attend.
Sunday Run
In place of our former Sunday Runs, we are now offering Leader Led Runs and these runs can be on any day of the week BUT we are not requiring a Leader to put a run on - it is at their discretion and availability.
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Many members see these as social runs as they tend to be slower and longer, therefore allowing more time to chat and get to know each other. They are often followed by coffee and cake or indeed brunch! Booking is required to attend these sessions.
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Click here for more information on our weekly runs.
Strength & Conditioning
/Run Development
Strength and conditioning​
All good runners include strength and conditioning as part of their training.​ These sessions are designed to help you reduce risk of injury whilst running by improving your agility, balance and coordination, as well as helping you run more efficiently by becoming fitter and stronger. They are suitable for all runners, no matter your experience or fitness.
Run development
These are training sessions that are designed to help you run more efficiently and they are suitable for all runners who are able to run 3 miles without stopping, no matter your running experience, adding variety to your running compared to always running a set pace.
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Click here for more information on our S&C / Run Development sessions.
Cross Country / XC
Cross Country or XC season begins in late September and finishes in March and NFR takes part in the North East Harrier League (NEHL) series of races each year.
Runners must belong to a club to take part and, as luck would have it, you are all eligible! You must wear your club vest or t-shirt to compete and you are issued with a race number which lasts for the whole season whether you run just one race or all of them, so don’t lose it!
The races take place at different venues across the North East, with a wide variety of terrains included, but all are off-road and trail running shoes or spikes are needed. Races in recent years have taken place around: Wrekenton, Druridge Bay, Aykley Heads, Temple Park, Thornley Hall Farm, Alnwick Castle and Lambton Estate.
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Click here for more information on Cross Country / XC events.
NFR Grand Prix
For those wanting some competition, we run a yearly "Grand Prix" league from November to October. This competition has the effect of giving people a focus to aim their efforts towards, and is a great way to meet up with fellow runners and promote the club. Prizes are awarded to the winners at the AGM in November.
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Click here for more information on our Grand Prix events.
Club events
Food Bank Run
In the Spring we raise money and goods to donate to the local food bank in Gosforth. Then on one of our Rainbow Runs we all run to the local food bank to drop the items off and then run back to Gosforth Leisure Centre.
Red Run
On Sunday 29th November we host our Red Run in Jesmond Dene. The event is in support of World AIDS Day and a local HIV charity, Blue Sky Trust.
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