Royal Parks Half Marathon – Sun 8 Oct
From Rumana Chowdhury… I was excited to return to London for the Royal Parks half marathon (entry via public ballot), having had a great experience at the marathon earlier in the year. For the first time, I followed a training plan aiming for 2 hours and it felt like I had a good chance of […]
Langdale Horseshoe – Sat 7 Oct
From Alison Weston… It was a very wet and misty Langdale horseshoe – 21km, 1450m of elevation, plus extra wandering about in the mist! 196 finished the race and 57 did not finish (though got themselves safely down. A small team from the Harriers – all very glad to get round safely and within the […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 2 Oct
[Photo credit: Jann Smith] From Jean Sullivan… Great Ilkley Harriers teamwork on the Cumbrian fells this week There was great teamwork by the Ilkley Harriers at this year’s Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay in Cumbria. This event is the longest-running mountain relay in the country, taking place in the fells around Patterdale. It is a competitive […]
Loch Ness Marathon – Sun 1 Oct
From Rebecca Mon-Williams… For anyone wanting to combine a mini break in the Highlands with a long road race, I can’t recommend the Loch Ness Marathon highly enough. Starting in the hills to the north of Fort Augustus, the race makes its way steadily downwards to the shores of Loch Ness and on towards the […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 2 Oct
[Photo credit: Jann Smith] From Jean Sullivan… Great Ilkley Harriers teamwork on the Cumbrian fells this week There was great teamwork by the Ilkley Harriers at this year’s Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay in Cumbria. This event is the longest-running mountain relay in the country, taking place in the fells around Patterdale. It is a competitive […]
Loch Ness Marathon – Sun 1 Oct
From Rebecca Mon-Williams… For anyone wanting to combine a mini break in the Highlands with a long road race, I can’t recommend the Loch Ness Marathon highly enough. Starting in the hills to the north of Fort Augustus, the race makes its way steadily downwards to the shores of Loch Ness and on towards the […]
Ilkley Gazette report – w/c 25 Sep
From Will Worboys… Photo credit Zoe Barton Rothery storms to second in English Fell Championships This years English fell championship was concluded on Saturday, with Ilkley’s Ben Rothery finishing in a fantastic second place overall just behind winner Billy Cartwright. The final race at Shelf Moor saw Rothery claiming a hard fought third place to […]
Ilkley Gazette report – w/c 25 Sep
From Will Worboys… Photo credit Zoe Barton Rothery storms to second in English Fell Championships This years English fell championship was concluded on Saturday, with Ilkley’s Ben Rothery finishing in a fantastic second place overall just behind winner Billy Cartwright. The final race at Shelf Moor saw Rothery claiming a hard fought third place to […]
Quarter Everest up and down UK womens FKT – Fri 8 Sep
From Jann Smith… 8808 feet ascending and descending / 7.16 miles / 48% gradient / 4hr 42 mins / Steel Fell, Lake District Everesting is a relatively new concept very popular with cyclists . Choose a hill then go up and down the same path non-stop. The steeper the hill the less the mileage… but it’s […]
Leeds Golden Mile – Sat 23 Sep
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Michael Abrams-Cohen The Leeds Golden Mile 2023 is a mile on the track at Carnegie, superbly organised by our friends at Racebest. A friendly race open to all abilities, ages and paces, yet it has all the proper ingredients of a formal athletics event including a UKA official (Jerry Watson), […]