Holmfirth 10k – Sun 13 Oct
From Sally Armitage… I’d entered this race last year but missed it due to illness so was pleased to make the start line this year. Another hilly road race starting and finishing in Holmfirth. A long climb up, a loop around a reservoir, followed by the same route back down to the finish. With 205 […]
Abbey Dash – Sun 13 Oct
From Geoff Howard.. Hamstring injury, Covid and a washed away road have all conspired this year to thwart either a big race or a big walk plan. As the X84 crawled, increasingly behind schedule, from Headingley down to the Inner Ring Road on Sunday morning, I was beginning to think “Whoops here we go again”. […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 7 October
[Photo by Alison Weston – Sam Bentham and Oli Murphy at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay] From Will Worboys… Ilkley send strong teams to Lakes Relay The Harriers sent two strong teams to take part in one of the highlights of the fell running calendar, the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay, on Saturday. The annual relay […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 7 October
[Photo by Alison Weston – Sam Bentham and Oli Murphy at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay] From Will Worboys… Ilkley send strong teams to Lakes Relay The Harriers sent two strong teams to take part in one of the highlights of the fell running calendar, the Hodgson Brothers Mountain relay, on Saturday. The annual relay […]
Guiseley WYXC – Sun 6 Oct
From Neil Chapman… It was surprisingly good conditions underfoot for the first West Yorkshire race of the year, although Alison Bennett was the only Harrier in the ladies race, it was well worth the trip, having a great race and finishing 1st in her age group. The men had good representation, with nine of them […]
Guiseley WYXC – Sun 6 Oct
From Neil Chapman… It was surprisingly good conditions underfoot for the first West Yorkshire race of the year, although Alison Bennett was the only Harrier in the ladies race, it was well worth the trip, having a great race and finishing 1st in her age group. The men had good representation, with nine of them […]
Morley 10k – Sun 6 Oct
From Sally Armitage… An undulating, chip timed, closed road 10k around the streets of Morley. The weather was perfect, 10 degrees, no wind, no rain. Prior to this race I wasn’t going to write a report, solely because I’ve been in a funk and feeling old and unfit, having not raced much this year at […]
Hodgson Brothers Relay – Sat 5 Oct
From Alison Weston… Ilkley Harriers managed to organise two teams to compete in the annual Hodgson Brothers relay at the weekend. It’s a really popular event with a lot of competition for team places. The race starts from Patterdale and has 4 paired legs covering 40km and 2450m ascent including Angle Tarn, High Street, Caudale […]
Hodgson Brothers Relay – Sat 5 Oct
From Alison Weston… Ilkley Harriers managed to organise two teams to compete in the annual Hodgson Brothers relay at the weekend. It’s a really popular event with a lot of competition for team places. The race starts from Patterdale and has 4 paired legs covering 40km and 2450m ascent including Angle Tarn, High Street, Caudale […]
TCS Lidingoloppet – Sat 28 Sept
From Lynn Donohue… On Saturday 28 September six intrepid Harriers ran the TCS Lidingoloppet – known as the world’s largest cross-country race held on the island of Lidingo just outside Stockholm. It caters for runners of all ages and with races from 1.7 km to 30 km held over the entire weekend. It is part […]