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 […]
Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) Challenge – Sat 17 May 2025
From Rachel Carter… Not a race but worth a mention here as it’s such a great event to support. The CRO Challenge is the main annual event fundraiser for the Cave Rescue Team based in Clapham. Their title is perhaps a little deceptive as around 90% of the incidents they support are ‘mountain’ incidents. There’s […]
Beara Way Ultra – Fri 16 May 2025
From Matthew Kennedy… Inspired by a conversation with a couple of Irish runners at a race last year, on Thursday night I found myself in the back room of MacCarthy’s Bar in Castletownbere, County Cork, waiting to register for the following morning’s Beara Way Ultra. The 100-mile race (there are a couple of shorter alternatives) […]
Run Nidderdale 10k Trail Race – Sun 11 May 2025
From Geoff Howard… Life does have an unfortunate knack of getting in the way of running – as I’ve experienced recently with various niggles – up until the last few weeks seemingly locked into an endless repeat series of “just getting back into it”. So that’s probably why, with glorious weather and at last feeling […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 12 May 2025
[Photo courtesy of John Hayes – Jack Cummings taking a commanding lead in the Rob Burrow Leeds Half Marathon] From Jill Ezard & Nicola Budding… Ilkley Harrier wins Rob Burrow Leeds Half Marathon It was a fantastic Harriers’ turnout for the third Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon and Half Marathon with 18 participants across both events. […]
Run Nidderdale 10k Trail Race – Sun 11 May 2025
From Geoff Howard… Life does have an unfortunate knack of getting in the way of running – as I’ve experienced recently with various niggles – up until the last few weeks seemingly locked into an endless repeat series of “just getting back into it”. So that’s probably why, with glorious weather and at last feeling […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 5 May 2025
[Photo courtesy of Alison Weston – Ilkley’s Oli Murphy on his way to victory] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Ilkley Harriers continue to dominate on the fells and trails Dick Hudsons Fell Race took place on Thursday evening, organised by Wharfedale Harriers. Following a simple format, runners set off from the northern edge of […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 5 May 2025
[Photo courtesy of Alison Weston – Ilkley’s Oli Murphy on his way to victory] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Ilkley Harriers continue to dominate on the fells and trails Dick Hudsons Fell Race took place on Thursday evening, organised by Wharfedale Harriers. Following a simple format, runners set off from the northern edge of […]
Coiners Fell Race – Mon 5 May 2025
From Rachel Carter… Calder Valley Fell Runners put on a good day of racing for Juniors and Seniors with a BBQ and cake stall fundraising for the local school. It’s a fast tour of paths, tracks & moorland (including a few bogs), starting in Mytholmroyd and taking in Stoodley Pike. The route (6.9 miles, 1300ft) […]
British Masters and EA 10 mile-road British Vets Ch’ships – Sat 3 May 2025
From Mark Hall… A long trip down to Mallory Park motor racing circuit in Leicestershire. I was last here in 1970 when my parents took me to watch the World professional cycling road race championships won by JP Monsere who soon after was killed by a motorist (sadly yet another). I have not returned since […]