The Castle Howard event on the southern border of the North York Moors played host to two of our athletes this weekend. This spectacular run course takes runners through the undulating Howardian Hills and boasts a finish that tops everything off in style – right in front of the main doors of the house. Iain […]
Susie Stephen was in action this weekend at Kaena Poin Firecracker 10mile race. This race is a fast, flat, out-and-back course that is a little longer than 10 miles and parallels the ocean along jeep trails and an old sugar cane rail line. The course runs from the end of the pavement at Mokuleia past
On Saturday we had two runners in action, Mike King in the Pennine 24 and Darren Gee in the 39 equivalent event although Darren reported the 39 was closer to 36.5 miles. The longer version of the 24 that Mike raced started from Low Force to Alston the same start and finish as the ‘24’
Louise Dickie was the lone Harrier in action last weekend at the Norton 9mile race near Doncaster. A rural undulating course that is extremely popular, starts in Norton, very quickly the race gets out into the North Yorkshire countryside winding its way through scenic villages on quiet roads ensuring that all runners come home. Louise
As reported last week Amanda Waller was in action at Rother Valley, Rotherham on her home turf running the 16 mile mixed terrain event.Results are now in which saw Amanda finish 88th in 2:25:07.Great job Amanda
Mike King followed up last year’s successful event at Gainford by running a funrun to raise money for Ryan, a young boy from the village who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which is a severe and progressive muscle wasting disease. The event raised just short of £300 which is a fantastic achievement, but rather
Jonathan Gray took part in the Mizuno 24 hour event in Leeds over the weekend. Competing as a solo male, Jonathan completed a whopping 85 miles over the 24 hour period covering 17 laps of the 5 mile scenic woodland trail route.A fantastic achievement by Jon, a real show of mental strength as well as
Amanda Waller was again in action this weekend taking on the Wharfedale 3 peaks challenge, a 22 mile event. The Three and Two Peak routes which is an option on the day, are open to walkers and runners and offer spectacular views over Upper Wharfedale and surrounding Yorkshire Dales towards the well known Yorkshire Three
Last week we reported on the Cleveland Way relay’s which many of you took part in.Although the team on the day missed out on a podium finish, the time of 14:01:32 would have actually taken 1st place at last years event which just goes to show a) what a great result this is and b)
Amanda and Julian Waller were again in action this weekend, this time down at Rother Valley, Rotherham, back on home turf for Amanda.This race is a 16 miler over mixed terrain, mainly roads and trail but as yet no results have yet to be released so more on this one next week.
Last week we reported that Andrea Reese was at the Lambton 10km set in the exclusive, beautiful and private Lambton Estate. Well Andrea wasn’t the only Harrier on show as Louise Dickie also made the trip.Two good performances from our two ladies, on a warm summers day. 146 Louise Dickie 54:48 302 Andrea Reese 69:51
On Sunday morning…very early Sunday morning Darren Thompson set out for the 5am first leg of the Cleveland Way Relays. This 110mile event starts at Filey at 5am and finishes at Helmsley. This event is great fun with a number of challenging legs, some long, some short…generally all tough! Despite the team taking an early
Louise Dickie and Andrea Reese were at the Lambton 10km this weekend, an annual event from the Foundation of Light, set in the exclusive, beautiful and private Lambton Estate that’s not normally accessible to the public, which appears to be growing in popularity. The 10k race is a mixed terrain, rural undulating course taking in
Jay Morfoot was in ultra action this weekend as he took on a 100 mile event in Yorkshire. This fantastic 50 Mile Ultra Marathon fuses together Malham Cove, Ings Scar, Malham Tarn, the Pennine Way and the wonderful Yorkshire Three Peaks, Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.At 50 Miles runners will remember the 8507 ft of Ascent
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
Last week we told you that Darren Gee along with Amanda and Julian Waller were in action at the Keswick Mountain Festival Triathlon 25km race.Results have now been released. Well done folks.
On Sunday morning we had three athletes in action at the White Horse events, Heather Ford in the full marathon with Mike King and Penny Skilton in the half (16.5 miles). Heather, back in action finished in 3rd place despite getting lost with Mike in an excellent 9th place in the half. Official results have
In the mid week Ozzy Oiks fell race we had a small number of competitors in action covering the 5.7miles…some a little further!Some great performances from everyone on show, Paul Lowe back in competitive action finishing 1st Harrier on the day, Richard Bowes and Catherine Anderson both making their fell debuts, Catherine also picking up
David Aiken was in Half Marathon action this weekend, this time at the Lakeland Trails Half Marathon. The course utilises the first 17km section of the marathon course which takes in a full loop of Coniston water, takes runners as far as Tarn Hows, before heading back to Coniston. Although official results have yet to
Another race to take place this week was the Darlington Trail 5km race, race 3 based at South park. We had two runners on the evening in Val Clarke and Janice Foster. Val was first of the two ladies to finish in 13th place with Janice in 21st from the low key event. Val Clarke
