Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 19 May 2025
[Photo courtesy of Philip Bland – It was another hugely successful week for Harrier Tom Adams, number 2108] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Ilkley Harriers fell and trail excellence at home and across the UK The Jack Bloor Fell Race took place on a warm Tuesday evening. The 8.4km route with 350m of ascent […]
Bury St Edmunds to Clare 30k – Sun 18 May 2025
From Lynn Donohue… On Sunday 18 May I made the long trip to West Suffolk to run the 30k Bury St Edmunds to Clare Castle country park. The race was a fund raiser for the local St Nicholas hospice. An undulating course through the Suffolk countryside passing through a number of picturesque quintessentially English villages with […]
Ripon 10 mile race – Sun 18 May 2025
From Geoff Howard… Mark Hall and I took advantage of the cooler weather on Sunday to run the circuit round Studley Park and Fountains Abbey that constitutes the Ripon ten mile mixed terrain race. There were 145 others – all guided and looked after by the many excellent Ripon Runners’ volunteers. About 50% tarmac, and […]
Grassington Trail Race – Sun 18 May 2025
From Ash Winter… While many Harriers were off performing heroics at the Calderdale Way Relay, I decided to take the short hop to Grassington. The trail race of the same name was a steep, multi-terrain effort, raising money for the Grassington Primary School PTA. Running up hills for a good cause is a good way […]
Ultra-trail Snowdonia 100k – Sat 17 May 2025
From Kate Archer… The race slogan is ‘beautiful beyond belief, savage beyond reason’. There are various distances, from 25k up to 100 miles, all extremely challenging. In the 100k, there were 825 starters and 586 finishers, which shows how tough the event is. I arrived in Llanberis on the Friday to register. There was a […]
Ultra-trail Snowdonia 100k – Sat 17 May 2025
From Kate Archer… The race slogan is ‘beautiful beyond belief, savage beyond reason’. There are various distances, from 25k up to 100 miles, all extremely challenging. In the 100k, there were 825 starters and 586 finishers, which shows how tough the event is. I arrived in Llanberis on the Friday to register. There was a […]
Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) Challenge – Sat 17 May 2025
From Rachel Carter… Not a race but worth a mention here as it’s such a great event to support. The CRO Challenge is the main annual event fundraiser for the Cave Rescue Team based in Clapham. Their title is perhaps a little deceptive as around 90% of the incidents they support are ‘mountain’ incidents. There’s […]
Beara Way Ultra – Fri 16 May 2025
From Matthew Kennedy… Inspired by a conversation with a couple of Irish runners at a race last year, on Thursday night I found myself in the back room of MacCarthy’s Bar in Castletownbere, County Cork, waiting to register for the following morning’s Beara Way Ultra. The 100-mile race (there are a couple of shorter alternatives) […]
Run Nidderdale 10k Trail Race – Sun 11 May 2025
From Geoff Howard… Life does have an unfortunate knack of getting in the way of running – as I’ve experienced recently with various niggles – up until the last few weeks seemingly locked into an endless repeat series of “just getting back into it”. So that’s probably why, with glorious weather and at last feeling […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 12 May 2025
[Photo courtesy of John Hayes – Jack Cummings taking a commanding lead in the Rob Burrow Leeds Half Marathon] From Jill Ezard & Nicola Budding… Ilkley Harrier wins Rob Burrow Leeds Half Marathon It was a fantastic Harriers’ turnout for the third Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon and Half Marathon with 18 participants across both events. […]