Sunday saw the club enter teams into the Northern Road relays at Birkenhead for the first time since 1977, an event which sees runners run laps of 4 or 8km. Fantastic performances from both our men and women teams,the men qualifying for the nationals by finishing in the top 25. Big thanks to Karl Hume […]
Sunday saw the 11th McTaggart Trot starting from Barton Village Hall. This fun run event sees teams of 3 compete over an eleven mile course out round Middleton Tyres before looping back to Barton. Runner one drops off at 4 miles while runners two and three run to the next check point at around 7.5
Another race to take place on Sunday was the Big 10mile race at Northumberland. This is a slightly undulating race, starting at Kirkley Hall and takes in the villages of Ogle and Whalton before returning to Kirkley Hall for the finish. We had three members in action, Peter Armstrong taking the line first for the
An early start for four of our Harriers on Sundaymorning as they took on the flat and fast Manchester half marathon. Similar to the 10km and marathon events that take place, Manchester is a great place for a quick time. Our four boys (and Laura pictured) didn’t disappoint as they all put in strong performances
Once the 10km race was underway, the half marathon runners set off on the figure of eight course. This years course was slightly amended with the race starting and finishing just off the coast road which resulted for a fantastic day for many runners within the field with many achieving New personal bests. Second claim
Tony Winward headed to Ropner Park, following in Peter Armstrong’s footsteps for this weekends 5km event. Tony who has been in great form all year finished 2nd on the day and in a new personal best of 19:09. Great work again Tony, all your hard work is paying dividends and example to all runners who
On Sunday morning a high number of Harriers headed north to run the famous Great North Run Half Marathon a race which has been on the go since 1981 and one which two of our runners, Paul Kelly and Harry Singh are part of an exclusive club of under 100 people who have run every
On a very busy week for athletes, Peter Armstrong, Dave McKenna and Sarah Guy headed to Tholthrope to take on the local 10km race. The race is now in its 23rd year and is a well-respected, friendly event, which attracts entrants from a wide area. The attractive but undulating course passes through local countryside and
On a slightly breezy Wednesday evening a number of Harriers headed to the Quayside to take on the 5km race, an event which Lewis Moses won in 2017…could he do it again? The race is pretty much an out and back with a bridge at the very end with runners split into either the Elite
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 Redcar, a high number of club runners headed to the coast to take on the Summer Coastal 5km run. On a good night for running with only a slight headwind as runners loop round and then race towards the finish line on lap two it was always going to be a
On Thursday evening a small number of Harriers headed to Sunderland to take on the nights 5km race at Silksworth sports complex. The event attracts a high number of runners with many of the North east’s faster runners making the trip as it’s known for it’s fast course. Due to the high number of runners
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
As the sun continues to shine kindly on England over several weeks now, the Everyone Active 5km race, Middlesboro, on Sunday morning proved to be another race where the sun made running difficult for all abilities. For those who haven’t done this race before, it’s a fast and flat circuit until you reach the stadium
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
A large number of Harriers made the long trip to the country’s capital to take on one the major marathons of the world. After seeing club runners take on Athens, Manchester and Brighton over recent weeks it was their turn to step up to the 26.2m event. With GFA (Good For Age) qualification times made
A Sunday morning a number of Harriers headed to Northumberland to take on the renamed Port of Blyth 10km, a flat and fast race which takes runners from Blyth Quayside to Seaton Sluice and back, along public footpaths and cycle ways. This course is another which is renowned for giving runners an opportunity of a
On a beautiful spring morning at South Park a large number of Harriers came along to support one of our club races of the season, the South Park 20. I can’t understate this enough but the efforts that go into these events by the people setting up, completing registrations, timekeeping, marshalling or at the water
On Thursday evening 60 Harriers were on show at the NYMAC relays, a 4 person team relay each runner taking on a 1 mile loop around Stewart park Middlesboro. The course takes runners down a small bank which enables runners to get off to a quick start before levelling out until around 400m to go
