Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 23 Sep
From Jill Ezard… Podium and age category success for Harriers across the UK It was a busy weekend for the Harriers with some outstanding performances on the trails. Saturday saw Jann Smith take on the challenging Ras Pedol Peris (Snowdon Horseshoe) in impressive style. It’s a challenging classic fell race requiring navigational skills and technical capability to […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 23 Sep
From Jill Ezard… Podium and age category success for Harriers across the UK It was a busy weekend for the Harriers with some outstanding performances on the trails. Saturday saw Jann Smith take on the challenging Ras Pedol Peris (Snowdon Horseshoe) in impressive style. It’s a challenging classic fell race requiring navigational skills and technical capability to […]
Ilkley Triathlon – Sun 22 Sep
From Neil Chapman… A few Harriers took part in the Ilkley Tri over the weekend with a great result for Christos Tzelis winning the race overall in a total time of 54:25, four and a half minutes ahead of the second place finisher. A short but tough race made more difficult for most of the Harriers who […]
Ilkley Triathlon – Sun 22 Sep
From Neil Chapman… A few Harriers took part in the Ilkley Tri over the weekend with a great result for Christos Tzelis winning the race overall in a total time of 54:25, four and a half minutes ahead of the second place finisher. A short but tough race made more difficult for most of the Harriers who […]
Great Whernside Fell Race – Sat 21 Sep
From Geoff Howard… 4 miles, 1,558ft Saturday was a great day to emulate the Grand Old Duke of York, albeit with a breeze in the face on the way up, as did five Harriers. Two miles of mainly very steep ascent; runnable before Hag Dyke but mixed stone and bog thereafter followed by what felt […]
Snowdon Horseshoe – Sat 21 Sep
From Jann Smith… 18 miles / 8500ft. This race played host to the British long distance Fell and Hill running Championships for 2024. This is a serious fell race and takes in steep and rocky terrain, it involves visiting 9 peaks and scrambling along the Y LLiwedd exposed ridge to Snowdon summit. The clag was down […]
Rombalds Romp – Sat 21 Sep
From Paul Stephens… Perfect conditions. Cool, dry, a bit of a breeze, soft underfoot, but a hard race. I’d forgotten how hard 8 miles and 1000ft of climbing is. (no comments from ultra runners please). I ran the inaugural Rombalds Romp in 2009. Back then it was a 7m trail race covering some of the […]
Great Whernside Fell Race – Sat 21 Sep
From Geoff Howard… 4 miles, 1,558ft Saturday was a great day to emulate the Grand Old Duke of York, albeit with a breeze in the face on the way up, as did five Harriers. Two miles of mainly very steep ascent; runnable before Hag Dyke but mixed stone and bog thereafter followed by what felt […]
Snowdon Horseshoe – Sat 21 Sep
From Jann Smith… 18 miles / 8500ft. This race played host to the British long distance Fell and Hill running Championships for 2024. This is a serious fell race and takes in steep and rocky terrain, it involves visiting 9 peaks and scrambling along the Y LLiwedd exposed ridge to Snowdon summit. The clag was down […]
Rombalds Romp – Sat 21 Sep
From Paul Stephens… Perfect conditions. Cool, dry, a bit of a breeze, soft underfoot, but a hard race. I’d forgotten how hard 8 miles and 1000ft of climbing is. (no comments from ultra runners please). I ran the inaugural Rombalds Romp in 2009. Back then it was a 7m trail race covering some of the […]