Sunday has five Harriers head to Hawthorn, Durham for the Trail Outlaw Branches and Bays 10k, an off road trail event around the Durham Wildlife Trust and National trust woodland. Some excellent performances from the group, results below. Well done!
On Wednesday night we had a number of Harriers head towards Great Ayton for the evenings Gribdale Gallop race with a new course after organisers were unable to get access to the Forestry Commission land. This years race is around 9km (2km shorter than the established route and takes out some of the ascent…which is
Kim Reeve finished 49th at the Rosedale Hardmoors marathon, all 29 miles of it whilst Andrea Reese, Penny Ivison and Leigh Hindle headed to South Shields for the mornings 10 miles. Well done all 4 of you!
Last week, flying under the radar was the ‘unique’ Heather Ford who was competing in the Crenel Ultra. This run is in the stunning Northumberland National Park. The Cheviots are some of the biggest hills outside of the Lake District as England flirts with the Scottish border. Heather who is regaining her fitness finished in
The Gerry Kearsley Handicap is run in January and July over a multi terrain route on trails around Fishburn and Bishop Middleham. It is free to enter and you can enter on the day. Handicapping is based on 10k times. The name of the winner is engraved on the Gerry Kearsley Handicap shield. It was
Today saw a small number of our hardcore Harrier group at the Dales Trail 30, affectionately known as the DT30. A bit of a classic with nearly 3,000ft of climbing up to Tan Hill Inn. With sections of the C2C including the steep, rocky descent into Swinner Gill and a fast 3km downhill into Muker,
We had three of our athletes in action at this years Lyke Wake Challenge, an event which sees essentially competitors crossing the North Yorkshire Moors from Osmotherley to Ravenscar. This event is a 42 mile challenge that sees runners setting off at different times based on ability/expected time to complete and go through several check
Today saw a small number of Harriers at the Saltwell Fell race a tough 5.6m race. Paul Lowe was 2nd across the line in a speedy 46.07 with Natalie Curgenven taking 1st place in the ladies race finishing 22nd overall in 55.52. 85 ran on the day. Full results can be found here
Sunday saw a small number of Harriers back at Castle Howard to run the mornings 10km. Iain Girard was first of the club runners home on the day finishing 74th. Full results can be found here
Barry Foster finished 3rd in a low key event today at Witton Castle, a 10km off road event supporting Butterwick Hospice. He truly did ‘Conquer The Castle’. Well done Barry
Taken from Northern Runner: The rain cleared out well before the race replaced with a mild perfect running evening. Overall winner was Paul Lowe of Darlington Harriers, in a navigation error free run Paul eased to victory over Martin Perry of Esk Valley Fell Club. In the women’s race it was Alison Matthews claiming a
Paul Lowe and Paul Allan were our only competitors at the Skiddaw fell race today, a 9.6 mile race but with nearly 1000ft of climbing throughout. Paul Lowe was first to finish of the two finishing 11th with Paul Allan 48th from a field of 136 runners. Full results can be found here
Reservoir Dogs is a tour around 7 of the reservoirs that serve the Leeds area, starting with Lindley Wood Reservoir in North Yorkshire, the route then goes to Swinsty and Fewston Reservoir before heading over to John O’Gaunt, Beaver Dyke, Scargill Reservoirs before returning to West Yorkshire via Stainburn Forest and Almscliffe Crag to Eccup Reservoir before
Today saw four of our runners at the Hadrian Wall half marathon, a race which has pretty much everything with road, trail, grass, hills and undulation along the way. Some good performances from the guys on the day, Barry Foster first to get home. Full results can be found here
Darren Stockdale was in action at the Cronkley Fell race today, a race which is over 11 miles in length with over 1600ft of ascent. results have yet to be published but will be available here
We had a bigger turnout this week at the Whorlton Fell race after good feedback from the runners the previous year. Once again some excellent results on the evening. The mens team claimed 1st prize on the evening, Paul Lowe being first home for the club in 5th supported by Paul Allan and Garry Collinson.
Saturday saw a number of our runners at the high cup Nick and rather than give you any spoiler alerts, read here for full results and a run down of the race here
We had a small number of Harriers at the Ossy Oiks Fell Race, a race which is classed as AS which means it’s a short course with steep climbs with most of the race on the Cleveland Way. Paul Lowe picked up 4th place on the evening with Natalie Curgenven 2nd lady on the night.
We had a handful of our Harriers at the York Chocolate Run on Sunday…and we all love chocolate! This run is a bit of fun but things get serious when there’s chocolate at the end of a 5km run. Well done boys and girls….now go and run off those calories!
The route takes runners out of the village on the Cleveland Way to the mast at Beacon Hill before heading back towards Cod Beck Reservoir. A short road section to Square Corner… this is where the serious climbing begins, upwards onto the Black Hambleton Hills, where the views on a clear day will take your
