Weston Park Sprint Duathlon – Sun 14 May

From Neil Chapman… On 14th May Christos Tzelis took part in the Weston Park Sprint Duathlon which was a qualifying event for the 2024 European Sprint Distance Duathlon Championships. It was a mixed-age race so Christos was competing against many much older competitors in an event which consisted of four laps of the cycle course […]

Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 29 May

From Jean Sullivan… Photo credit Marc Westerman Huge success for the Ilkley Harriers at the Pete Shields Ilkley Trail Race Bank Holiday Monday saw the inaugural staging of the Pete Shields Ilkley Trail Race, a fitting tribute to Pete Shields, a former Ilkley Harriers coach and friend to many who sadly passed away in 2020. Formerly […]

Pete Shields Ilkley Trail Race – Mon 29 May

Report to follow. Results 1 Tom Adams 00:39:16 2 Nathan Edmondson 00:40:03 6 Jack Wood 00:42:27 11 Michael Odell 00:45:22 14 David Foyston 00:46:49 17 Michael Abrams-Cohen 00:47:22 20 Forrest Hamilton 00:47:45 21 Gavin Lamb 00:48:21 24 Justin Pierce 00:48:58 26 Dave Robson 00:49:29 27 Andrew Marshall 00:49:42 28 Rob Cunningham 00:50:03 29 Adrian Hall […]

Kempton Park Marathon – Sun 28 May

From Geoff Howard… A bit rusty regarding all things marathon, but I had a go at achieving a ‘good for age’ London Marathon qualifying time on Sunday at Kempton Park along with only 73 others. A somewhat idiosyncratic eight lap course, I’d planned to run at 35mins/lap pace giving 4h 40s (25mins within the target […]

Bradford 10k – Sun 28 May

From David Westhead… A select group of Harriers turned out for the postponed Bradford 10k on Sunday 28th May. Good running conditions brought some excellent times with just a light head wind holding us back on the ‘out’ of the ‘out-and-back’ along Canal Road. Joe Wilkinson’s winning time of just outside 31 minutes was excellent, but somewhat […]

Jura Fell Race – Sat 27 May

From Nea Weston… Alison and I took part in the Jura fell race this weekend. With 7 summits and 2,370m of climbing over 27km, it was an adventure of a day, mainly experienced in rain and clag!  It was a great course, largely consisting of bog and scree with steep gradients in between! We emerged […]

Kempton Park Marathon – Sun 28 May

From Geoff Howard… A bit rusty regarding all things marathon, but I had a go at achieving a ‘good for age’ London Marathon qualifying time on Sunday at Kempton Park along with only 73 others. A somewhat idiosyncratic eight lap course, I’d planned to run at 35mins/lap pace giving 4h 40s (25mins within the target […]

Bradford 10k – Sun 28 May

From David Westhead… A select group of Harriers turned out for the postponed Bradford 10k on Sunday 28th May. Good running conditions brought some excellent times with just a light head wind holding us back on the ‘out’ of the ‘out-and-back’ along Canal Road. Joe Wilkinson’s winning time of just outside 31 minutes was excellent, but somewhat […]

Jura Fell Race – Sat 27 May

From Nea Weston… Alison and I took part in the Jura fell race this weekend. With 7 summits and 2,370m of climbing over 27km, it was an adventure of a day, mainly experienced in rain and clag!  It was a great course, largely consisting of bog and scree with steep gradients in between! We emerged […]

That’s so Hebden Bridge Fell Race – Thu 25 May

From Dave Robson… This year’s plan to run a previously untried race each month continued in May with the ‘That’s so Hebden Bridge’ Fell Race. It is organised by Todmorden Harriers and is described as “a delightful 10K fell race run over trail and open moorland starting in Hebden Bridge, with a steep climb up […]