Snake Lane 10 – Sun 27 Feb
From Sally Armitage… A fast, flattish, chip timed (ordinarily) 10 mile road race starting and finishing in Pocklington, and running out and around the surrounding country lanes and villages. It can definitely be likened to Tadcaster 10, for those who have done that. Sally Malir and I were the only 2 Harriers to enter. We […]
English National XC Championships – Sat 26 Feb
Photo credit: Becca Ashelford, Andrew Bennett, Pic2Go From Hilda Coulsey… Someone said this original course, Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, was the muddiest place on the planet. Don’t be daft I thought we know what cross country courses are like up here! I agree now though. For a predominantly road runner looking to speed up […]
Flower Scar Fell Race – Sat 19 Feb
From Jeff Green… Four Harriers ventured over to Calderdale to run in Todmorden Harriers’ Flower Scar Fell Race, despite the yellow weather warnings of snow and bog (bog forecast available to Met Office subscribers only! Both forecasts proved pretty accurate as you can probably gather from the photo! At least 3 out of the 4 […]
Dewsbury 10k – Sun 6 Feb
From Dave Foyston… Photo credit Mick Hall Photography On Sunday 6th February 2022 race organisers Dewsbury Road Runners held their annual road race the Dewsbury 10k. Seventeen Harriers attended and it was fantastic to see such a good turn out and such good results. The race is an out and back course and starts just […]
Rombalds Stride – Sat 5 Feb
From Peter Shelley… The route: – 35km taking in roads, tracks, footpaths, bridleways, fields, woods and exposed moorland. Something for everyone to love and hate! Surfaces – the variety of surfaces presents you with one of many kit dilemmas: shoes that are comfortable through suburban Menston will have your feet slipping sideways and backwards on […]
Evensplits Leeds 5k and Club Championship
From Dave Foyston… The evening of Wednesday 23rd February 2022 marked the start of the Leeds 5k and Club Championship organised by Evensplits. the race which included many running clubs from around Yorkshire was well attended, the location of the race was the Brownlee Cycle Track, the runners completed just over three laps of the smooth […]
Sign up for the Predictor!
Tuesday 8th March, followed by quiz In memory of much-missed Harrier Brian Sweet. It’s again being organised by Bernie and Neil and will start at 7.10pm on Tuesday 8th March, meet at Old Bridge on Denton Rd side (there won’t be any club runs that night). It’s a fun evening where the ‘winners’ are those […]
Outstanding Achievements: Dec 2021 & Jan 2022
as nominated by IH members: Running Paul Carman, Jann Smith & Steve Turland – for their sheer grit and awesomeness for the Spine Challenger race and for battling such tough conditions and inspiring people on their Spine Challenger Adventure Jack Cummings – victory at Stanbury Splash Jemina Elgood – for winning the Yorkshire XC Championships and for coming 5th at the Northern XC […]
Harriers Race League Update
From Dan McKeown… Our first three races of the year are in the books, so it’s high time for a race league update! The race league, for those who aren’t in the know, is a smorgasbord of races over the three key (and entirely ill defined) disciplines of fell, trail and road running. Nowt for […]