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 […]
Summerhill Country Park Hartlepool was host to the 5th Fixture of the NYSD Cross Country season. A testing course along with a cool wind provided excellent racing conditions for the athletes with some tricky sections for the runners to tackle, as Peter Armstrong nearly found to his cost. Another good turnout across the age groups
We had a good turnout at the popular but hilly Richmond Castle 10km race on Sunday. This race has a few tricky climbs along the way with runners returning to the market place and finishing inside the castle gates. Some great performances on the day saw Colin Taylor 5th and our ladies team, consisting of
Sunday saw the first full distance Cross Country event of the season, taking place at Whitby. This is a great race with a mix of trail and predominately grass around the course and one steep hill which when the weather is bad, a rope is placed on the hill to assist people to the top….three
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
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 some of our athletes in action at the NYSD event in Middlesboro this evening with Harriers in action in the 1500m and 3000m events. Results for these can be found here
Sunday saw the next instalment of the Coast Road races, a race which takes the same route as the Mermaid 10km race which makes it another fast one. And so it proved as Colin Taylor finished 16th in 37.02 ahead of Paul Cook in 18th in 37.15 who turned the tables on training partner Simon
We had a number of our club members involved in the NYSD meet at Eastbourne Sports Complex this week, numbers have certainly increased this year and it’s great to see so many athletes wearing the club colours once again in the area. Up the Harriers! #UTH Results from the nights events can be found here
The Tees Barrage 10k Race continues to attract the abilities of all runners from clubs to recreational. This popular race aims to promote running, encourage healthy living and to promote the great icon landmarks around the Tees between the Newport and the Millennium bridges. This is a great course for a PB, or if you
Darlington Harriers were back in action over Cross country this weekend starting at Acklam, Middleboro. Strength in numbers required with both men and women teams struggling to field full strength teams. Onwards and upwards. Full results can be found here
We had a handful of Harriers at the local Newton Aycliffe 10km race, a race which sees competitors complete one small loop and two large loops finishing on Greenfield Way. Colin Taylor was first of our club to finish on the day in 38.10 for 19th with Paul Cook, still struggling with a calf problem
Local heroes articles summarising results from Pitstop 10km in which Josh Phillips was first across the line in 36:09.
