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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Morley 10k – Sun 5 Oct 2025
From Will Worboys… Although I’d entered the Morley 10k several weeks ago, I wasn’t going to do it because of various circumstances. One of which being that I’m currently following a training plan devised by Harrier Mark Gill, stating this Sunday should be an ‘easy run’. However as other circumstances resolved themselves I decided last minute […]
Chester Marathon – Sun 5 Oct 2025
From Sally Armitage… This was my 3rd marathon and my 1st one outside of Blackpool! Having a had a tough, very windy run at Blackpool marathon in spring I decided to run one marginally further inland instead and, despite another very windy run, Chester didn’t disappoint. The race was impeccably organised, the support on course […]
North Coast 110 – Fri 3 Oct 2025
From Matthew Kennedy… This North Coast is probably not the first one that comes to mind in Yorkshire, since the race name refers to the final stretch of the South West Coast Path, running from Hartland Quay in Devon to Minehead in Somerset. It makes for quite an unbalanced course – nearly 25 miles of cliffs […]