Anotherrace to take place this weekend was the Vale of York 10mile race. Taking a similar route to the half marathon this flat and fast course is another which is easy to get to and suits all those PB hunters! Dressed as Den Dale on the day, Phil Teece was once again first Harrier in […]
A popularrace on the racing calendar is the Marina 5miler at Hartlepool, an out and back event along the coastline. This event is completely flat for runners taking them 2.5miles out, around a cone and back to the start point. Flat and fast and known for producing good times. With London marathon only a week
Kerry Oyston was in marathon action this weekend, following on from husband Paul’s race at Manchester last week, this time in Brighton.With a backdrop of the sea in one of the UK’s most vibrant cities Kerry absolutely smashed her personal best taking 31 minutes of her previous best finishing in a superb 4hrs 39. All
Darren and Sara Gee had a change of pace this weekendat an annual 12 or 23 mile round walk in scenic Wensleydale, in aid of local Rotary charities and principal Charity, Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Sara took on the 12mile event with dog Bella and Darren the longer distance. Sara and Bella completed their distance in
Michael Cooper was in race action on Saturday at the Run Nation Cragside 9.8…9.95…oh it’s near as damn Cragside10k. This tough little race in Northumberland includes a 4km climb from 3.7km to 7.7km (climbing almost 100m) then coming back down to the finish outside the visitor centre. A challenging race which is full of views
Last Sunday we had Den Dale and Martin McGregor in Duathlon action this time at Washington. Although photos and results are few and far between for this one, reports advise that Martin was first home in 95 minutes with Den just under 4 minutes behind.Great work gentleman, keep us posted and send any photos in
Last Sunday Helen Martin was our lone Harrier at the Sheffield Half Marathon. This is a combination of events with a ‘King of the Hill’ race between miles 4 and 5 and then a 10k race on the way back down after a tough first 6 miles. With a city centre start and finish, the
The re-arrangedThirsk 10 milerace wentahead thisSunday afterthe original date was blighted by snowy conditions. This race isprettymuch one bigloop with an out and back doglegaround 7 milesintothe race (clearly a Barry Talman design). Strangely I always remember it being pretty flat but running this today it was a little up anddown in places but generally
Dale Young headed to sunnier climates this weekend as he took on the Rome marathon on the back of only 8 weeks training! Rome one the most beautiful cities to visit in the world (so I hear….I’m off to Blackpool!). The route takes in all the most important monuments, squares of Rome. Dale battled through
Sunday morning saw a number of Harriers in marathon action in Manchester, a race described as the flattest, fastest and friendliest UK marathon (still 26.2 miles though!!!). Some fantastic performances from the Harriers, Alison Matthews once again first to finish despite being unwell in the lead up to the event, Pauline Brown finished in an
A Sunday morning a number of Harriers headed to Northumberland to take on the renamed Port of Blyth 10km, a flat and fast race which takes runners from Blyth Quayside to Seaton Sluice and back, along public footpaths and cycle ways. This course is another which is renowned for giving runners an opportunity of a
On Easter Monday, Darren headed to the North west to take on the L2M (London to Manchester) Ultra 50mile race. Starting from the Albert Dock, this 50 Mile Heavily Supported Ultra-Marathon follows the Trans-Pennine Trail and the River Mersey from Liverpool to Manchester via 7 Checkpoints en route. The course is a flat and fast
Last week I reported that we had Harriers competing in the Dark Skies 14mile race at Kielder….unfortunately we had four runners missing from the results due to the manual entry system that the race organiser users. Apologies all and well done. Graham Garvey was the first Harrier home (not Barry Foster as initially reported) finishing
One race that went under the radar last week was the Guiseley Gallop. A multi terrain 10km race through Guiseley near Leeds. Paul Kelly pictured here below is not shown in the results but did finish the race. Number 339 finished in 53:19 so assume around that time too. Danielle Clark was our only official
The main event on Sunday, was the Kieran Maxwell memorial Track & Field event organised by Mark Tallon and Tom Andrews. This event was to celebrate the life of Kieran and raise money for his legacy charity.The day starting at 10am and pretty much ran till 4pm…and it run like clockwork with many people in
On Good Friday at New Marske, Darlington Harriers were once again out in force with the biggest club representation. On a cool day with a small amount of wind there was some excellent performances amongst the club right the way through the field. Lewis Moses was in supreme form leaving the field standing as he
It was great to see such a fantastic turn out on Wednesday evening, all in the name of charity. Over 300 runners, young and old, descended upon Darlington’s South Park in support of the Children With Cancer charity. Organised by Paul Cook and Darlington Harriers, the 5k fun run followed the 3 lap route of
On Wednesday evening at South Park a number of Harriers showed their support by either volunteering or running as part of the nights 5km. This type of event is crucial to saving lives and ensuring that in the future not a single life is lost so thank you to everybody who gave up their time
On Sunday another race to take place further north was the North Tyneside 10k, one of the most scenic running events in the UK, the route takes in a working Fish Quay, the River Tyne, Tynemouth Priory and Castle, and a long stretch of coastline before finishing at St. Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay. Anneli
