Ilkley Half Marathon – Sun 10 Jul

From Rumana Chowdhury… A PB this was not to be! Another fantastic Ilkley Half – well organised with amazing crowds and marshals. In fact I got so carried away with the shouts of encouragement as I flew down The Grove that I totally missed the first water station, which turned out to be a big […]

Race to the Stones – Sat 9 Jul

From Lynn Donohue… This 100k race follows the ancient Ridgeway track from the Chilterns in the East to Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire near Marlborough and Devizes. There are some options with a 50k, a 50k overnight camp then 50k or the non-stop 100k. This was a sequel to my 50 @50 challenge when in […]

‘A Bob Graham attempt’ – 6/7 Jul

From Andrew Merrick… 66 miles, 42 peaks, 27,000 ft of ascent A Bob Graham attempt had been in my mind for a few years, if I was going to take on one of the rounds, this was the logical and only possibly achievable one to have a go at. A number of running and non-running […]

Val d’Aran PDA – Thu 7 Jul

From Petra Bijsterveld… Peades d’Aigua means ‘water footsteps’ in Aranese, the local language, and the route of this Spanish trail race takes in more than 20 lakes. As I passed them I did think how lovely it would be to be out on a leisurely walk with plenty of time to look at them and […]

Lakeland Mountain Marathon – Sat/Sun 2/3 Jul

From John Hayes… The Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon takes place every year on the first weekend in July. There are various courses, each named after a mountain. All are line courses except one score event (Fairfield) which I entered with my brother-in-law Martyn. This year, the event started in Eskdale, with the Saturday overnight camp […]

International Masters Road Events – Sun 3 Jul

From Alison Bennett… It was a great privilege for myself and Helen Waddington to be selected for the England 5K teams in the Masters event in Tenby.  A fine morning found us proudly sporting our new England attire ready to enjoy the event. At the crowded start in the centre of Tenby we were surrounded […]

Harriers duo in Commonwealth Games action

Two Ilkley Harriers will be racing in the triathlon for Wales at the Commonwealth Games this week: Dom Coy goes in both the men’s individual (1101BST on Friday) and the Mixed Team Relay (1431 on Sunday) and will be up against the likes of Olympic gold medallist Alex Yee. And Rhys Jones is in the […]

Congrats to Ben Rothery

Ben Rothery has been selected for England in the Snowdon International Mountain race this Saturday 16th.