Rudding Parkrace – Tue 20 May 2025
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit: Jonathan Turner 19 Harriers lined up, with almost 700 other runners, on the start line of the fourth edition of the Rudding Parkrace, a mixed terrain 10k (well, 10.5k actually) race through the beautiful grounds of Rudding Park near Harrogate. The race has become well-known for its generous goody bags, […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 19 May 2025
[Photo courtesy of Philip Bland – It was another hugely successful week for Harrier Tom Adams, number 2108] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Ilkley Harriers fell and trail excellence at home and across the UK The Jack Bloor Fell Race took place on a warm Tuesday evening. The 8.4km route with 350m of ascent […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 19 May 2025
[Photo courtesy of Philip Bland – It was another hugely successful week for Harrier Tom Adams, number 2108] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Ilkley Harriers fell and trail excellence at home and across the UK The Jack Bloor Fell Race took place on a warm Tuesday evening. The 8.4km route with 350m of ascent […]
Bury St Edmunds to Clare 30k – Sun 18 May 2025
From Lynn Donohue… On Sunday 18 May I made the long trip to West Suffolk to run the 30k Bury St Edmunds to Clare Castle country park. The race was a fund raiser for the local St Nicholas hospice. An undulating course through the Suffolk countryside passing through a number of picturesque quintessentially English villages with […]
Ripon 10 mile race – Sun 18 May 2025
From Geoff Howard… Mark Hall and I took advantage of the cooler weather on Sunday to run the circuit round Studley Park and Fountains Abbey that constitutes the Ripon ten mile mixed terrain race. There were 145 others – all guided and looked after by the many excellent Ripon Runners’ volunteers. About 50% tarmac, and […]
Grassington Trail Race – Sun 18 May 2025
From Ash Winter… While many Harriers were off performing heroics at the Calderdale Way Relay, I decided to take the short hop to Grassington. The trail race of the same name was a steep, multi-terrain effort, raising money for the Grassington Primary School PTA. Running up hills for a good cause is a good way […]
Bury St Edmunds to Clare 30k – Sun 18 May 2025
From Lynn Donohue… On Sunday 18 May I made the long trip to West Suffolk to run the 30k Bury St Edmunds to Clare Castle country park. The race was a fund raiser for the local St Nicholas hospice. An undulating course through the Suffolk countryside passing through a number of picturesque quintessentially English villages with […]
Ripon 10 mile race – Sun 18 May 2025
From Geoff Howard… Mark Hall and I took advantage of the cooler weather on Sunday to run the circuit round Studley Park and Fountains Abbey that constitutes the Ripon ten mile mixed terrain race. There were 145 others – all guided and looked after by the many excellent Ripon Runners’ volunteers. About 50% tarmac, and […]
Grassington Trail Race – Sun 18 May 2025
From Ash Winter… While many Harriers were off performing heroics at the Calderdale Way Relay, I decided to take the short hop to Grassington. The trail race of the same name was a steep, multi-terrain effort, raising money for the Grassington Primary School PTA. Running up hills for a good cause is a good way […]
Ultra-trail Snowdonia 100k – Sat 17 May 2025
From Kate Archer… The race slogan is ‘beautiful beyond belief, savage beyond reason’. There are various distances, from 25k up to 100 miles, all extremely challenging. In the 100k, there were 825 starters and 586 finishers, which shows how tough the event is. I arrived in Llanberis on the Friday to register. There was a […]