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
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
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
Anna Stephens headed to Wynard Hall this weekend to take on the Gung Ho 5k inflatable race! A bit of fun as competitors clamber across a number of obstacles over the 3.1mile course!
Another race to take place on Good Friday were the aforementioned Relays. Darlington Harrier ladies had a strong team entered in Catherine Roberts, Natalie Curgenven and Bernadette Caygill. Running against the super powers of North East running in Gateshead and Morpeth, the ladies finished in an impressive 3rd place. Impressive ladies!
Last week we told you that further down the A1 some Harriers opted for the Dishforth Dash 10k. Results for this fast one have now been released and amongst the results last week there was PB’s for Kim Reeve, Lucy Applegarth, Julian Waller and Jen and Andy Harrison. Excellent running, looks like one to try
Although we covered the South Park 20 race in last week’s report I wanted to give Paul Allan a huge shout out, not just for his effort last week where he smashed his 20 mile best as he romped to a 1:58 but for his work ethic in training. Paul, like many others at the
After a couple of weeks waiting for the Hardmoors results these have been finally released. On a day with crazy weather and stoppages for many of the runners, three Harriers finished the Hardmoors 55 in really excellent timescales. Tremendous achievement from you all. 41 Heather Ford 11:32:28 69 Matt Capsey 12:21:50 138 Mark Milner 13:49:13
Last Sunday a number of runners opted for the Dark Skies of Northumberland to the bright skies of Darlington as runners took on the Dark Skies Run at Kielder Water and Forest Park. A beautiful run for the runners over 14miles around a stunning backdrop. Barry Foster was first home for the club, but well
We had three runners at the local 5km race last Sunday morning at Ropner Park. The flat and fast parkrun route around the local park is quite scenic and forms part of the Tees Trail Winter 5k series although this has only a very small stretch of grass at the end of the course. Bernadette
