Montane Ullswater 20M – Sat 4 Jun
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Wharfedale Trail HM – Sat 4 Jun
From Petra Bijsterveld… 21 Harriers toed the start line for the Wharfedale Half today, the contingent appeared to be more or less the entire crew of marshals and volunteers from yesterday’s Trail Race! No coincidence I guess. A little cooler and windier than forecast, but it turned out to be a good temperature for running […]
Killington Sports – Thur 2 Jun
From Rachel Carter… Our family travelled to Killington Sports on Bank Holiday Thurs evening – (Between Kirkby Lonsdale & Sedbergh) a traditional old English sports meeting of events and races for young and old – sack races, tyre racing, egg throwing, potato races, sprint races, mountain bike racing, wrestling and fell racing (we left before […]
Ilkley Trail Race – Fri 3 Jun
From Neil Chapman… Early in the day it looked like the weather was going to put the dampers on our Trail Race, last run in 2019, but by the time the race started it had dried up and the conditions were good. There were 156 runners who completed the race including 26 Harriers, which was […]
Outstanding Achievements, April & May (as nominated by Ilkley Harrier members)
From Jean Sullivan… Running: Sally Armitage – outright win at the Brighouse 10 km Jack Cummings – winning the Pendle fell race & Guiseley Gallop trail race Emily Gibbins – whose victory at Jack Bloor – impressive in its own right – is the highest age-graded score on our race league for this year to date […]
Otley Chevin Fell Race – Wed 1 Jun
From Jeff Green… The 44th running of the Otley Chevin Fell Race was held on a pleasantly mild evening. It’s short (2.8 miles according to most people’s Strava) and very sharp (about 700ft of climb) where all but the top runners end up walking before they reach the top of the steps. There’s a brief […]
Killington Sports – Thur 2 Jun
From Rachel Carter… Our family travelled to Killington Sports on Bank Holiday Thurs evening – (Between Kirkby Lonsdale & Sedbergh) a traditional old English sports meeting of events and races for young and old – sack races, tyre racing, egg throwing, potato races, sprint races, mountain bike racing, wrestling and fell racing (we left before […]
OMM ‘Lite’ Grasmere – Sat-Sun 28-29 May
From John Hayes… Photo credit OMM and John Hayes… There are now two OMM Mountain Marathons per year in the UK. The main one in October involves two days in the hills, carrying all your kit (including tent and sleeping bag) and invariably being lashed by rain/hail/snow. The other is the “OMM Lite” held in […]
OMM ‘Lite’ Grasmere – Sat-Sun 28-29 May
From John Hayes… Photo credit OMM and John Hayes… There are now two OMM Mountain Marathons per year in the UK. The main one in October involves two days in the hills, carrying all your kit (including tent and sleeping bag) and invariably being lashed by rain/hail/snow. The other is the “OMM Lite” held in […]
Harriers Race League update
From Dan McKeown… As the dust settles on May’s slate of fixtures, the time is ripe for another roundup of the comings, goings, doings and don’tings of our club race league. I’ll spare you the usual preamble about the rules – it’s all available on our dedicated race league page, along with the fixtures and whatnot. […]