Redcar Half Marathon – Sun 21 Sept 2025
From Hilda Coulsey… Jane and I travelled to Redcar looking forward to some sunshine after the torrential rain in the previous few days. As expected, I suppose being on the coast, the wind was quite strong. It was chilly and I haven’t yet acclimatised to autumn taking only shorts and my Ilkley vest to run in. I […]
The Tilbury Douglas Yorkshire Run for WaterAid – Sun 21 Sept 2025
From Colm McCann… The Tilbury Douglas Yorkshire Run for WaterAid isn’t exactly a catchy name for race. It is essentially an annual 5/10k race to raise money for WaterAid which is a charity that aims to provide water and sanitation services in developing countries. The race is organised by Yorkshire Water, their partners and local […]
Kirkstall Abbey 7 – Sun 21 Sept 2025
From Matthew Snow… Four Ilkley Harriers took on the Kirkstall 7 mile trail race, starting at Kirkstall Abbey and following a roughly out-and-back route to Rodley and back. The race was treated as Ilkley Harrier Steve Gott’s latest stag event before drinks in Leeds, in honour of which we all ran in T-shirts demonstrating Steve’s […]
Three Shires Fell Race – Sat 20 Sept 2025
From Alison Weston… Charles Wain and I ran the new route for the Three Shires fell race this weekend. Starting and finishing at Tilberthwaite farm, instead of Little Langdale, and in an anti-clockwise direction with Wetherlam as the last climb. A bit more distance and climbing (22km and 1535m) but I like the new route! […]
Hardmoors 60 – Sat 20 Sept 2025
From Kate Archer… The route follows the coastal section of the Cleveland Way, starting at Guisborough and passing through Saltburn, Runswick Bay, Staithes, Whitby, Robin Hoods Bay, Ravenscar and Scarborough before finishing at Filey. Having run the Hardmoors 55 earlier in the year which follows the inland section of the Cleveland Way, I was keen […]
Another England vest for Hilda!
Congratulations to Hilda Coulsey who has qualified for the Masters Representative Marathon in Abingdon on 19 October and earns another England Age Group Masters vest. Full details here.
Wetherby 10k – Sun 14 Sept 2025
[Photo above is Ash Winter, Martin O’Halloran, Diane Kitchen and Sally Armitage] From Ash Winter… A wet and wild day was promised at the 20th running of the Wetherby 10km, with the weather getting worse the longer you took, providing extra motivation for the 600 or so who took part to get on with it. […]
Vale of York Half Marathon – Sun 7 Sept 2025
From Ash Winter… With the Yorkshire Marathon fast approaching, the Vale of York Half Marathon is the classic tune up race. Always useful to see if those long runs are making a difference while there’s still a few weeks to tweak the training. Over a thousand runners too, so you get that big race vibe […]
Ingleton Three Counties – Sat 6 Sept 2025
From Dan McKeown… Having injured my knee prior to this year’s Yorkshire Three Peaks race, I had set myself a recovery target of a ‘Calendar Three Peaks’: to do Pen-y-ghent on Y3P race day, retire from the race at Ribblehead, and pick up the other two peaks in other races during the year. I accomplished […]
One Foot in the Gargrave – Sat 6 Sept 2025
From Jane McCarthy… LDWA-organised ‘One Foot in the Gargrave’ offers runners and walkers a Challenge event (as opposed to a race – think Rombald’s Stride) with pre-event tea/coffee/toast, 4 well-stocked checkpoints, post-event meal and a super friendly team. The 22-something mile route starts along quiet lanes out of Gargrave towards Otterburn, climbing gently before dropping […]