Roberts Park parkrun – Sat 22 Mar 2025
From Dawn Turner… Saturday morning saw Caroline’s running group travelling to Roberts Park, Saltaire to participate in their inaugural away parkrun. The initiative begun last spring by Caroline and with help from volunteers has grown from strength to strength and has progressed from run/walking to a 5km parkrun. It was an early start as Caroline, […]
We Need to Talk About Chevin – Sat 22 Mar 2025
From Ash Winter… With the Three Peaks Relay on the horizon, I was on the lookout for races with a healthy amount of elevation. Colm McCann delivered by pointing me in the direction of the ‘We Need to Talk About Chevin’ race by Great Owl Running and, once I put aside the adoption of a […]
Rome Marathon – Sun 16 Mar 2025
From Bob Hamilton… Forrest pulled the trigger by running 2:49:18 in the Abingdon Marathon last October, nailing a qualification time for the Boston Marathon in 2026. I will be a V70 by then and it occurred to us both that it would be cool if I was able to qualify too. I’m not a great […]
Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 17 March
From Peter Shelley and Nicola Budding… Club records tumble on the road and track while endurance specialists rack up the off-road miles On Friday 14th March Evensplits York 5k saw Helena Coy finish 68/197 and 2nd female of 59 setting a fabulous new personal record of 17:19 in the process. Matthew Lambe finished 158/197 in […]
Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 17 March
From Peter Shelley and Nicola Budding… Club records tumble on the road and track while endurance specialists rack up the off-road miles On Friday 14th March Evensplits York 5k saw Helena Coy finish 68/197 and 2nd female of 59 setting a fabulous new personal record of 17:19 in the process. Matthew Lambe finished 158/197 in […]
Thirsk 10M – Sun 16 Mar
Several long standing club records for the 10 mile distance tumbled at Thirsk on Sunday. Nathan Edmondson won the race in an astounding 50:10, thereby setting new club records in both the MOpen and M35 categories. These records had stood for 35 years, having been set in March 1990 at Clitheroe by Jack Brown (51:49 […]
Rome Marathon – Sun 16 Mar 2025
From Bob Hamilton… Forrest pulled the trigger by running 2:49:18 in the Abingdon Marathon last October, nailing a qualification time for the Boston Marathon in 2026. I will be a V70 by then and it occurred to us both that it would be cool if I was able to qualify too. I’m not a great […]
Thirsk 10M – Sun 16 Mar
Several long standing club records for the 10 mile distance tumbled at Thirsk on Sunday. Nathan Edmondson won the race in an astounding 50:10, thereby setting new club records in both the MOpen and M35 categories. These records had stood for 35 years, having been set in March 1990 at Clitheroe by Jack Brown (51:49 […]
Evensplits York 5km and Podium Festival Leicester 5km – Sat 15 Mar 2025
From Gaenor Coy… Two Harriers ran in Friday’s even splits York 5km. Helena Coy finished 68th overall and 2nd female in 17:19, a big PB for her. Matthew Lambe also finished in 20:44 On Saturday, Dom Coy ran in the Elite B at the Podium Festival race in Leicester, finishing in 14:16 (beating his previous […]
Punk Panther Welcome Way – Sat 15 Mar 2025
From Sarah Hayes… Photo credit: Mark Limon Punk Panther Endurance Events Several Harriers tackled various of the Welcome Way Punk Panther events on Saturday. There were four courses to chose from: Half Marathon, 20 miles, 34 miles and 50 miles. Seven of us, Clare Boyle, Lynn Donohue, Nicky Liptrot, Andrew Smith, Keith Wood, Alex Lewis […]