Commonwealth Games – Sun 31 Jul
[Pic credit of Dom Coy: Ben Lumley / World Triathlon] Two wonderful performances from Harriers today at the Commonwealth Games and – judging by the WhatsApp group – massively enjoyed by many of you: Dom Coy – at just 20 – took silver with Team Wales in the Mixed Relay. And he produced an epic […]
South Cave 10k – Sun 31 Jul
From Iain Young… Starting at Cave Castle Hotel & Country Club, the first three-quarters of the course was all flat through and coming out of South Cave (Town)+ 500 m stride across a field before going through Ellerker (Village). Undulating finish on the way back to SC and a 200 m sprint finish on the […]
Montane Lakeland 100 – Fri 29/Sat 30 Jul
From Andrew Merrick… Photo credit: Montane Lakeland The Montane Lakeland 100 … and the F word (105 miles – 22,500 ft) The Lakeland 100 seems to have a lot of social media exposure and a big reputation as an iconic Lakeland event. Consequently it had made it to my list for this year, having been […]
Leeds 5k and Club Championship – Wed 27 Jul
From Alison Bennett… A dozen Ilkley Harriers turned up at the Brownlee Centre near Leeds for this traffic free 5k held on a purpose built, tarmac, 1 mile circuit cycle track. The race has 2 start times or waves. The first wave is for those participants expecting to finish in over 20 minutes whilst the second wave […]
Hampsthwaite Feast 5k – Sat 23 Jul
From Mike Abrams-Cohen… Saturday was the inaugural Hampsthwaite Feast 5k, an undulating off road 5k (advertised as a cross country race). Mike AC, having only just finished Conyngham Hall parkrun an hour previously, took the win in a time of 19:32 ( a course record, in as much as this was the first ever race, […]
ROC England – Sat 16 Jul
From Jeff Green… Photo credit: Jumpy James Photography I completed my first middle distance triathlon (Epicman) in 2021 – a roll-over from 2020 when it was supposed to have been part of my build-up to the Yorkshireman – an iron-distance triathlon. The latter event ended up being a permanent victim of COVID: the organising company […]
International Snowdon Race – Sat 16 Jul
From Jean Sullivan… There were two sensational Harriers performances at the International Snowdon Race. Nathan Edmondson was third behind Scotland’s Ross Gollan and Italy’s Luca Merli, while Ben Rothery – wearing an England vest for the first time – claimed fifth. The event attracts top athletes from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, along with […]
Frog Graham Round – Fri 15 Jul
From Jane McCarthy… Looking for something a little out of the ordinary? This is the enticing line in the Introduction to the Frog Graham Round on the (extremely slick) website froggrahamround.co.uk It is billed as the UK’s Ultimate SwimRun Challenge, and was created by Peter Hayes (brother of our own Ilkley Harrier John Hayes) via inspirations from […]
HDSRL Handicap Race + awards – Wed 13 Jul
From Alison Bennett… The ‘Harrogate District Summer Race League’ series culminated in the exciting handicap race and presentation evening. Otley AC hosted the event and provided a well organised and great evening. There were stacks of marshalls provided to guide the runners from the ample car parking area, to the cricket club then onwards through […]
Wasdale Fell Race – Sat/Sun 9/10 Jul
From Joe Morrell… ‘Wasdale’ is a word that strikes a certain level of trepidation in most fell runners, it has a reputation of being a brute, with not only 34km and 2,870m to contend with but also some of the roughest ground in Lakeland. As Wordsworth said, ‘deepest lake, highest mountain, hardest fell race’ or […]