Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 13 January 2025
[Archie Budding, the Northern Athletics U20 Indoor 1,500m Champion] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Archie flies at 1,500m Champs while winter conditions test race organisers and runners alike The Institute of Sport in Sheffield staged the Northern Athletics U20 Indoor Championships over the weekend. Building on his 2nd place finish at the Yorkshire XC […]
Leeds Country Way Winter Ultra – Sat/Sun 11/12 Jan 2025
From Jonathan Turner… It felt a bit like out of the frying pan and into the fire when the Leeds Country Way Winter Ultra finally got under way on Saturday – the original dates in early December were cancelled because of Storm Darragh and rescheduled for the second weekend in January. So wind and rain […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 6 Jan 2025
From Jill Ezard… Photo credit: Woodentops New Year successes off road Snow and ice may have stopped play at the weekend with both the third race in the PECO cross country series and several parkruns being cancelled, but it was still a good week for the Harriers off road and at the parkrun events that […]
The Drop Leeds – Sat 4 Jan 2025
From John Hayes… One of the things I enjoy about longer races is the navigational element. Running with a map and compass in hand is second nature to me. Take them away, and I’m like a young child who has had their comfort blanket confiscated. In a nutshell, this is what happens in The Drop. You can have no […]
Keswick New Year’s Day parkrun – Wed 1 Jan 2025
From Paul Stephens… My second parkrun, 15 years after the first, was a last minute decision on New Year’s Eve before we’d started on the wine and whisky. Keswick is a fast out and back course, and it was popular: 450+ runners. Only one other Harrier, Helen Thurston (with her daughter) who I think had […]
Keswick New Year’s Day parkrun – Wed 1 Jan 2025
From Paul Stephens… My second parkrun, 15 years after the first, was a last minute decision on New Year’s Eve before we’d started on the wine and whisky. Keswick is a fast out and back course, and it was popular: 450+ runners. Only one other Harrier, Helen Thurston (with her daughter) who I think had […]