James Birnie who has been training with the club over the last few weeks has joined the club as a 2nd claim runner whilst he is working in the area. James who finished London marathon this year in an excellent 2:58 was also racing on Saturday for Gade Valley in a local XC event finishing […]
Those of you that make use of the Team App will no doubt have seen there’s been a few club records broken or claimed this week. For those of you that don’t, here’s the low down…. Charlotte Rutter has claimed six records throughout the course of last year and this year! They are: – 60m
Another one of our Junior Harriers has recently been enjoying the cross country season, and turning a few heads! Daniel Richardson (picture here, the left of the two boys) took part in the Under 12s race of the South West Durham Teesdale Junior Cross Country Championships, held at Teesdale School. Daniel certainly showed everyone what
Last Saturday, The Saucony English Cross Country Relays took place at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, where they have been staged since 1989. Once again, over a 1000 teams were entered over the 10 Senior and Junior races. The Championships got under way at 11:00 am with the Junior Women’s 3 x 2.5K and it was
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Another race to take place this Sunday was the Guy Fawkes 10mile race, a hilly course with plenty ups and downs to keep runners interested. After some guy started the race the Harriers who were sixteen strong took on the course. Well done all runners
On Sunday morning we had a number of runners on show at Leeds Abbey Dash 10k, a popular race since it’s introduction in 1984 because of it’s flat and fast course profile. Some excellent performances on the day with a few course personal bests and actual bests on the day including Maria Daniels who broke
At last week’s Military Duathlon in Harrogate we had two of our boys in action, Leon Reeve and Dave ‘Spongebob’ Tomlinson. The race which was a 2.7mile run, 20km bike ride followed by a 2km run meant that competitors had to go from the gun. In a close race Leon finished 11th overall, 3rd in
Last week we told you that some of our senior men were in action at the Really Wild Boar fell race in Sedbergh. Results are now out and in a very strong field of fell runners we saw some very impressive results. Well done all.
Congratulations to our three Harriers who have qualified to represent England in the marathon distance for their respective Veteran category. Amazing achievement.
You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d walked onto the set of a horror movie last Sunday evening, as all kinds of ghouls and ghosts came out of the shadows. However, it was just the Halloween Fun Run around Darlington’s South Park to raise money and awareness of mental health. Following the route of the 5k
David Aiken was the lone Harrier at the ‘Out on the Wild, Windy Moors’ fell race. A 13km race along the Bronte Way finishing at Howarth High Street…..with a free beer at the end of the race (what more would you want!). David completed the race in 1hr 26 and his pint in 45 seconds,
On Sunday morning we had a number of Harriers taking on the multi lap race at Redcar Locke 10. Some impressive performances on the day with Shaun Marshall the first Harrier home on the day. Well done everyone who competed
Dave Smith was the lone Harrier on show this weekend at the Hexham 10k, This is another race which has been designed for those runners wanting a flat, faster run. Dave certainly didn’t disappoint and smashed his personal best by around 90 seconds on the day finishing 171st 54:22 taking around 90 seconds off his
Matt Capsey and Kim Reeve were in action on Saturday night at the Fryup Thriller Night race, a 10km race in Whitby. A race in the dark is always fun but one where Head torches and waterproof gear is essential. Two strong results from Matt and Kim on the night, well done both of you…so
The third fixture of the North East Harrier XC League took place at Temple Park in South Shields on Saturday. Temple Park hosts many 5k races during the year and the XC course hosted the North East championships four years ago. Darren Stockdale completed the course in 41:24 and Mark Tallon in 43:32. The Harrier
Also last week Kim Reeve was in action at the Osmotherley marathon and like any of the Hardmoors series, you know it’s not going to be easy…or flat!! Kim had a fantastic run finishing 49th in 6:38:25 from 112 runners. Well done Kim
On Saturday a small number of Harriers headed south to Sheffield to compete in the Northern XC relays. First up were the ladies team of Lucy Hunter, Natalie Curgenven and Sue Phillips who finished 20th overall followed by the male team of Paul Lowe, Paul Allan, Barry Talman and David McKenna, finishing in 49th place.
In other news Sue Phillips has been selected to run for England in this years British Masters International XC in Derry on November 18th. A fantastic achievement by Sue who has had another fantastic season at the club. Well done Sue and good luck!
Kim Reeve and son Joe along with Peter Foulds were in action at the Rabbit 5k at Whitby. Three great performances on the day for this little off roader with Kim finishing 2nd lady and young Joe winning the whole race. Well done all three of you.
