Spen 20 (incorporating Yorkshire 20 mile championships) – Sun 24 Mar
From Sally Armitage… A hilly, 2 lap, 20 mile road race starting and finishing in Princess Mary Athletics Stadium in Cleckheaton. This race is marketed as, and predominately used as, ‘marathon prep’. I was perhaps the only person running who doesn’t have a marathon this spring. This was my first race at this distance, and […]
Spen 20 (incorporating Yorkshire 20 mile championships) – Sun 24 Mar
From Sally Armitage… A hilly, 2 lap, 20 mile road race starting and finishing in Princess Mary Athletics Stadium in Cleckheaton. This race is marketed as, and predominately used as, ‘marathon prep’. I was perhaps the only person running who doesn’t have a marathon this spring. This was my first race at this distance, and […]
The Pendulum – Sun 24 Mar
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Jon Heaney The Pendulum is a race in the Cheviots, starting and finishing at Langleeford in the Harthope Valley, south of Wooler. It was last held in 2017 and has been resurrected this year. Organised by Northern Fell Running and Cheviot Trail Events, and supported by the North of Tyne […]
Blubberhouses Moor – Sun 24 Mar
From John Hayes… 24 mile loop with 2,900 feet of climbing, starting / finishing at Bland Hill and taking in Swinsty, Fewston, & Thruscross reservoirs, Rocking Hall, Bolton Abbey, Beamsley Beacon, Round Hill, lots of man-eating bogs, Ellarcarr Pike and Timble (and random other locations if you go the wrong way – see below). Three […]
YVAA XC Championship- Sun 24 Mar
From Dan McKeown… Photo credit William Overton Last Sunday saw the 2024 edition of the Yorkshire Veterans AA Cross Country Championships at Penistone Showground. In the leadup to the race, I set myself the ambitious target of motivating enough Harriers to enter that we’d need to take a second car. Despite my best efforts – and […]
Oulton Park British Standard Distance Duathlon Championship – Sun 24 Mar
From Neil Chapman… Christos Tzelis was over at Oulton Park on Sunday competing with almost 200 others in the British Duathlon Championship. All you motor racing fans will know that Oulton Park is well known for its heavily undulating course, which probably played to Christos’s strengths. He started with a two lap run of 8.6k which […]
Heptonstall Fell Race – Sun 24 Mar
From Alison Weston… Three Harriers took part in the 15 mile Heptonstall fell race yesterday with 3100ft of climbing. Registering in the church and setting off on the cobbles with a blessing from the vicar, the race criss-crosses the local moors and woods and has a sting in the tail in the last mile to […]
Wilmslow Half Marathon – Sun 24 Mar
From Emma Sheppard… Tour of Wilmslow (Wilmslow half marathon) Having succumbed to the annual kamikaze entry into a road half, I was starting to regret it with a traffic jam, questionable parking, a toilet stop in a holly bush and huge queue to collect numbers which led to a very brisk trot to get to […]
Coniston 14 – Sat 23 Mar
From Dick Waddington… Coniston 14 provides a very satisfying course – a lap of Coniston Water. It’s all on road and hilly (1000ft of climbing) with beautiful views of the surrounding fells and the lake of course. There’s a cake stall for post race refueling and a slate drinks mat for your efforts – perfect. […]
We Need to Talk about Chevin – Sat 23 Mar
From Rachel Carter… I entered this race on an early bird offer in October then spent Nov-March nursing an injury and only decided I would probably be ok to take part couple of weeks before. Having recced the course with Jonathan Turner (thank you) I knew exactly what I was letting myself in for – 3 […]