In preparation for next week’s English Schools Finals, Liam Brittle took part in another steeplechase last weekend. As second counter for Gateshead again, he ran at York University in the YDL League, finishing in an excellent 2nd place. He was only beaten by five hundredths of a second, in a time of 4:53.4 which was […]
The roar of the engine was replaced by the pounding of feet last week as athletes, young and old, ran round a different kind of race track. The annual ‘Pitstop Festival’ attracted hundreds of competitors to Croft Circuit for a choice of 10k, 5k, 2k junior run and wheelchair race. As you can see from
Unbelievable but true! Yes, the Tees Valley Cross Country competition was indeed held on Monday 25th June in sweltering heat, certainly not the cold, wet and muddy conditions we’re used to for this discipline. It was initially scheduled to take place in March, but due to all the bad weather, the event was postponed. How
Hundreds of young athletes descended upon Eastbourne Sports Complex recently as the local senior schools met for a full day of athletic competition. As you can imagine there were plenty of our Junior Harriers present, this time wearing their school colours, all battling it out in a bid to be crowned Town Champions! Many were
It was definitely a day for slapping on the sun cream and topping up on fluids as the usual Div 2S teams descended upon Darlington on one of the warmest days of the year. Tents and gazebos were erected by the teams and, for once, the athletes were hiding from the sun instead of sheltering
Steve Wilkinson was the lone Harrier to race at the Harrogate 10km event this Sunday. The event is a popular event for Steve who is a regular attendee on the route. The trip to Harrogate paid off for Steve as he finished 8th overall in 42:01 but 1st V45 from the 35 competitors. Full results
As the sun continues to shine kindly on England over several weeks now, the Everyone Active 5km race, Middlesboro, on Sunday morning proved to be another race where the sun made running difficult for all abilities. For those who haven’t done this race before, it’s a fast and flat circuit until you reach the stadium
Louise Dickie was the lone Harrier in action last weekend at the Norton 9mile race near Doncaster. A rural undulating course that is extremely popular, starts in Norton, very quickly the race gets out into the North Yorkshire countryside winding its way through scenic villages on quiet roads ensuring that all runners come home. Louise
When Lancelot “Capability” Brown designed the landscaped grounds of Harewood House back in the 16th Century, I’m sure he’d never considered that one day they would be used by thousands of individuals to race against each other on foot! But last weekend, this was the setting for a huge turnout of the north’s best cross
As reported last week Amanda Waller was in action at Rother Valley, Rotherham on her home turf running the 16 mile mixed terrain event.Results are now in which saw Amanda finish 88th in 2:25:07.Great job Amanda
Mike King followed up last year’s successful event at Gainford by running a funrun to raise money for Ryan, a young boy from the village who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which is a severe and progressive muscle wasting disease. The event raised just short of £300 which is a fantastic achievement, but rather
Now it’s very rare that we get to see the White and Blue stripes of Darlington Harriers on national television so this weekend made a welcome change as Lewis Moses was in 5000m fighting for the chance to qualify for the European Championships. With only two places up for grabs it was going to be
Ian Brown and Emma Morley made the short trip down the A1 to take on the Ripon Triathlon, Standard Distance. The standard distance for the triathlon consists of a 1.5km swim, 40km bike ride and a 10km run. As you can see by the photo the weather was again hot and sunny for the athletes
Jonathan Gray took part in the Mizuno 24 hour event in Leeds over the weekend. Competing as a solo male, Jonathan completed a whopping 85 miles over the 24 hour period covering 17 laps of the 5 mile scenic woodland trail route.A fantastic achievement by Jon, a real show of mental strength as well as
Darren and Sara Gee were in fell race action on Saturday at the inaugural cross fell race out of Garrigill, a 24km event with around 2000ft of ascent. The route takes competitors along the Pennine Way so all very runnable with a caveat from Darren who said “if you like big hills with only the
Amanda Waller was again in action this weekend taking on the Wharfedale 3 peaks challenge, a 22 mile event. The Three and Two Peak routes which is an option on the day, are open to walkers and runners and offer spectacular views over Upper Wharfedale and surrounding Yorkshire Dales towards the well known Yorkshire Three
Last week we reported on the Cleveland Way relay’s which many of you took part in.Although the team on the day missed out on a podium finish, the time of 14:01:32 would have actually taken 1st place at last years event which just goes to show a) what a great result this is and b)
Amanda and Julian Waller were again in action this weekend, this time down at Rother Valley, Rotherham, back on home turf for Amanda.This race is a 16 miler over mixed terrain, mainly roads and trail but as yet no results have yet to be released so more on this one next week.
We had a couple of our athletes in action at the Humber Bridge Half Marathon on Sunday morning. The route starts and finishes in Alfred Gelder Street. It takes in the waterfront and marina and then travels north of the city, along Princes Avenue, skirting Pearson Park, Newland Avenue and Cottingham Road. Runners then head
Last week we reported that Andrea Reese was at the Lambton 10km set in the exclusive, beautiful and private Lambton Estate. Well Andrea wasn’t the only Harrier on show as Louise Dickie also made the trip.Two good performances from our two ladies, on a warm summers day. 146 Louise Dickie 54:48 302 Andrea Reese 69:51
