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 …
Another race to take place on Sunday was the popular Scarbrough 10km event. Runners start at the Spa Complex, onto South Bay foreshore, Sandside, Marine Drive and around the Castle Headland. Continue to the Peasholm Gap roundabout and then through Northstead Manor Gardens (past the miniature railway station), through the fantastic new open air theatre …
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 …
Another race to take place last week was the Trail Outlaws half marathon as part of the RAF Centenary celebrations at the historic RAF Spadeadam in Cumbria. This event take runners around the historic base that was part of the UK’s missile project during the cold war and offers stunning views along its length, winding …
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 Thursday evening, Paul Cook organised the Move Festival in support of the Move Charity which helps young people who have had cancer, get active through sport. The founder of the charity, Gemma Hillier-Moses kicked things off with a warm up with the kids in the 1 mile run while husband Lewis was the man …
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 …
We had half a dozen Harriers flying at Tynedale this Sunday morning at the Jelly Tea 10 mile race.The race is a fast and flat 10 mile race, with the new course changing to an out and back from outside Ovingham Middle School westwards towards Bywell.Some great performances from the group, Tony Winward first home …
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 …
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. …
Last Sunday saw a number of our club runners at the Aycliffe 10km race. A race which sees competitors completing two and a half laps of a deceiving undulating road. Some great performances on the day including a sixth place finish for Drew Inglis, personal bests for Steve Rogers, Louise Dickie and Dave Smith as …
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 …
A famous man once said “Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs….”. Clearly had not been to Redcar for the Everyone Active 10k on Sunday morning. For those who haven’t done this race it’s a flat and fast course but can be challenging as it’s a coastal run so depending …
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 …
Another race to take place last weekend was the Raby 10km race which forms part of our 10km league. Raby for those who haven’t ran this course is a very scenic but challenging course. It consists of two laps and a couple of climbs along the way but with some nice fast downhill sections. Colin …
Tina Corah along with Steveand Zoe Rogers wereinhalfmarathon action this weekend. This is quite a fun course which takes runners around an undulating route starting at Kirkley Hall.In a relatively small field of only 182 runners Steve was first harrier past the post in 1:43:24 followed by Zoe in 2:01:46 and Tina in 2:21:01.Well done …
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 …
Last week I reported that we had Harriers competing in the Dark Skies 14mile race at Kielder….unfortunately we had four runners missing from the results due to the manual entry system that the race organiser users. Apologies all and well done. Graham Garvey was the first Harrier home (not Barry Foster as initially reported) finishing …
On Good Friday at New Marske, Darlington Harriers were once again out in force with the biggest club representation. On a cool day with a small amount of wind there was some excellent performances amongst the club right the way through the field. Lewis Moses was in supreme form leaving the field standing as he …
Last Sunday a number of runners opted for the Dark Skies of Northumberland to the bright skies of Darlington as runners took on the Dark Skies Run at Kielder Water and Forest Park. A beautiful run for the runners over 14miles around a stunning backdrop. Barry Foster was first home for the club, but well …
