Easter saw the return of Elswick Harriers’ ever popular event, the ‘Good Friday Road Relays’ held at Lemington on, as you would expect, Good Friday. The main relay events are for the Seniors only, but they are preceded by a series of individual junior events; combined boys and girls races for each of the Under […]
Harriers team dominated the Movathon treadmill challenge which sees runners taking a minimum of 30 minute slot and working as hard as possible to increase the number of moves achieved. Moves are calculated not just by speed but by effort, so a higher gradient on the treadmill would increase the number of moves versus someone
On a beautiful spring morning at South Park a large number of Harriers came along to support one of our club races of the season, the South Park 20. I can’t understate this enough but the efforts that go into these events by the people setting up, completing registrations, timekeeping, marshalling or at the water
Junior Harrier, Libby Hammond was on top form again last weekend. Since joining DHAC, she’s been a regular competitor at Track & Field, and even took part in some of the NYSD cross country events recently. She’s also a fan of the Sunday morning junior park runs, in particular the one at Hardwick Park, Sedgefield.
Michael Robson was in the big smoke this weekend taking on the all new landmarks of London half marathon which takes runners through Westminster and the City. The run takes in sites such as Big Ben and Dick Whittington’s house…think that was the right combination! Michael had a solid run finishing 824th in 1:42:39. Well
Caroline Gibson was in action this Saturday at the Leeds to Liverpool Canal Canter, an enjoyable half marathon which takes runners out and back along the scenic tow path and idea for PB hunters. Caroline Gibson was the only Harrier on show finishing the run in 2:26:50 for a new personal best. Well done Caroline.
Martin McGregor and Den Dale were our only two competitors at the Hornblower Duathlon in Ripon. Martin sporting…..well hair! Finished in 1:55:53 two places and twenty three seconds ahead of Den Dale. These run-bike-run events are getting all the more popular these days! Well done gentleman, great work
Further down the A1 some Harriers opted for the Dishforth Dash 10k. For those that haven’t been to Dishforth it sits just outside Ripon and is pancake flat in fact it makes the Mermaid look hilly! This new race takes runners around the airfield perimeter with the main runway incorporated on lap two. Results have
On Saturday we had a small number of runners at the rescheduled Lightwater Valley 10k, a race which is good fun taking runners across grass, man made paths and roads. In a low key race Phil Teece finished this one in 7th place but 1st in his age category, youngster Liam Brittle running his first
Saturday was the culmination of a lot of hard work, and what’s been an exceptional cross country season for Junior Harrier, India Pentland. Just a couple of weeks ago she won her first National medal whist representing the North East of England, then after another terrific performance last week finishing 5th in the English Schools
Unfortunately for us, Under 13 endurance maestro, Gabby Hall, will soon be moving clubs. She’s made some good friends at Middlesbrough Mandale and also has school friends who run for the club, so some time soon she will be joining them. There’s no definite date yet, so for now at least, she’ll be wearing the
Junior Harrier, Daniel Richardson has been in action again recently. He’s already shown us what a talented young athlete he is by winning the County race running for S W Durham Schools; he then followed that at the Inter-Counties where he had a tremendous run and finished in 5th place running for Durham County! Well,
Just in case you missed it, here’s an extract from Wednesday’s Northern Echo highlighting our Under 13 record breaker, Kate Williams. Way to go, Kate! Keep up the good work!
From Whitemoss to Wombwell, from Southport to Sheffield…..in spite of the horrendous weather conditions, young athletes from far and wide still made the journey to Gateshead to compete in the North East’s premier indoor pentathlon. An impressive line up of talented all-rounders turned out to compete in two competitions running simultaneously; the NECAA Championships, purely
The ESAA National Cross Country Championship is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the winter for young athletes, bringing together the best athletes in each of the 46 Counties in England to compete for the honour of being the best in the Country. Teams of 12, of which eight are allowed to compete,
Whilst Thirsk 10 and East Hull/Locke Park 20 races fell victim to the weather Hardmoors 55 went ahead as planned with runners advised to put a long sleeved top on! These races are for the hard-core and even in good weather so add conditions of biblical proportions and it adds another lair of difficulty. Full
Last Sunday at South Park we six teams on show at the NYSD XC Road relays. Some impressive performances from men and women, women taking 1st and 3rd and the men 2nd place making it a successful day for the seniors. Well done all runners who made this event on mothers day!
Last Sunday morning we reported that Dave Hamer made the long trip to Wrexham to take on the half marathon from their festival of running events. Dave was in support mode on the day running and walking with a friend. Hope you enjoyed the day Dave and your friend didn’t suffer too much on the
After a long wait, Gabby Hall finally got her hands on this trophy from school. It’s now engraved to show all the girls 5k cross country winners dating back to 1987, and she can proudly show that she is one of them…..and rightly so. Well done, Gabby Lily Thompson was in action last Thursday in
As the track and field season looms ever closer, last Sunday Darlington Harriers played host for the final NYSD meeting this season. No mud here though! The ‘road’ relays were run around the tarmac footpaths of Darlington’s South Park, so at the end, trainers might have still been a bit sweaty, but at least they
