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 […]
Sunday saw the annual McTaggart Trot, an event which sees runners placed in teams of three (one 3.7mile runner, a medium paced 7.5mile runner and a longer distance runner covering 11 miles) who have to run through each checkpoint together, losing one runner at each point leaving the longer distance to the finish. This event
16 Harriers headed to New Marske earlier this evening for the Autumn Coast Road 5K. Conditions were very windy with gusts up to 44mph and what must have seemed like a sandstorm hitting the runners head on as they made their way up the coast road. Despite the poor conditions, John Clifford was first across
We had two of our athletes in Triathlon action this weekend in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final. These events were over two days and both Becci Butler and younger sister Jade Hutchinson made the journey after qualifying in events months earlier. In the 20-24 age sprint event, Jade finished 15th from
Becci Butler was in action this evening representing Darlington Triathlon Club at Round 3 of the Mid-Week Super Sprint event at Ellerton Lake, North Yorkshire. In a competitive field, Becci took 2nd place on the night after a close finish which saw third place Samantha Hill closing the gap on the final run, but Becci
Last week at the Summer Coast 5k race, two of our runners were omitted from the results. This is because the results system that is used doesn’t allow to search by club but by where the athlete lives so not always easy to track! Anyway our boys in Blue (and white) finished 52nd (Adam) in
John Clifford celebrated his 48th birthday by joining a number of Harriers at the Summer Coast 5km race. On a fairly decent night for running with only a slight wind to contend with, it was John who led the Harriers home finishing in 11th place in a fast field in 16:47. Tony Winward went with
Anne Hutchinson took on an almighty challenge this weekend as she threw herself into an Ironman event in the heart of the Lake District, Keswick.This classic event consists of a 2.4mile swim, 112 mile bike ride followed by a full marathon. Anne, looked to enjoy the whole experience smiling throughout, absolutely smashed it finishing in
It was another strong turnout for the club at the Everyone Active, a repeat of the Mermaid 10km race in April with an opportunity to post yet another fast time for the year. We had 5 of our Harriers making the top 20 with Wes Tarn taking the honours after a 4th place finish in
Mermaid 10km is a very popular race on the local circuit due to it’s flat course profile and a real chance to get a personal best early in the season and for some this delivered. Adam Mitchell was first Harrier home after sitting on team mate Paul Allan’s shoulder for most of the race before
On a very busy week for club athletes, four of our athletes were in action at the Stockton Duathlon. Mike Jefferies was first to finish in the standard race in a fantastic 42nd place in 2:04:48. Becci Butler was first lady to finish of the trio in the sprint race, finishing in an impressive198th in
On Wednesday evening we had a number of Harriers at New Marske for the first of the seasons road race series with the Mermaid to follow on Good Friday.Paul Allan was first across the line on the night winning in a time of 16:10 but it was very close with John Clifford edged out to
Last weekend we had two of our athletes in action at the Ripon Hornblower Duathlon. Duathlon’s are getting very popular especially for those who don’t like the swim element of a Triathlon so these run-bike-run events are perfect.Jade Hutchinson was first back for the club in an excellent 41st position, sister Becci Butler 171st representing
On a perfect night for running, the Autumn Coast Road 5km had the best conditions seen for quite sometime for the series finale. Some outstanding performances on the night with three club runners in the top 10, Paul Lowe taking 5th, Paul Bass and Shaun Marshall both achieving personal bests as they both went sub
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
It seems a common theme at present that each race is hot and humid and this weekends races are no different. We had 19 Harriers on show at this weekends Ray Harrison 10km, one of the clubs 10km road races. Some impressive times from the runners on show especially with the conditions for the day.
In the 10km race Colin Taylor was once again came first home for the club on a very warm evening for all competitors. Surprisingly Colin was only 4th fastest M40 which shows the quality of runners in the men’s event with the vets taking top 4 spots. Shaun Marshall finished 3rd in the senior men’s
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
Sunday saw a number of runners head to the “scenic” Aycliffe 10k. This race forms part of the 10k race series for the club and is 2 and a half laps of Newton Aycliffe. Drew Inglis was first home in 6th place in 34.44 (club missing on results information with Colin Taylor also a top
