Yorkshire Marathon – Sun 19 Oct 2025
From Ash Winter… Yorkshire Marathon 2024 took place in the aptly named Storm Ashley, everyone was drenched, the last 10km was into a headwind, finishing was a sweet release from a harrowing experience. I’d been awake since 5:30am, as I drove on the day, parking was a nightmare, never mind finding my car afterwards in […]
Abingdon Marathon – Sun 19 Oct 2025
From Hilda Coulsey… This was the 41st edition of the race, established in 1982, making it one of the oldest in UK. It’s a fairly flat course but run mostly on pavements with many twists and turns, uneven surfaces and only 5 miles of closed roads. Undoubtedly its a club event, I didn’t see any charity […]
FRA relays – Sat 18 Oct 2025
From Jane McCarthy… The UKA and Fell Runner Association National fell and hill running relay Championships 2025 were held in the beautiful Welsh mountains around Dinas Mawddwy: featuring STEEP climbs, pathless moorland, rocks and challenging underfoot. In the spirit of the event “Rhedeg ym mynyddoedd Cymru – Ile mae’r enaid yn hedfan” OR “Running in […]
Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 13 Oct 2025
From Nigel Illingworth… Photo credit: Woodentops Harriers excel on the fells and roads. An excellent week for the Harriers with achievements high on the fells and down on the roads. Sunday saw many Harriers on the Withins Skyline, a six-mile race passing Top Withens. Jack Cummings was 1st with 41:50, followed by Gawain Moore 3rd […]
WYXC #1 Nunroyd Park – Sun 12 Oct 2025
From Alison Bennett… The first of 4 races in the league and was held locally at Nunroyd Park, Guiseley. The conditions for this 9.5 km race were dry, warm and sunny so quite unusual for an event usually associated with mud and rain. There were tremendous results for Ilkley with Edward Hobbs winning the race, 10 […]
Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 13 Oct 2025
From Nigel Illingworth… Photo credit: Woodentops Harriers excel on the fells and roads. An excellent week for the Harriers with achievements high on the fells and down on the roads. Sunday saw many Harriers on the Withins Skyline, a six-mile race passing Top Withens. Jack Cummings was 1st with 41:50, followed by Gawain Moore 3rd […]
WYXC #1 Nunroyd Park – Sun 12 Oct 2025
From Alison Bennett… The first of 4 races in the league and was held locally at Nunroyd Park, Guiseley. The conditions for this 9.5 km race were dry, warm and sunny so quite unusual for an event usually associated with mud and rain. There were tremendous results for Ilkley with Edward Hobbs winning the race, 10 […]
Punk Panther Head Torch Half – Tue 7 Oct 2025
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo Credit: Ryk Downes Ryk Downes, aka ‘Mr Punk Panther’, told me he had only added this race, with a 10k and a half marathon option, as a filler in the racing calendar, and had not really expected many entries. However, this midweek night-time trail race around the Swinsty and Fewston Reservoirs […]
Run to the Sea Bournemouth – Sat 4 Oct 2025
From Nigel Illingworth… I can’t remember exactly where I was when friends Pete and Maxine (experienced ultra runners) said, “Nigel, you should run an ultra, and we recommend Run to the Sea Bournemouth – it’s flat, on good surfaces, has generous cutoffs and it’s only 50km.” Before I knew it, I was entered, and the […]
Ilkley Gazette Report w/c Oct 6 2025
From Luke Watkeys…. Storm forces Hodgson Relay cancellation as Harriers compete across the country Our racing week starts on Friday, 3 October at the North Coast 110, where club runner Matthew Kennedy delivered a superb performance, claiming third place in 25 hours and 5 minutes on a course that’s as beautiful as it is brutal. […]