Montane Lakeland 100 – Fri 29/Sat 30 Jul

From Andrew Merrick… Photo credit: Montane Lakeland The Montane Lakeland 100 … and the F word (105 miles – 22,500 ft) The Lakeland 100 seems to have a lot of social media exposure and a big reputation as an iconic Lakeland event. Consequently it had made it to my list for this year, having been […]

Commonwealth Games – Sun 31 Jul

[Pic credit of Dom Coy: Ben Lumley / World Triathlon] Two wonderful performances from Harriers today at the Commonwealth Games and – judging by the WhatsApp group – massively enjoyed by many of you: Dom Coy – at just 20 – took silver with Team Wales in the Mixed Relay. And he produced an epic […]

Montane Lakeland 100 – Fri 29/Sat 30 Jul

From Andrew Merrick… Photo credit: Montane Lakeland The Montane Lakeland 100 … and the F word (105 miles – 22,500 ft) The Lakeland 100 seems to have a lot of social media exposure and a big reputation as an iconic Lakeland event. Consequently it had made it to my list for this year, having been […]

South Cave 10k – Sun 31 Jul

From Iain Young… Starting at Cave Castle Hotel & Country Club, the first three-quarters of the course was all flat through and coming out of South Cave (Town)+ 500 m stride across a field before going through Ellerker (Village). Undulating finish on the way back to SC and a 200 m sprint finish on the […]

Leeds 5k and Club Championship – Wed 27 Jul

From Alison Bennett… A dozen Ilkley Harriers turned up at the Brownlee Centre near Leeds for this traffic free 5k held on a purpose built, tarmac, 1 mile circuit cycle track. The race has 2 start times or waves. The first wave is for those participants expecting to finish in over 20 minutes whilst the second wave […]

Harriers v Baildon v Saltaire – Wed 3 Aug

There’s a track night with a difference on Wednesday night (3rd August) as our friends at Baildon Runners and Saltaire Striders have asked us to join them in a friendly ‘Murder Mile’ event which is geared to ALL abilities. It’s in our usual 7.30pm-8.30pm slot at the UAK track in Keighley. There will be four […]

Leeds 5k and Club Championship – Wed 27 Jul

From Alison Bennett… A dozen Ilkley Harriers turned up at the Brownlee Centre near Leeds for this traffic free 5k held on a purpose built, tarmac, 1 mile circuit cycle track. The race has 2 start times or waves. The first wave is for those participants expecting to finish in over 20 minutes whilst the second wave […]

Harriers duo in Commonwealth Games action

Two Ilkley Harriers will be racing in the triathlon for Wales at the Commonwealth Games this week: Dom Coy goes in both the men’s individual (1101BST on Friday) and the Mixed Team Relay (1431 on Sunday) and will be up against the likes of Olympic gold medallist Alex Yee. And Rhys Jones is in the […]

Hampsthwaite Feast 5k – Sat 23 Jul

From Mike Abrams-Cohen… Saturday was the inaugural Hampsthwaite Feast 5k, an undulating off road 5k (advertised as a cross country race).  Mike AC, having only just finished Conyngham Hall parkrun an hour previously, took the win in a time of 19:32 ( a course record, in as much as this was the first ever race, […]

Hampsthwaite Feast 5k – Sat 23 Jul

From Mike Abrams-Cohen… Saturday was the inaugural Hampsthwaite Feast 5k, an undulating off road 5k (advertised as a cross country race).  Mike AC, having only just finished Conyngham Hall parkrun an hour previously, took the win in a time of 19:32 ( a course record, in as much as this was the first ever race, […]