OMM ‘Lite’ Grasmere – Sat-Sun 28-29 May
From John Hayes… Photo credit OMM and John Hayes… There are now two OMM Mountain Marathons per year in the UK. The main one in October involves two days in the hills, carrying all your kit (including tent and sleeping bag) and invariably being lashed by rain/hail/snow. The other is the “OMM Lite” held in […]
Harriers Race League update
From Dan McKeown… As the dust settles on May’s slate of fixtures, the time is ripe for another roundup of the comings, goings, doings and don’tings of our club race league. I’ll spare you the usual preamble about the rules – it’s all available on our dedicated race league page, along with the fixtures and whatnot. […]
OMM ‘Lite’ Grasmere – Sat-Sun 28-29 May
From John Hayes… Photo credit OMM and John Hayes… There are now two OMM Mountain Marathons per year in the UK. The main one in October involves two days in the hills, carrying all your kit (including tent and sleeping bag) and invariably being lashed by rain/hail/snow. The other is the “OMM Lite” held in […]
Kettlewell Half Marathon – Sat 28 May
From Jill Ezard… When last at a Due North event I wasn’t feeling one hundred percent I was not in the zone And did nothing but moan Up the hills and down every descent So today for the Kettlewell run I decided to just have some fun The first up was quite tough And the […]
Kettlewell Half Marathon – Sat 28 May
From Jill Ezard… When last at a Due North event I wasn’t feeling one hundred percent I was not in the zone And did nothing but moan Up the hills and down every descent So today for the Kettlewell run I decided to just have some fun The first up was quite tough And the […]
Evensplits 5K Leeds – Wed 25 May
From Petra Bijsterveld… The May instalment of the Evensplits Leeds 5k series and Club Championships saw 14 Harriers turn out at the Brownlee circuit on Wednesday evening. A lovely evening though a tad blowy, with the wind direction ensuring that runners had to face the headwind on the uphill stretch of the circuit. Several of […]
Evensplits 5K Leeds – Wed 25 May
From Petra Bijsterveld… The May instalment of the Evensplits Leeds 5k series and Club Championships saw 14 Harriers turn out at the Brownlee circuit on Wednesday evening. A lovely evening though a tad blowy, with the wind direction ensuring that runners had to face the headwind on the uphill stretch of the circuit. Several of […]
Cookridge Community Run – Sun 22 May
From Peter Shelley… The Cookridge Community Run enjoyed a good turnout of 363 runners on its third iteration including a numbers of Harriers motivated by its inclusion in this year’s race league. It’s a multi terrain 10k run on the outksirts of Cookridge in northern Leeds, using bridleways and tracks in and around Golden Acre […]
Cardiff Bay 10K – Sun 22 May
From Lucy Williamson… A lovely sunny day for a run around Cardiff Bay. The route takes in the centre of Cardiff Bay and then out and back along the barrage which was beautiful. Results 1 29:07 Omar Ahmed (Birchfield Harriers) 129 39:10 Lucy Williamson
Manchester Half & 10k – Sun 22 May
From Oli Murphy… Zoe and I signed up for the Great Manchester half in January with a big group of university mates, full of promises to put the excesses of Christmas behind them. Fast forward five months and predictably all but one of them had made varying sheepish excuses, and dropped out of the Whatsapp […]