Lee Mill Fell Relay – Sun 30 Nov 2025
From Daniel McKeown… Sunday saw the return of the Lee Mill Relay, four laps of the finest six-and-a-half mile course that the remnants of industrial Lancashire can provide. I’d assembled a fearsome foursome of forty-somethings in order to ensure that whoever pitched up from Calder Valley or wherever would at least have to break a […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 24 November 2025
[Sally Armitage on her way to finishing fifth female and first in her age category at the Tadcaster 10 – photo credit Stephen Walker] From Jill Ezard & Nicola Budding… BOFRA Championship Success for Gibbons and Moore It was a quiet week for racing but no less successful for Harriers on road and trail. On […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 24 November 2025
[Sally Armitage on her way to finishing fifth female and first in her age category at the Tadcaster 10 – photo credit Stephen Walker] From Jill Ezard & Nicola Budding… BOFRA Championship Success for Gibbons and Moore It was a quiet week for racing but no less successful for Harriers on road and trail. On […]
Tadcaster 10-mile – Sun 23 Nov 2025
From Sally Armitage… Yesterday I returned for my 3rd run of Tadcaster 10. Strangely described as undulating yet a PB course. Ran entirely on closed roads, the race begins with a tough 3km loop of town and then out into the countryside, passing though a number of small villages, finishing with a straight, mostly flat […]
Hardwolds 80 – Sat 22 Nov 2025
From Matthew Kennedy… The Hardwolds 80 is one of the events organised by prolific North East race organiser Hardmoors, following the Yorkshire Wolds Way for 80 miles from Hessle (on the outskirts of Hull) to Filey, in a long clockwise arc away from the coast. 7,870 feet of climbing is not particularly steep for a […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 17 November 2025
[Harriers Alison Weston, far left, and Jann Smith, second left, were among the award winners at the Craiglands – photo courtesy of Iain Gibbons] From Nigel Illingworth & Nicola Budding… Harriers’ successes recognised at annual award ceremony Ilkley Harriers hosted the prestigious annual Fell Runners Association Dinner and Presentation at Ilkley’s Craiglands Hotel on Saturday […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 17 November 2025
[Harriers Alison Weston, far left, and Jann Smith, second left, were among the award winners at the Craiglands – photo courtesy of Iain Gibbons] From Nigel Illingworth & Nicola Budding… Harriers’ successes recognised at annual award ceremony Ilkley Harriers hosted the prestigious annual Fell Runners Association Dinner and Presentation at Ilkley’s Craiglands Hotel on Saturday […]
God’s Own Back Yard Ultra Leeds – Sat 15 Nov 2025
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Nikie Hannah/ GOBYU A “backyard ultra” is a Last Person Standing ultramarathon format where runners complete a 4.167-mile loop (‘yard’) every hour, on the hour, until only one competitor remains. The winner is the last runner to complete a lap, with all others having either quit or failed to finish […]
God’s Own Back Yard Ultra Leeds – Sat 15 Nov 2025
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Nikie Hannah/ GOBYU A “backyard ultra” is a Last Person Standing ultramarathon format where runners complete a 4.167-mile loop (‘yard’) every hour, on the hour, until only one competitor remains. The winner is the last runner to complete a lap, with all others having either quit or failed to finish […]
Litton Birks Fell Race – Sat 15 Nov 2025
From Peter Roll… Looking for a shorter, less arduous alternative to the Tour of Pendle? What about the fabulous Litton Birks Fell Race? Only a 5km parkrun distance, though admittedly with 362m of ascent. Plus there’s amazingly good bunnage, (lots of scrummy cakes and tray bakes) when you finish. The course is the usual straight […]