British FRA Relays (all teams) – Sat 19 Oct
From Rachel Carter… This year the UKA British Hill and Fell Relays were held at Appletreewick with all the best fell teams coming to compete in this prestigious event of the race calendar. The relays comprise 4 legs – 2 solos and 2 paired – with Leg 3 requiring navigation to find 9 checkpoints after […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 14 October
[Photo by Beth Ripper – Sam Bentham pursued by the pack on his way to victory at the Wasdale Show Fell Race] From Peter Shelley… Ilkley Harriers’ mettle tested on the fells and on the roads Saturday saw Harriers tackle rough conditions in the Lakes and Derbyshire. The Langdale Horseshoe Fell Race covered 21km and […]
Abbey Dash – Sun 13 Oct
From Geoff Howard.. Hamstring injury, Covid and a washed away road have all conspired this year to thwart either a big race or a big walk plan. As the X84 crawled, increasingly behind schedule, from Headingley down to the Inner Ring Road on Sunday morning, I was beginning to think “Whoops here we go again”. […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 14 October
[Photo by Beth Ripper – Sam Bentham pursued by the pack on his way to victory at the Wasdale Show Fell Race] From Peter Shelley… Ilkley Harriers’ mettle tested on the fells and on the roads Saturday saw Harriers tackle rough conditions in the Lakes and Derbyshire. The Langdale Horseshoe Fell Race covered 21km and […]
Abbey Dash – Sun 13 Oct
From Geoff Howard.. Hamstring injury, Covid and a washed away road have all conspired this year to thwart either a big race or a big walk plan. As the X84 crawled, increasingly behind schedule, from Headingley down to the Inner Ring Road on Sunday morning, I was beginning to think “Whoops here we go again”. […]
Withins Skyline – Sun 13 Oct
From Rachel Carter… It’s a few years since I ran this race and I had forgotten about the bogs. On the way out the route climbs up several plateaus before reaching the Stoop standing stone and then Top Withins (a ruined farmhouse said to have inspired Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights) via some of the flagged […]
Holmfirth 10k – Sun 13 Oct
From Sally Armitage… I’d entered this race last year but missed it due to illness so was pleased to make the start line this year. Another hilly road race starting and finishing in Holmfirth. A long climb up, a loop around a reservoir, followed by the same route back down to the finish. With 205 […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 7 October
[Photo by Alison Weston – Sam Bentham and Oli Murphy at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay] From Will Worboys… Ilkley send strong teams to Lakes Relay The Harriers sent two strong teams to take part in one of the highlights of the fell running calendar, the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay, on Saturday. The annual relay […]
Guiseley WYXC – Sun 6 Oct
From Neil Chapman… It was surprisingly good conditions underfoot for the first West Yorkshire race of the year, although Alison Bennett was the only Harrier in the ladies race, it was well worth the trip, having a great race and finishing 1st in her age group. The men had good representation, with nine of them […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 7 October
[Photo by Alison Weston – Sam Bentham and Oli Murphy at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay] From Will Worboys… Ilkley send strong teams to Lakes Relay The Harriers sent two strong teams to take part in one of the highlights of the fell running calendar, the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay, on Saturday. The annual relay […]