Thieveley Pike fell race – Sat 25th Sept
From Alison Weston… Another of the FRA original 50 races from Holme Chapel. A bit like Ilkley fell race with a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Just over 4 miles with 1.115 ft climbing. I can’t find official results but my time was 48:29 minutes (6th Lady). Antonio has also been doing a lot of […]
Great North Run – Sun 12th Sept
From Alex Hyde… And so the ‘big’ races are back! A staggered start (over 3 hours!) and a revised route meant that the 40th Great North Run could take place safely and I have to say the organisation was tremendous. Apparently there were 57,000 signed up for the race and although there were noticeably fewer […]
Reservoir Dogs – Sat 25 Sept
From Petra Bijsterveld… Reservoir Dogs is a local ultra, organised by Punk Panther, starting and finishing in Otley as many of their races do. As the name suggests this event is a tour around several of the reservoirs that serve our area: Lindley Wood, Swinsty and Fewston, Thruscross, John O’Gaunts, Beaver Dyke and Scargill, before […]
Blackpool Marathon – Sun 12th Sept
From Colin Williams… The Blackpool Marathon, like so many races, was postponed from earlier in the year, originally due to be run in April. This is the third time that I have taken part – it is a flat course, two laps of the seafront on closed roads. I started well but found it hard […]
Ring of Steall – Sat 18 Sept
From Tom Adams… Photo credit: Scotland Skyline photographers The Ring of Steall (UK final of the Golden Trail Series) I travelled up to Kinlochleven on Friday and set up my tent in the pouring rain a couple of miles from the race start. On tonight’s menu was some chicken pesto pasta, a pretty boring meal, […]
Richmond Runfest – Sat/Sun 11th/12th Sept
From Hilda Coulsey… This is a series of events over the weekend from 1 mile to a marathon with the start inside Kew Gardens and with additional entry for partner and children making it popular and enjoyable. 18-20 months ago England Athletics ran its usual qualifying races for Age group / masters international events which […]
Evensplits Leeds 5K series – Wed 22 Sept
Some fast times at the Evensplits 5K at the Brownlee Centre Circuit on Wednesday evening. A new F60 club record was set by Alison Bennett. (1 16:30 Matthew Wall, Leven Valley AC) 6 17:05 Christos Tzelis 13 17:33 Michael Abrams-Cohen 26 19:09 Jake Norris (junior) 30 19:26 Scott White 34 20:01 Colin Williams 1st M55 […]
Bradley Fell Race – Sun 12 Sept
From Kate Archer… I had entered Ilkley Moor but the children have enjoyed Bradley Show in the past and were keen to run so plans were changed at the last minute. The senior race is short (3.5 miles), an out and back course and all very runnable. Results: (1 James Hall, Wharfedale Harriers, 23:38) 29 […]
South Mynd Tour Fell Race – Sun 19 Sept
From Kate Archer….. Three Harriers travelled down to Shropshire for the last race in the English champs fell league. 14 miles with 1270 metres of climb. The route had a bit of everything, some very steep sections and quite a lot of fast running on tracks and grassy paths. There was some route choice at […]
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia – Sat 11th Sept
From Jann Smith… This mountain ultra of 32 miles taking in 11,000 feet of ascent is billed as “Beautiful beyond belief, Savage beyond reason,” and carries a disclaimer that you may die or seriously injure yourself doing this event … I liked it! The challenge in particular for me was the very technical rock face […]