We had 3 athletes in action this weekend at the Lakesman half iron man, Keswick in the heart of the Lake District and featured the classic 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile cycle and 13.1 half marathon run.Alison Matthews celebrating her birthday over the weekend was first to finish finishing in 5:29:30, followed by Andy […]
Tony Williams headed to Cumbria on Sunday morning to take on the Solway Half Marathon. The Solway Half Marathon is a flat route on the scenic rural roads of North West Cumbria. The race will start and finish in Anthorn, doing 1 loop using country lanes through Bownesson-Solway, and returning to Anthorn via the costal
Mark Tallon was in action this weekend at the latest Track & Field meet in York. Although Mark mainly specialises at the 400m he occasionally throws in an 800m which will certainly pay dividends for his 400m work. Mark finished his 800m in a swift 2:26 which is excellent running.Well done Mr T!
Paul Oyston was in triathlon action this Saturday at Allerton upon Swaile, North Yorkshire at the Cleveland Short Course Triathlon…. this time head to head as his brother. Paul finished with a total time of 2hrs 37:01 after a 1500m swim in 28:35, 76:38 on the bike covering 25 miles and a run of 49:04
On Tuesday evening at the latest NYSD event we had five of our senior athletes on show. Andrea Greaves doubledup in the 100m and shot, Gerda Arts in the 400m and long jump, Andy Harrison in the long jump, claiming a new V35 record of 4.49m and Graham Bell in the 3000m. Alex Bos had
Last Sundaysaw three of our runners competing at the White Horse events. There was a little bit of controversy when our club runner Heather Ford went a little off track and ran an additional 2 miles but not only caught up with the lead runner….gave her some words of encouragement before pushing on and winning
Last week we told you that Darren Gee along with Amanda and Julian Waller were in action at the Keswick Mountain Festival Triathlon 25km race.Results have now been released. Well done folks.
The reason Rosie and Lily Thompson weren’t competing at Gateshead’s Inter-Counties on Saturday is that it clashed with this British Championship event. A day full of throwing all sorts of weird and wonderful objects; how could the girls resist? As the name suggests, the decathlon in this instance, includes 10 disciplines all dedicated to throwing.
Following on from last week’s County events, several of our Junior Harriers were in action again having qualified for the Inter-Counties match. They accompanied the region’s best young athletes as they battled it out in a bid for a place at the National Finals. Conditions weren’t the best; cool, breezy and damp – not ideal
There was an excellent turn out of athletes from across the region at Tuesday evening’s NYSD meeting. Darlington Harriers had plenty of juniors competing, from Under 11 to Under 20, all well supported by their families which made for a great atmosphere! The Under 13’s are a smiley, happy bunch! They’ve become a close knit
Jade Hutchinson was back in action this weekend, this time at the Leeds World ITU Triathlon. Jade, competing in the Open Standarddistance which is a 1500m swim, 36.2km bike ride and a 10km run finished in an excellent 31st position but 2nd in her age category! Fantastic achievement Jade well done. Former Harrier Natalie Curgenven
A famous man once said “Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs….”. Clearly had not been to Redcar for the Everyone Active 10k on Sunday morning. For those who haven’t done this race it’s a flat and fast course but can be challenging as it’s a coastal run so depending
On Saturday afternoon….twas the Ninth of June, a number of Harriers headed to Newcastle to take on one of the oldest races in the country, the Blaydon race, a 5.67mile race that takes runners from Newcastle City Centre along the Scotswood road to the finish. Like many races of late this was another warm one
On Saturday we had a small number of runners taking on the 39th Swaledale marathon. Despite being called a marathon it’s actually only 23.2 miles but with an ascent of over 4000 feet it will feel more than your standard marathon.Dave McKenna finished in an excellent 16th place in 3hrs 44, Val Clarke 91st in
A small number of Harriers headed to Durham to take on the Dalton Park 5 mile race, a new midweek summer 5 miler on a flat and fast course finishing in the Dalton Park Retail Centre car park.Despite some confusion as to what Gender Michael Watson may be, some good performances from Andy, Tony, Michael,
On a very busy week for the club we also saw a number of Harriers head to Cumbria for the Gelt Gladiator a tough obstacle course over challenging terrain while others stayed closer to home and ran the Race For Life at South Park. Two terrific events and looks like everyone had a great time!
On Sunday morning we had three athletes in action at the White Horse events, Heather Ford in the full marathon with Mike King and Penny Skilton in the half (16.5 miles). Heather, back in action finished in 3rd place despite getting lost with Mike in an excellent 9th place in the half. Official results have
Darren Gee along with Amanda and Julian Waller were in action this weekend at Keswick MountainFestival Triathlon 25km race, starting with a 400m swim, 18km cycle and a 5km trail run.Results have yet to be released for this one yet but the crew put some good preparation in the night before. Well done all.
In the mid week Ozzy Oiks fell race we had a small number of competitors in action covering the 5.7miles…some a little further!Some great performances from everyone on show, Paul Lowe back in competitive action finishing 1st Harrier on the day, Richard Bowes and Catherine Anderson both making their fell debuts, Catherine also picking up
Sue Phillips was the only athlete to compete at Monday nights Vets league.Competing in the 1500, Sue Phillips finished in a speedy 5.41.5, a new league v55 league record smashing the old record of 6.18 by some margin.Fantastic achievement Sue, certainly sets the benchmark high for anyone else in the forthcoming years.Well done.
