Thanks to all the athletes for taking part and supporting the event. Great running from everyone and some even better post “race” selfies….. Results below, congratulations to the wining team………….. Team 11 – Brian Thompson, Lee Hammond and Jake Brown Excellent team result with a total time of 43.35 for the 10km distance. Keep your […]
Huge thank you to all the athletes who supported this event, the results are in… Outstanding performances and excellent runs from all the athletes, the team of Steven Craggs and Ed Lamb (or “Steve-Ed Cr-amb” as we’re dubbing them) came out on top with a combined time of 20.49. Both Steven & Ed exceeded their
We had six of our Harriers in action at the Great North West Half Marathon on Sunday morning. For those who may wish to do this race, it’s a flat and fast course and ideal for personal bests….with one snag; it’s in Blackpool in February so conditions are rarely perfect! There’s definitely been worse conditions
Saturday saw a number of our athletes at the Royal Signal Relay event at Hetton Lyons Country Park, Sunderland; an event which sees ladies in teams of 4 and men 6. The course itself is 2.2 miles and consists of two laps on a very undulating course to ensure that all athletes work. The ladies
Michael Cooper was the only Harrier racing at Beamish Hall’s 10k Trail on Sunday morning. This testing 10km trail race passes through Beamish Burn around the new woodland of Hedley hall farm and a loop of the old Beamish Woods. On a real up and down course which consists of 450ft of ascents with the
Today saw the first event of the 2019-2020 Cross Country season at Acklam, Middlesbrough. The weather over the weekend had been pretty dreary with plenty of rain which made conditions ‘typical’ of a cross country race. First up were the ladies, covering approximately 5km. Linda Noble was the first Harrier home finishing in 14th, showing
Last Sunday saw a number of our harriers at the Thirsk relays to kick off the Cross Country season. Getting things underway was the ladies and with Sarah Guy, Megan Noble and Bernadette Caygill in good form a third place on the day was an excellent result. Kelly Sloan led the team of Linda Noble
Saturday saw the seniors with 3 teams at the Signal Relays, Hetton. These relays are made up of teams of 4 for women and 6 for men, covering around 2.2 miles per leg. Our ladies team came in 43rd overall on the day with our Men’s teams 6th and 34th. Impressive running by everyone who
Sunday saw a large Harrier turnout at the Tees Pride 10km race, a race which is known for faster conditions than our home town race with less undulation around the course. It came as no surprise to see so many fantastic performances from the club members.Colin Taylor was once again the first Harrier home finishing
Today saw the annual Darlington 10km race, and for a nice change the weather was kind to the runners with cool conditions and even a little bit of light rain to keep runners cool. For those who haven’t ran the Darlington 10km before, this race starts behind Boyes leading up to Stanhope road and on
Today saw the return of the Cleveland Way relays, a race on one of twelve designated National Trails. Starting at the historic market town of Helmsley the 110 mile walk skirts the upland ridge on the edge of the North York Moors National Park before reaching the coast to end at Filey. This is a
Today we had a number of our club runners across the border at a very wet Edinburgh half and full marathon. These runs are very popular across the running community with many making a weekend of it. Phil Doonan was first home in the full marathon finishing in 3:28 with Steven Craggs next home in
Last week at the XC road relays at South Park we told you that both our men and women had performed brilliantly, the ladies finishing first, third and fourth with our fourth team just outside the top ten in 12th.Our men also had some very good performances, teams finishing in 2nd, 6th and 9th place
Michael Cooper was involved in international events this weekend as he took the long flight to Montréal to take on first the Rock n Roll 5k on the Saturday which he completed in 24:38 and followed this up with the marathon on Sunday which he completed in 4:21:23. The route crosses different districts in Montreal
On Sunday morning we had a large numbers of runners at the Tees Pride 10km, Middlesboro. This is a fast course which is generally flat and fast with only a couple of slight inclines around the route but a very good course for road runners. Reports advise that it was a little windy on the
There was the usual high turnout at this year Brass Monkey, on a course and a day ideal for fast running and personal bests, many club runners weren’t disappointed at the finish line. Paul Allan was one of many to smash his personal best, taking 4 minutes of his previous best, Darren Thompson finished in
On Saturday afternoon….twas the Ninth of June, a number of Harriers headed to Newcastle to take on one of the oldest races in the country, the Blaydon race, a 5.67mile race that takes runners from Newcastle City Centre along the Scotswood road to the finish. Like many races of late this was another warm one
Sunday brought another large Harrier turn out, this time to Northallerton from the clubs 10k league. This course is literally a run of two halves as runners head to the hills after an initial run through the high street before a quick decent back into the high street to the finish. Colin Taylor was first
Michael Cooper flew out to Madrid, Spain at the weekend to take on the Rock N Roll Half Marathon. This is quite a large event with u[p to 37,000 runners taking part. Race starts and finishes in the city centre next to Buen Retiro Park taking you up past the Santiago Bernabeu with over 37,000
Anotherrace to take place this weekend was the Vale of York 10mile race. Taking a similar route to the half marathon this flat and fast course is another which is easy to get to and suits all those PB hunters! Dressed as Den Dale on the day, Phil Teece was once again first Harrier in
