About
The purpose of this web site
This web site contains details of running races
in North East England.
By
North East England,
I mean Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham,
Teesside, North Yorkshire and a few places further afield
like Edinburgh, the Borders, some bits of Cumbria,
some bits of West Yorkshire, ... .
Some of the races are road races, whereas others are multi-terrain.
Normally, fell races are not included.
Most of the races that are listed are open to runners not attached
to a running club,
i.e., club-only and invitation-only events are not usually included.
More details
The main web page on this web site is the
future races page,
as this
has a table listing future races in North East England.
There are four things on this page.
- First, there are zero or more items of news. These items are normally removed after a week.
- The news is followed by a list of the entry forms that were the most recently added to the site. Usually only the ten most recent are listed. However, more will appear if a lot of forms got added during the last week.
- Then there is a list of links to the results of recent races. Usually only the ten most recently added are listed.
- Finally, there is a table containing the list of races. For each race, there are lots of information, including details of the date and time of the race, its location, the postcode of the venue, the closing date for postal entries, details of whether entries on the day are permitted, a link to a web page that has further information and a link to a web page that has the entry form for the race.
Usually this web site does not provide the actual entry forms but instead it links to the web pages that a race organiser provides or to web pages that others provide that give the information.
The future races page has a search for race button
with a box alongside.
If you type the name, the location or the date of a race
(or a part of the name/location/date) into the box,
and then click the button,
only races that match what you've typed will be listed.
A date has the format
2010-11-23.
So into the box you could type
redcar
or
car
or
coastal
or
2010-11.
If you are a geek, you may be interested to know
that the box may contain a regular expression.
The button only appears if your browser has JavaScript enabled.
The future races page also has a set of checkboxes that enable you to restrict the table of races to distances that you choose. So untick any checkbox whose races you wish to hide. Or, if you wish to see the full list of races, make sure all the checkboxes are ticked. If your browser allows cookies to be set, these settings will be retained from one visit to the page to the next. Again, this feature only appears if your browser has JavaScript enabled.
There is a separate web page showing the entries of the future races table that have recently been added/updated.
More techie stuff
Each race listed on the
future races page
has an
ICAL
link.
This can be used to import the race into
a calendaring program such as
Apple iCal,
Google Calendar,
Lotus Notes,
Microsoft Outlook/Exchange/Entourage,
Oracle Calendar
or WebCalendar.
Use the following link to get information about
how to import all the races into your calendar.
Use the following link to get information about
how to display the races in Google Maps or Google Earth.
The races that have recently been altered
are also available as a
feed.
Important changes are also made available
through twitter at
twitter.com/northeastraces.
Commitment
This web site has been in existence since 2001:
on the
previous races page
you will find information going back to that time.
This web site is regularly maintained,
and I try to provide information
on the
future races page
as soon as it becomes available.
Errors
Everyone makes mistakes. So occasionally there are errors on this site. I fix them as soon as I become aware of them. My biggest nightmare is getting the start time wrong and people saying that because of me they arrived too late for a race. I don't think this has ever happened. The other worry I have is getting a closing date wrong. However, if you use this site, it is up to you to find out whether the information provided here is accurate.
Feedback
If you find information on these pages that is wrong
or you find details about a race that is missing from these pages,
please email me.
Thank you to those people that have already done this.
Also use that email address
if you want to send me praise!
Thanks.