Sammy the snake was nowhere to be seen as runners took to the start of the Phoenix marathon. The Marathon has a beautiful race course that begins below the large white Phoenix sign painted on the Usery Mountain. Marathon runners then experience nearly 1000 feet of net elevation loss in this fast Boston Qualifier…if only […]
Saturday was the Cross Country final event for the season, Parliament Hill, London the infamous location for this event. This year’s event at Parliament Hill is in fact the 16th time that a Championship has been held at the iconic venue since the first in 1950. The traditional uphill start for the runners which pleases
Saturday morning saw a number of Harriers head to Kirkby to take on the High Cup Nick Fell race a 15km race with 450 metres of ascent. The route takes runners on the edge of the Eden Valley to the amazing High Cup Nick before returning mostly along the Pennine Way into scenic village of
At the midweek 5km Pie and Peas 5km race we had a number of Harriers in action on the night. Alison Matthews was first lady across the line and Leon Reeve the first male. Gabrielle Hall was 2nd female across the line alongside coach Phil Teece with Kim Reeve making it a 1,2,3 in the
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Another race to take place was the Ilkley Moors Fell race, a race which has been staged since 1990 and not a race for beginners due to the steep, slippery rock descents. The race is actually only 8km in length but with 401m of climb this makes it really tough over the short distance. Jamie
Wes Tarn was in fine form at last weekends Cross Country leading the men’s team to a 5th place finish. With many of the senior men missing Wes took up the mantle to ensure the team finished the season with a bang. Finishing 11th Wes was first point scorer with Colin Taylor, Jeff Miller, Paul
Richmond was the final destination for this seasons NYSD Cross Country last Sunday morning. Conditions were quite good with little wind to impact athletes on the open course. With the first 4 runners counting for the ladies race Catherine’s superb 2nd place followed by excellent performances from Liz Barker, Val Clarke and Diane Jones secured
Curtis Metcalfe was another who was competing at the NECAA Indoor Championships last weekend where we saw Pawel Grzaslewicz break the club high jump record with a mammoth two metres and four centimetres. Curtis broke his 60m sprint personal best on the day, finishing 2nd in the 60m sprint with a new Personal Best time
As reported in last weeks communication, we had a number of teams at Hetton Royal Signal Relays. In addition to the superb 3rd place which Lucy, Ellie, Megan and Catherine achieved we had a number of strong performances across all teams as well as some superb debutant performances in a club vest including Lisa Bowerbank,
A Pie and Pea supper waiting for you at the end of your race is enough to spur on the slowest of runners. According to race organisers, Muddy Roads, “these pies are bursting at the seams with delicious fillings. You will certainly be getting a PB to get your hands on one of these beauties!”
Doesn’t time fly!! It only seems like a month or two since the cross country season kicked off with the NYSD Relays at Thirsk. Yet here we are, five months down the line, with the end of the season fast approaching, and the last of the six individual NYSD events is upon us. Richmond was
Four of our most experienced young athletes joined forces to form a dream team in Saturday’s NECAA Road Relay Championships. All used to running at County/Inter-Counter/English Schools level, Lucy-Erin Hunter, Catherine Roberts, Ellie Phillips and Megan Noble teamed up to compete in the Senior Women’s race hosted by Houghton Harriers. Each 2.2 mile leg consisted
Alison Matthews was again in Half Marathon action on Sunday back in her native homeland, this time taking on the Kinloss to Lossiemouth half marathon. This race is all on road and Alison had a storming run to finish 31st overall but first lady on the day in a new personal best of 1:24:53. Not
Richmond was the final destination for this seasons NYSD Cross Country season and with a number of high profile runners missing through injury, work and racing elsewhere it was going to come right down to the wire. The course is 2 large loops for the ladies which is 5km whilst the men run 1 small
Michael Cooper and Tony Williams made the two hour trip to Blackpool on Sunday morning for the annual Half Marathon on the sea front. This is a fantastic course, flat and fast but lots of loops but an ideal PB course…..if…and it is a big IF….the weather is kind. This is Blackpool in February after
Run Nation were the hosts again for this weekends 10km race at Newcastle’s Town Moor. This race is a flat and fast two lap course mainly on tarmac. Some good performances on the day despite cries of the course being long this time, Peter Armstong first home for the club ahead of Barry Talman’s first
Pawel Grzaslewicz was in high jump action this weekend at the NECAA Indoor Championships at Gateshead College Indoor athletic hall. Pawel, our talented jumper put in a fantastic performance to win the competition with a massive 2.04m. An amazing leap by any standards. Congratulations Pawel! Curtis Metcalfe was another who was competing on the day,
In the ladies race the team of Lucy-Erin Hunter, Ellie Phillips, Megan Noble and Catherine Roberts were first ladies team home finishing 8th overall but 3rd in their category. The team was given a good start after a blistering run from Lucy who clocked the 2nd fastest time on her leg behind the experienced Jo
On Saturday afternoon a large contingent of runners headed to Heaton to take part in the road relays, a 4 person team event for women and 6 for men over a 2.2m course. The course, a 2 lap undulating route with two climbs on the loop to test the legs, especially on the second lap
