Donington Park is the setting for this year’s Saucony English National Cross Country Championships. This is the first time that the now Joint Championships will be held at Donington. Donington Park is the setting for this year’s Saucony English National Cross Country Championships. This is the first time that the now Joint Championships will be […]
Wednesday night saw Muddy Roads 5km Pie and Peas Trail race, a race which attracted quite a few Harriers…..not sure if this was because of the night time racing or for the pie and peas which were on offer post race! Great to see members supporting these smaller races for clubs. Full results can be
Sunday saw the final cross country event at Richmond, with the senior ladies team still with an opportunity to win the league after another strong campaign. The U13 boys and girls won their leagues as did the U15 girls with Harrier men an excellent 4th. The big guns were out on the day with Georgie
Sedgefield was the location for this years North East Cross Country Championships. The morning was quite mild, sun shining and a gentle run round parkrun was in order to test my achillies injury out before attempting the late mornings cross country. It turned out that this was very fortunate for me (Paul Cook) as within
We had a number of runners at the Stockton Night 5km race, a race which offers a mix of terrain from tarmac to woodland. Taking in the watercourse, running along the Tees and seeing stars at night. Alison Matthews and Jade Hutchinson were two of our category winners on the night with Ben Lambert the
Anne Hutchinson was one of three Harriers at this years York Marathon, 26.2 miles of road in and around the Yorkshire countryside awaited. Steven Elliott was first home of the three finishing in an excellent 3.32.42 for 575th place with the evergreen Shirley Gibson 3.59.41 for 1393th place with Anne finishing in a fantastic 4.12.10
A few hours after finishing Vale of York Half marathon, Simon Rogers, Paul Cook and Sharon Barlow were back in action at the Thirsk relays to support the team at the first Cross Country event of the season. A great turnout across all age groups on the day. Full results can be found here
Sunday saw the return of the Great North Run, an event which has been running since 1981 with two of our club members, Harry Singh and Paul Kelly having ran in every single one, two of around 100 people in the world to have completed this feat. Second claim runner Tori Green not only got
Sunday saw the annual Tees Pride 10km race in Middlesbrough, a race which is fairly flat which makes it a popular course for runners who are looking for a fast time or a good warm up for an Autumn marathon. Drew Inglis was first home for the club finishing 18th in 34 minutes flat with
Jeff Miller was first home from our runners at today’s Wynyard 10km trail race in a time of 45.18 in 9th place. To see how all our runners got on the day, check out the full results which can be found here
The rebirth of the Darlington Harrier Senior section at the Darlington 10k 2015. A year earlier only 12 seniors turned out for the home race to around 70 a year later. This race sees competitors complete two laps of the course before bringing runners back along Skinnergate and onto High Row for the Grandstand finish. Full results can
Sunday saw the Great North 10k which starts outside Gateshead stadium and finishes inside on the track. This is a great event, an out and back with a couple of hills thrown in but with some fast downhill sections. Paul Cook who has been in great form led out the pack in the 10k event
At the midweek Pitstop 10km race, we had a large contingent out to support the club race at Croft Circuit where runners complete 3 laps of the 2 mile circuit before finishing down the pitstop lane. The conditions were hot. At 7pm the temperature was still showing as 30 degrees with no breeze, air or
Sunday saw the return of the Aycliffe 10k race, an event which sees athletes run 1 small loop and two larger loops around the Greenfield area of the town….not very scenic! The course looks flat but it’s actually quite undulating as runners find to their cost! There was quite a mix up with timing afterwards
We had a number of runners at this years Blaydon race, a race which always takes place on the 9th June. To give you a little history of the event.. The Blaydon Race was formed in 1981, the brain child of Dr Jim Dewar. From 212 athletes in the first race to a 4700 sell
Sunday saw an early race in the calendar, the annual Brass Monkey. The course is pretty much flat with the odd incline but this is a fast course around the country lanes of York. Paul Cook was first home for the club in 77th place, a new personal best for him in a time of
