Northern Traverse – Sat 5 Apr 2025

From Ritchie Williamson… A 300 Km route across the North of England from St Bees on the West coast to Robin Hood’s Bay on the East coast. The route can be broadly broken into 4 sections, the mountains of the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales Nation Park, the Vale of York, the North York Moors […]

Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 7 April 2025

[Photo courtesy of Tony Pye – Jack Cummings and Tom Adams were locked together the Baildon Boundary Way] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding…   Offroad victories for the Harriers and an epic inter-club battle in perfect springtime conditions Tuesday evening saw the start of the annual Bunny Runs Series on the hills and around the […]

Dales Traverse – Sun 6 Apr 2025

From Andrew Merrick… After the exploits of Ritchie and Petra, I feel rather unworthy writing about a run that used less than a fifth of their route….. As a result of a number of circumstances, I found myself signed up for the Dales Traverse in early April, and running it with my daughter Sophie which […]

Northern Traverse – Sat 5 Apr 2025

From Ritchie Williamson… A 300 Km route across the North of England from St Bees on the West coast to Robin Hood’s Bay on the East coast. The route can be broadly broken into 4 sections, the mountains of the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales Nation Park, the Vale of York, the North York Moors […]

Ilkley Harriers 0-5k beginners course

Ilkley Harriers’ latest 0-5k course starts on Tuesday 6th May, where complete beginners to running will be taught the basics and work up to a distance of 5km. The programme takes place over six weeks and will take anyone who would like to go from 0 to 5km using a mixture of walking, jogging and […]

Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 31 Mar 2025

From Jill Ezard and Nicola Budding… Podium dominance on road and age category success across the board! Racing started early this week with four Harriers taking part in the popular Evensplits 5k event in Leeds. These monthly races held from February to November at the University of Leeds Brownlee Centre, provide a great opportunity to focus […]

Coniston 14 – Sat 29 Mar 2025

From Jean Sullivan… Having not raced since early in 2024, I thought it was time to add a race to my diary! Using the criteria of; hilly, road, somewhere scenic and a challenging distance (for me at least!), the Coniston 14 seemed to fit the bill nicely. Described as ‘probably the most beautiful road race […]

Coniston 14 – Sat 29 Mar 2025

From Jean Sullivan… Having not raced since early in 2024, I thought it was time to add a race to my diary! Using the criteria of; hilly, road, somewhere scenic and a challenging distance (for me at least!), the Coniston 14 seemed to fit the bill nicely. Described as ‘probably the most beautiful road race […]

Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 24 Mar 2025

From Will Worboys… Photo credit Woodentops English Champion Rothery Wins Again It was another successful weekend of running for Ilkley runners and yet again it was Ben Rothery leading the way. The reigning English fell champion added to his already substantial stack of 1st place prizes, this time at the Edale Skyline on Sunday. The […]