On Saturday morning we had a number of athletes competing at the DT40 race. A tough but scenic race which is a test for endurance and mental strength. Some outstanding performances by all club runners, Paul Lowe finishing first Harrier on the day. Excellent work by you all.
On Saturday morning we had three of our runners at the Dentdale Run which is a 14.2 mile (or a 7.9 mile) road race staged on the roads and lanes around Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales. The course follows a figure-of-eight course, it winds up hill and down dale, starting and finishing at Dent Primary
Harewood House, Leeds was the location for this years National XC which sees many top runners from far and wide testing their ability against one another. India Pentland kicked off proceedings in the U17 event finishing a fantastic 2nd with team mates Megan Noble and Amelia Grayson both putting in strong performances over the 5km
Another race to take place this weekend was the 10 mile race, Temple Newsam Ten, a tough off road race in Leeds. Despite the Brass Monkey taking a large number of Harriers to York, the TNT has a dozen entrants with some excellent individual performances no more so than David Aiken who has been in
David Aiken was in race action while visiting fiancée’s relatives over the festive period. The Lamberhurst 10km is described as “challenging “ that takes runners through the pretty Kent village of Lamberhurst, also including the iconic Scotney Castle. David had a solid run finishing 38th from nearly 300 runners finishing in 44:21.
David Aiken and Viv Pow were our only two runners at the Ravenstoneable 10km road race. David was first home from the two finishing 33rd in 42:46 with Viv 142nd in 55:38.Well done both of you.
Last Sunday a large contingent of Harriers were on show at the latest instalment of the NYSD Cross Country, at Preston Park. It was a good day for both senior men and women as both teams finished in 2nd position overall.Louise Talman kicked things off for the ladies finishing 5th in 23:30 with Sue Phillips
On a busy Sunday morning, a large contingent of Harriers headed to Ripley near Harrogate to run the Guy Fawkes 10 mile event, an event which has some challenging hills and more importantly lots of chocolate goodies for all finishers!! A good event and one which Nev Ford was first home for the club finishing
David Aiken was in action this weekend at the Lakeland Trails Dirty Double. This event requires participants to take cruise aboard Ullswater Steamer “Raven” from the Ullswater Pier at Glenridding, to the start in the hamlet of Howtown. The 10km Ullswater Trail Run, 14km Ullswater Trail Race and 14km Ullswater Trail Challenge follow bridleways along
David Aiken and John Gray were in action this weekend at the Lakeland Trail races in Keswick, David in the Challenge along with partner Rebecca and John in the 15km race. The events start and finish at Fitz Park, which take in stunning views of Derwentwater, the surrounding peaks of Skiddaw and Blencathra and the
One of the popular events on the race circuit is the NYMAC relays (Tom Wall Relays) at Stewarts Park. Normally the Harriers would flood the park in White and Blue but due to the clash of events with the Move Festival we only had one team, made up from Matt Capsey, Mark Tallon, Darren Stockdale
With the nights rainfall and cool morning temperatures, for once athletes were looking forward to a cool run probably for the first time in several months. Despite the pretence of a cool run, the conditions for runners were once again ‘muggy’. Some fantastic performances on the day with many personal bests, Justin Hindmarch passing the
On Wednesday evening at Croft circuit, the pitstop festival took place, excellently executed by Georgie Rutherford and team. In the 5km race Paul Cook came home first for the club in 3rd and 1st V40 followed by Peter Armstrong 4th and Dave McKenna 6th and 2nd V40 on the evening ensuring the men picked up
Another race to take place on Sunday morning was the Temple Newsam Ten or TNT for short, a beautiful off road race with some lovely mud along the way. Dave Tomlinson was first across the line for the club in an unofficial time of 1:12:36 but has no time as he tore his race number
In the mid week Ozzy Oiks fell race we had a small number of competitors in action covering the 5.7miles…some a little further!Some great performances from everyone on show, Paul Lowe back in competitive action finishing 1st Harrier on the day, Richard Bowes and Catherine Anderson both making their fell debuts, Catherine also picking up
David Aiken was in Half Marathon action this weekend, this time at the Lakeland Trails Half Marathon. The course utilises the first 17km section of the marathon course which takes in a full loop of Coniston water, takes runners as far as Tarn Hows, before heading back to Coniston. Although official results have yet to
David McKenna was the first Harrier home at the Gribdale Growler, a 5.5m race with over 280 metres of ascent near Great Ayton. Some great performances on the day including Val Clarke 1st V55, Linda Noble 2nd V50 and Sarah Tomlinson 2nd V40. We also saw Allan Harder, Michael Watson, Tony Williams, Barry Foster and
Saturday morning David Aiken was in action at his favourite trail series in the Lake District. Last season David was an advocate of the Lakeland Trail series and started this years campaign on the 18km Cartmel trail race which takes in some of the most scenic and varied countryside of the area along a ‘Beauty
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
David Aiken was in action on New Years Day at the Lamberhurst 10k, Kent a challenging run takes competitors through the pretty Kent village of Lamberhurst, also including the iconic Scotney Castle On a day which was wetter than an Otter’s pocket ,David had a good run finishing 46th in 48:23 whilst Rebecca Howard finished
