Three Peaks Race – Sat 30 Apr
[Photo credits: Dave Woodhead] From Dan McKeown… The Yorkshire Three Peaks Race returned to its customary late-April slot after a three-year hiatus and the occasion was marked with the kind of glorious Bank Holiday weather that makes you wish you’d packed more water and fewer base layers. The race (for those who haven’t done it, […]
The Fellsman – Sat 30 April
From Jane McCarthy… The Fellsman has always held quite a mythical quality to me – run on the same day as The Three Peaks Race it is a lower key, tougher (11,000+ft climbing, over rugged, pathless moorland), longer (61 mile) race, steeped in fell running history (first run in 1962). And as an end of […]
Evensplits Leeds 5k – Wed 27 Apr
Photo credit Dave Foyston Results (1 15:25 George Ravenhall, NLFR) 4 15:34 Oli Murphy 17 17:19 Christos Tzelis 23 17:32 Michael Abrams-Cohen 25 17:35 Jake Norris (junior) 34 17:49 Steven Gott 46 18:11 Kyle Bethell 58 18:50 Tim Ashelford 67 19:11 Helen Thurston 1st F40 (3rd F overall) 89 20:08 Ruth Kitchen 121 21:56 Robert Budding 150 23:56 Rumana Chowdhury 157 24:51 […]
Blackpool Marathon – Sun 24 Apr
From Colin Williams… On Sunday I ran Blackpool Marathon, it is a flat(ish) road race of two loops along the seafront. The weather was kind, dry and sunny but the wind got stronger as the race went on. This was the fourth time I have ran this marathon, this time in 3hrs 49 mins. Results (1 […]
Brighouse 10k – Sun 24 Apr
From Sally Armitage… Today was the BEST day ever! I tootled over to Brighouse for RunAble’s early doors 10k road race. I ran one of their evening 10k races, along the same route, last August. Last time I realised that RunAble are not fans of clear signposting and in August I was lucky to just […]
Burnsall Trail Half Marathon – Sat 23 Apr
From Jill Ezard … There once was an old Ilkley Harrier, Whose bad mood was a bit of a barrier To enjoying a race, Which should have been ace, She just wanted someone to carry her! The race was the trail half from Burnsall, A setting that should have made her heart swell, It […]
126th Boston Marathon – Mon 18 Apr
From Helen Waddington… Boston is the world’s oldest marathon and this year was the 126th event and the 50th anniversary of women being allowed to compete. It’s a difficult one to pace with an initial downhill at the start followed by 4 climbs from mile 16 onwards culminating in Heartbreak Hill at mile 20, so called […]
Guiseley Gallop – Sun 17 Apr
From Petra Bijsterveld Photo credit: Woodentops; Steve Davey; Andy Wicks The Guiseley Gallop made a welcome return after a pandemic induced absence of 2 years. A largely off-road 10k on good trails with quite a bit of up and down (650 ft) over 2 laps. Organised by our friendly neighbours at Skyrac AC and always […]
Yorkshire Road Relay Championships – Sat 16 Apr
From Mike AC… The Ilkley Harriers went on a trip to Wakefield for the Yorkshire road relays. The course (roughly 4km) consisted of 4 laps of a cycle track, with a short sharp climb on the far end that you had negotiate 4 times. Iain took on the first leg, starting like an absolute monster and reaching […]
LLangollen Fell Race – Sun 10 Apr
From Alison Weston… Another win and record for Tom at Llangollen Fell Race today – 17 miles 3,000 ft ascent. A brilliant fell race with a bit of everything including some of the Offa’s Dyke footpath. Results 1:49:42 Tom Adams 3:07 Alison Weston 3:27 Nea Weston