Mark Milner headed out Friday to take on the Hardmoors 160 mile race. ‘The Ring Of Steele’ Ultramarathon starts at Sutton Bank and head East along the Cleveland Way to Helmsley. Leaving Helmsley the route will continue east across the moors following the Tabular Hills Route to Scalby and the Clifftops of the Cleveland Way […]
The second of three races that form part of the Run Billingham Series in 2018. A 6.5 mile trail race around the beautiful Wynyard Woodland Park. The Park started life as a working railway carrying freight to ports along the River Tees. Now it provides visitors with miles of flat footpaths, numerous circular walks and
Graham O’ Hara and Val Clarke were two of our athletes on show at the Ravenscar Half Marathon last weekend. Starting from Ravenscar Village Hall situated 700 feet above sea level, overlooking Robin Hood’s Bay in the North York Moors National Park and midway between Whitby and Scarborough, the route then gently descends the beautiful
Carl Eddon was up in the hills last weekend as he took on the Yorkshire 3 peaks. Although not a race as such, Carl took 27minutes off his previous effort as he finished in 6 hours 20 minutes!Well done Carl, one hill of an effort!
Andrea Reese and Penny Ivison took on the Durham Trail 10mile race this Sunday. The 10 mile route starts in Durham City before heading down along the rivers Wear Dale Way, through the local woods of Shincliffe and Croxdale, running along some trails. Runners then return to the City finishing with the spectacular climb up
Last weekend Hilary Bevan happened to be in the Watford area so entered the local 10km on the day. The 2018 Watford 10k starts near the bandstand in Cassiobury Park and this year’s course is new and is designed to enable participants to enjoy the bluebells in the woods in Cassiobury Park.Much of this race
David McKenna was the first Harrier home at the Gribdale Growler, a 5.5m race with over 280 metres of ascent near Great Ayton. Some great performances on the day including Val Clarke 1st V55, Linda Noble 2nd V50 and Sarah Tomlinson 2nd V40. We also saw Allan Harder, Michael Watson, Tony Williams, Barry Foster and
Two weeks ago we reported that Darren Stockdale and Mark Milner were in action in Cumbria’s Anniversary Waltz, a tough 11.5mile race with 3600 ascent. Well results are finally out! Well done lads, great times.Mark Milner 392nd 3:05:05 Darren Stockdale 441st 3:27:46
Darren Gee was back in action this weekend this time at the Derwentwater Dawdle. This is a challenging 23 mile(route that takes in three tough ascents totalling 4300ft as you complete a full circuit of Derwentwater.From the start at Victory Memorial Hall in Braithwaite runners make their way to the first ascent, the summit of
Tom Leighton along with Simon and Maria Daniels took on the Sand Dancer 10K race this weekend. This Multi Terrain race originates from the Sunderland to South Shields race, which was the first town to town race ever to be held as far back as 1904.The course which starts on the promenade and continues up
Darren and Sara Gee along with Julian and Amanda Waller were the solo Harrier team in Sedgefield Harriers Neptune relays. This event is loads of fun, 1.7miles per leg and a good course to run.Our mixed team runners finished 76th from 120 teams on the day. First Darlington Harrier team home too!Well done all.
David Brown was one of a small number of Harriers on show at last week’s trail race. David who has only recently joined the club finished two places behind Colin Taylor in 2nd with Val Clarke 2nd female in 11th place. Completing the group on the night was Penny Ivison who finished 73rd from the
Richard Bowes was the lone wolf running at Hamsterley10k this weekend. This out and back race through the beautiful surroundings of Hamsterley Forest is always a popular race onthe circuit.Richard had a strong run finishing 45th in 47:42.Well done Richard, great work!
This Sunday saw Seven Harriers head to Washington to take on the annual Trail 10k. Washington Trail 10k winds its way around the wonderful James Steel Park and picks its way around woodland trails along the banks of the River Wear. With birds from the Washington Wildfowl Wetland Centre and the resident otter family around
Darren Stockdale and Mark Milner were in the mood fora dance this weekend in Cumbria as they took on the Anniversary Waltz. This event is a 11.5mile race but has a 3600 ascent along the way and requires runners to have full kit to support them.No results have been released for this one yet but
At the midweekMuddy Roads Tees Trail Series at Newham Grange we had eight Harriers running the 5k trail race. Some impressive running from all on show on the evening, well done all.
Last Sunday Amanda and Julian Waller were in Half Marathon action this time in Norwich. First staged in 1985 by Duke Street Running Club, this race was originally based in the centre of Norwich – hence its name. Then in 1993 it moved to the Norfolk Showground on the western outskirts of the city and
On Easter Monday, Darren headed to the North west to take on the L2M (London to Manchester) Ultra 50mile race. Starting from the Albert Dock, this 50 Mile Heavily Supported Ultra-Marathon follows the Trans-Pennine Trail and the River Mersey from Liverpool to Manchester via 7 Checkpoints en route. The course is a flat and fast
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
One race that went under the radar last week was the Guiseley Gallop. A multi terrain 10km race through Guiseley near Leeds. Paul Kelly pictured here below is not shown in the results but did finish the race. Number 339 finished in 53:19 so assume around that time too. Danielle Clark was our only official
