Sunday saw Harriers head to Northallerton for the first ever 10km race. The race starts on Northallerton high street and takes runners out of the town into some of the most stunning country road views in North Yorkshire. Colin Taylor was first home for the club in 5th place in 36mins dead with Nathan Hemingbrough in 14th […]
This week saw the annual NYMAC relays, the 4 x 1mile event around Stewarts Park in Middlesbrough which is always popular amongst the running clubs. Another excellent night with loads of great performances throughout the club. Full results can be found here
Wet would be the best word to describe this event. The Sunderland Run events are always exceptionally well organised, probably something to do with Steve Cram having a major part to play in affairs but one thing that could not be organised is the weather. A very wet occasion for runners at both the half
The midweek Summer Coast 5km race at Redcar always brings out some great performances from runners, weather is generally better around this time so you don’t normally have the concern of winds on the sea front. It was Sharon Barlow who once again finished first for the club in 21st place and picking up first
Peter Foulds and Iain Girard went to the scenic Swaledale for a challenging 10/20k circular route, heading up to and along the hidden dale of Apedale, before returning across the river to Reeth. Peter finished in 1.50.52 for 31st place in the 20k, full results can be found here with Iain running in the 10k event
We had thirteen of our Harriers at Hartlepool’s Marina 5 race, a flat out and back race ideal for a personal best. Some fantastic performances many of our Harriers, Drew Inglis finishing 5th in 26.31 Full results can be found here
Good Friday saw a swarm of Harriers head to Redcar to take on the Mermaid 10k, a flat and fast race perfect for PB’s if the weather is right. Some fantastic performances on the day from all of our runners, full results below and some action shots from the days race. Full results found here
Peter Foulds was the only Harrier at the weekends Haweswater half marathon. The Haweswater Half follows an out and back course from Bampton Village and passes along the shores of Haweswater in a remote and dramatic mountain valley. The hilly course offers an exhilarating run in unique surroundings. Peter finished the race in 149th position
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
Amazing story told by a non Harrier on social media of Harry Singh, helping someone half his age around the town moor marathon. Harry is one of 100 people (Paul Kelly another Darlington Harrier) to run in every Great North Run to date. To see how Harry got on in the marathon and our other athlete
Sunday saw the second instalment of this seasons Cross Country Season, venue, Acklam. Acklam Cross Country is more like a trail race with plenty grass to run on but trail paths on sections of the race. To see how our Harrier members got on across the age groups click here
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
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
On Thursday evening we saw another large turnout at the Summer relays, organised by Durham City Harriers. This is a great event which sees runners running a 3000m leg around a grass course, consisting of two laps of 1500m. A fantastic event to get involved in with a good atmosphere created by all of the
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
