Another race to occur last week was the Locke park 10, a multi lap event around the park which again is flat and fast despite the odd layout of the course in parts. We had six of our club runners in the field, Dave Tomlinson who’s had a great year was first to finish for […]
Every fourth Sunday the Trust 10 offer a free trail 10km run around the grounds of Ormesby Hall. More for advertisement purposes as results are captured on paper (runners are encouraged to bring their own timing devices). Brian Burdon ran last week in 61:06 although I’ve not seen any official results for these but sounds
Dave Smith has had an excellent year for running with his personal bests tumbling making him a strong contender for most improved male runner in 2018. Last Sunday Dave headed north to Hexham to take on the Hexham 10km race, a race which is advertised as a PB course. The course starts on the outskirts
Last week we had a three of our ladies over at Hartlepool taking on the Hartlepool 10kish Trail race. The course is an out and back to Crimdon Dene from Hart Village with terrain a mix of everything from Road, Mud, Grass, Gravel, Pavement and the odd water hazard.Looked a nice day for a good
Megan Noble put in an excellent performance yesterday at West Park Night run. She finished first female on the night three places behind Dave McKenna who finished first for the club in 4th position. Good performances all round, well done everyone. Full results are now available HERE
David McKenna and Sarah Guy along with Zoe and Steve Rogers were amongst the participants as they headed to Whitby on Saturday evening for the Hardmoors Fryup Thriller, a 10km circular route lit up by glow sticks to ensure competitors kept on track. Official results for this one are yet to be released but wasn’t
Last week we reported that a group of Harriers competed at the Stockton 5km trail race on Sunday morning, results have now been released. From a field of 172 Colin Taylor was first home for the club in 2nd place but strong runs from all five of our runners on the day. Well done all.Colin
This week we learned that one of our club members, Jeff Miller has gained qualification for the England marathon masters team after his heroic performance at Chester Marathon earlier this month finishing in 2:58:21 taking 16 minutes of his previous best in the process. Jeff, who has had a fantastic year, achieving personal bests in
Mr marathon himself, Harry Singh was in action last weekend, this time at the Leicester marathon. This race has a nice downhill start into the busy city centre and takes runners out into the beautiful surrounding countryside, making it an enjoyable experience for everyone taking part. Harry finished this one in 5:22:09 in 4031st position
Anneli MacKenzie-Brown was the lone Harrier on foreign soil this weekend as she once again took on the half marathon. For those haven’t experienced one of the events then if you do fancy a trip abroad then this is a good one. Flat (it is Holland after all) fast and fun. Races are very popular
Another race to take place on Sunday was the popular Scarbrough 10km event. Runners start at the Spa Complex, onto South Bay foreshore, Sandside, Marine Drive and around the Castle Headland. Continue to the Peasholm Gap roundabout and then through Northstead Manor Gardens (past the miniature railway station), through the fantastic new open air theatre
Darren Gee and Amanda Waller were back in ultra distance action this weekend as they took on the Round Rotherham Run. Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham International Trail Event is a whole 80 km, (or 50 miles in real money) with an undulating route with, overall, 800 m of climb through the South Yorkshire Forest. Most of
On Saturday morning post parkrun Darlington, the club held it’s annual 10 mile race. Once again the weather was kind as the sun got out to make it a lovely day for running. The day which actually had a World Record holder racing in it as Guy Bracken (1 mile V55 WR holder) was amongst
Harrier ladies had a fantastic opening race to the cross country season at a wet and muddy Acklam. Ellie Phillips put in a superb performance to finish 8th ahead of mum Sue Phillips 11th and Auntie Linda Noble 16th with Pauline Brown and Megan Noble fighting it out for 28th and 29th places. Millie Grayson
One of our runners, Caroline Gibson was missing from last weeks report as the club was not registered against her name in the results making it a little trickier to find. Caroline smashed her previous best taking over 30 minutes of her old time finishing in 5:53:00. In addition to this, 2nd claim Dean Newton
Many of our Junior Harriers excel at other sporting activities as well as athletics, and that certainly is the case with our very own, Under 15 Harrier, Nat Bell. As well as athletics, Nat’s other passion is football and, as well as his school team, he currently plays for two other teams as well! He
Under 11 Harrier, Hugo Douglas-Reeves was in action again last Thursday, this time representing Darlington at the Tees Valley Primary School XC Championships. After winning the qualifying round at Darlington, he produced another outstanding performance to do “the double” by winning the Year 5 race at Middlesbrough. What makes this more impressive is that someone
On late Sunday morning into early afternoon a number of hardened Harriers headed to Acklam to take on the first of the seasons XC events.The weather had been pretty awful for a few days leading up to Sunday and unfortunately the weather didn’t get much better on the day with heavy rain throughout the races
York was the destination for some this weekend as runners took on both the 10mile race as well as the marathon. These popular and picturesque routes both have PB potential as the routes are flat and fast.The event takes participants past some of the beautiful city of York’s splendid historic sites and along scenic country
The conditions may have been horrendous, but it didn’t stop twenty four of our junior Harriers turning out in what some might call, proper cross country weather! Yes, it was wet, but the first fixture of the NYSD XC runs was as popular as ever, and clubs from across the region came together to battle
