We had six of our Harriers in action at the Great North West Half Marathon on Sunday morning. For those who may wish to do this race, it’s a flat and fast course and ideal for personal bests….with one snag; it’s in Blackpool in February so conditions are rarely perfect! There’s definitely been worse conditions […]
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
Saturday saw the seniors with 3 teams at the Signal Relays, Hetton. These relays are made up of teams of 4 for women and 6 for men, covering around 2.2 miles per leg. Our ladies team came in 43rd overall on the day with our Men’s teams 6th and 34th. Impressive running by everyone who
On a warm Sunday at Raby castle we had a number of runners in action in both the 5km and 10km events. Nova Tarn the only senior in the 5km race finished 21st in 26:44 with junior competitor Charlie Holdcroft 28th in 28:50. In the 10km race it was Nova’s husband Wes who took the
On Sunday morning we had one of our club races at South Park in the form of a 20 mile race. This race which is new to the running circuit over the last few years is there to aid local runners with their spring marathons. Some fantastic support by many club members on the day
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
On Thursday evening 60 Harriers were on show at the NYMAC relays, a 4 person team relay each runner taking on a 1 mile loop around Stewart park Middlesboro. The course takes runners down a small bank which enables runners to get off to a quick start before levelling out until around 400m to go
On Saturday afternoon at Redcar we saw another large turnout of runners from the club for the North East XC Championship. The course was three laps 12km for men and 8km for the ladies, around the racecourse so fairly flat with a couple of speed bumps, long grass and some muddy patches but nothing to
On Sunday at Summerhill, Hartlepool, the next event of this seasons Cross Country took place. A tough course made worse by poor conditions as the recent poor weather had turned the course into a mud fest. The course a multi lap event saw women take on 4.6km and the men 8.9km with a few tasty
Last week at Tees Pride two of our runners were not showing in the Harriers results. Well done Wes and Jen(n).
