Susie Stephen was in action this weekend at Kaena Poin Firecracker 10mile race. This race is a fast, flat, out-and-back course that is a little longer than 10 miles and parallels the ocean along jeep trails and an old sugar cane rail line. The course runs from the end of the pavement at Mokuleia past […]
Sunday morning a small numberof Harriers headed to Gateshead to take on the Great North 10km. This is a good event which takes runners away from Gateshead stadium, along the Quayside then back to the stadium finishing inside the international arena. This is a little undulating but quite a quick course with a fast finish
On Saturday we had two runners in action, Mike King in the Pennine 24 and Darren Gee in the 39 equivalent event although Darren reported the 39 was closer to 36.5 miles. The longer version of the 24 that Mike raced started from Low Force to Alston the same start and finish as the ‘24’
In the 10km race Colin Taylor was once again came first home for the club on a very warm evening for all competitors. Surprisingly Colin was only 4th fastest M40 which shows the quality of runners in the men’s event with the vets taking top 4 spots. Shaun Marshall finished 3rd in the senior men’s
On Wednesday evening at Croft circuit, the pitstop festival took place, excellently executed by Georgie Rutherford and team. In the 5km race Paul Cook came home first for the club in 3rd and 1st V40 followed by Peter Armstrong 4th and Dave McKenna 6th and 2nd V40 on the evening ensuring the men picked up
Anna Stephens was a notable absentee from last week’s report after signing up for the Ali Brownlee 5km race prior to joining the club.Anna had a good run finishing in 34:41 although by the look on this photo she was enjoying it way too much after telling the cameraman that it was coming home.Nice work
It’s time for another update from endurance coach, Bernadette Caygill, on how some of her junior protégés have been doing. Plenty of impressive performances worthy of a mention. Here goes….. Dan Richardson won the Under 13 boys 1500m at the NYSD and, in doing so, improved his own club record, running 4:51.1. Dylan Wilson was
Last weekend, Middlesbrough Sports Village played host to many a talented athlete from the North of England as they battled it out in the Regional Finals of the English Schools Combined Event Championships. Three of our own junior harriers as they represented their County with pride. Here’s how they got on… Junior Boys The Durham
Two of our best young female athletes were in action last weekend as Loughborough took its turn as host for one of the ever popular British Milers’ Club meetings. This meeting was a mix of 800m, 1500m and 5000m races, and our middle distance maestro, India Pentland plumbed for one of her favourites, the 1500m.
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
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
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
