Loch Ness Marathon – Sun 1 Oct
From Rebecca Mon-Williams… For anyone wanting to combine a mini break in the Highlands with a long road race, I can’t recommend the Loch Ness Marathon highly enough. Starting in the hills to the north of Fort Augustus, the race makes its way steadily downwards to the shores of Loch Ness and on towards the […]
Ilkley Gazette report – w/c 25 Sep
From Will Worboys… Photo credit Zoe Barton Rothery storms to second in English Fell Championships This years English fell championship was concluded on Saturday, with Ilkley’s Ben Rothery finishing in a fantastic second place overall just behind winner Billy Cartwright. The final race at Shelf Moor saw Rothery claiming a hard fought third place to […]
Ilkley Gazette report – w/c 25 Sep
From Will Worboys… Photo credit Zoe Barton Rothery storms to second in English Fell Championships This years English fell championship was concluded on Saturday, with Ilkley’s Ben Rothery finishing in a fantastic second place overall just behind winner Billy Cartwright. The final race at Shelf Moor saw Rothery claiming a hard fought third place to […]
Quarter Everest up and down UK womens FKT – Fri 8 Sep
From Jann Smith… 8808 feet ascending and descending / 7.16 miles / 48% gradient / 4hr 42 mins / Steel Fell, Lake District Everesting is a relatively new concept very popular with cyclists . Choose a hill then go up and down the same path non-stop. The steeper the hill the less the mileage… but it’s […]
Leeds Golden Mile – Sat 23 Sep
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Michael Abrams-Cohen The Leeds Golden Mile 2023 is a mile on the track at Carnegie, superbly organised by our friends at Racebest. A friendly race open to all abilities, ages and paces, yet it has all the proper ingredients of a formal athletics event including a UKA official (Jerry Watson), […]
Lidingoloppet 30k trail race – Sat 23 Sept
From Nigel Tapper… A cornerstone of The Swedish Classic series (ski, cycle, swim and run) since 1971, this event doesn’t disappoint. A truly well-organised and fun weekend of running on the island of Lidingo just a little north of Stockholm. Lovely courses of varying distances, through pine-needled forest trails and the coastline of the Baltic […]
World Masters Mountain Championships – Madeira – 15/17 Sep
From Geoff Howard… It may not seem so to everyone, but to the residents of Ponta do Pargo (isolated at the westernmost tip of Madeira and famous for its lighthouse) combining the WMMRC with a regional apple festival was quite natural. However, whatever the reasoning, the blend of the two, alcohol and sunny but not […]
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 18 Sep
From Jean Sullivan… Success at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships for Ilkley Harriers’ finest There were gold and silver medals for Harriers Geoff Howard and Hilda Coulsey at the 22nd World Masters Mountain running championships held in the beautiful island of Madeira this weekend. Geoff and Hilda travelled to Madeira to take part in […]
World Masters Mountain Championships – Madeira – 15/17 Sep
From Geoff Howard… It may not seem so to everyone, but to the residents of Ponta do Pargo (isolated at the westernmost tip of Madeira and famous for its lighthouse) combining the WMMRC with a regional apple festival was quite natural. However, whatever the reasoning, the blend of the two, alcohol and sunny but not […]
Wetherby 10k – Sun 17 Sep
From Sally Armitage… I look forward to this race all year long, I can’t pinpoint why but it’s my favourite race of the year. Which is odd considering I hate running off road and this has a mile through a field… which was wet & muddy this year!! There was a small Harriers turnout with […]