Accrington 10k – Sun 30 Oct
From Sally Armitage… Hard to believe it’s been 3 years since I last ran this race. The older I get the quicker time passes, and the more grateful I am for wins like today. Last time I ran this race all I knew was that it was ‘undulating’, this time I was ready for it, […]
OMM Langdale – 28-29 Oct
From Alison Weston… A very wet and windy two-day mountain marathon with tricky navigation in the mist and a boggy overnight camp! My last OMM was about 20 years ago and things haven’t changed that much except better toilet facilities and lovely looking tents (compared to mine!). Mark and Rebecca Mon-Williams had two consistently good […]
Snowdonia Marathon – Sat 29 Oct
From Petra Bijsterveld… This was my 4th time running this wonderful marathon which has been staged since 1982. Cancelled due to COVID in both 2020 and 2021 it made a very welcome return this year. It is a road race which starts and finishes in Llanberis and circumnavigates Snowdon via a clockwise circuit, taking in […]
Castle Carr Fell Race – Sun 23 Oct
From Jack Wood… For the second time this year I managed to pip Gav Mulholland in one of his local Calder Valley fell races. The route was a hilly and wet circuit of the hidden Castle Carr estate near Luddenden. Simon Bell ran strongly and was on for fourth until he took a long detour […]
Leeds Abbey Dash – Sun 23 Oct
From Nigel Illingworth… Sunday started with fog over the Cringles as Mike Williams and I met up at Addingham to get ourselves into Leeds City Centre. With heavy rain forecast, it was never going to be an easy day. We met the crowds (around 3,750 entrants) on the Headrow and Millennium Square. The forecast rain […]
Whixley 10k – Sun 23 Oct
From Matthew Snow… As I sat in the car outside Whixley village hall, I thought, ‘who’d actually know?’ Who’d actually know I’d just turned my car around and gone home? But I got out of the car, ran to the registration desk in the bouncing rain, got my number and I’m glad I did. Reasonably […]
Northern Athletics XC Relays – Graves Park – Sat 22 Oct
From Oli Murphy… For the first time in a while the Ilkley Harriers’ men travelled to the Northern XC relays to mix it with some of the top clubs in the UK. The four-leg format gave the chance to blood some of our newest talent. Christos, fresh from his heroics at the fell relays was […]
3 Dales Marathon – Sat 22 Oct
From Jill Ezard… 3 Dales Marathon – Run it Ride it for Manorlands The inaugural 3 Dales event Started with quite the ascent With the wind at our backs Winding up hill on tracks Then to Hawkswick on a lovely descent So the headwind up Mastiles Lane To be frank was a bit of a […]
Yorkshire Marathon – Sun 16 Oct
From Rumana Chowdhury… It takes a village. And so I found myself, 4 weeks after a quad injury, having barely run recently, at the start line of my 1st marathon. I had planned to just take it slowly, be thankful to have got this far, soak up the atmosphere, and retire as soon as my […]
Yorkshire Coast 10k – Sun 16 Oct
From Iain Young… Organised by Scarborough Athletic Club. Start and finish from the spa, running along the south bay and the north bay, through the park past the open air theatre, then a turn around by the sea life centre and ran near the same route back towards the spa along the sea front in both directions. Great course, good […]