Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon/British Trail Running Championships – Sun 23 Mar 2025
From Dick Waddington… The Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon is a twice yearly event that has been the venue for the UK Trail Running Championships for the last few years. It’s very well organised with plenty of homemade cake and flapjack available at the start (very important). The course is entirely through woods, which […]
Spen 20 – Sun 23 Mar 2025
From Sally Armitage… Starting and finishing at the Princess Mary Athletics Stadium in Cleckheaton, Spen 20 is another 20 mile ‘marathon prep’ race involving 2 loops around the hilly roads of the Spen Valley. This was my second run around this race, and after a disastrous, poorly paced run last year I was determined to […]
Blubberhouses Moor – Sun 23 Mar 2025
From Rachel Carter… The Blubberhouses Moor 24 Challenge is an event organised by Nidderdale Long Distance Walker Association so has a combination of runners and walkers. It’s a very well organised low key event that starts at Norwood Village Hall in Bland Hill – a hamlet above Swinsty Reservoir. The first few miles take you […]
Hardmoors 55 – Sat 22 Mar 2025
From Kate Archer… A 55-mile race that follows the Cleveland Way from Guisborough to Helmsley. This was my first Hardmoors race, but hopefully won’t be my last. The whole event was so well organised and friendly. At 6am runners were coached from Helmsley market square to the race start. It seemed a long drive and […]
Hardmoors 55 – Sat 22 Mar 2025
From Kate Archer… A 55-mile race that follows the Cleveland Way from Guisborough to Helmsley. This was my first Hardmoors race, but hopefully won’t be my last. The whole event was so well organised and friendly. At 6am runners were coached from Helmsley market square to the race start. It seemed a long drive and […]
Roberts Park parkrun – Sat 22 Mar 2025
From Dawn Turner… Saturday morning saw Caroline’s running group travelling to Roberts Park, Saltaire to participate in their inaugural away parkrun. The initiative begun last spring by Caroline and with help from volunteers has grown from strength to strength and has progressed from run/walking to a 5km parkrun. It was an early start as Caroline, […]
We Need to Talk About Chevin – Sat 22 Mar 2025
From Ash Winter… With the Three Peaks Relay on the horizon, I was on the lookout for races with a healthy amount of elevation. Colm McCann delivered by pointing me in the direction of the ‘We Need to Talk About Chevin’ race by Great Owl Running and, once I put aside the adoption of a […]
Rome Marathon – Sun 16 Mar 2025
From Bob Hamilton… Forrest pulled the trigger by running 2:49:18 in the Abingdon Marathon last October, nailing a qualification time for the Boston Marathon in 2026. I will be a V70 by then and it occurred to us both that it would be cool if I was able to qualify too. I’m not a great […]
Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 17 March
From Peter Shelley and Nicola Budding… Club records tumble on the road and track while endurance specialists rack up the off-road miles On Friday 14th March Evensplits York 5k saw Helena Coy finish 68/197 and 2nd female of 59 setting a fabulous new personal record of 17:19 in the process. Matthew Lambe finished 158/197 in […]
Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 17 March
From Peter Shelley and Nicola Budding… Club records tumble on the road and track while endurance specialists rack up the off-road miles On Friday 14th March Evensplits York 5k saw Helena Coy finish 68/197 and 2nd female of 59 setting a fabulous new personal record of 17:19 in the process. Matthew Lambe finished 158/197 in […]