British Fell and Hill Relay Champs – Sat 15 Oct

From Oli Murphy… Photo credit Abbie Rothery Men’s Open Led by fell running royalty Jack Wood, the Men’s open team ventured north of the border for the annual fell running relays, this year held in the Scottish Borders. Hopes had been dampened somewhat by the inevitable last minute injury list and were dealt a further […]

Chicago Marathon – Sun 9 Oct

From Hilda Coulsey… Another race booked pre-covid finally arrived and now completed. I had an ambitious (and expensive) plan to run all six of the world marathon majors finishing at age 70. I’ve done London, Boston and Berlin in the previous 10 years with only Chicago, New York and Tokyo to go! Chicago was the […]

WYXC#1 Nunroyd Park – Sat 8 Oct

From Alison Bennett… The cross country season started in style at Guiseley’s Nunroyd Park on Saturday. It was an untypical, gloriously sunny, warm day for the first race in the West Yorkshire Cross Country 2022 league.  The ladies race comprised one small lap and 2 large laps of the park covering a distance of 5.5km. Sarah Pickering was in great […]

London Marathon – Sun 2 Oct

From Rachel Carter… I was offered an EA Club Championship entry into the London Marathon at the end of June based on last year’s Ilkley Half time. A championship place provides a separate start behind the elite men, so calmer (but still a long queue for the toilet) and perhaps with a little of the famous start atmosphere […]

Harriers race league 2022 – upcoming fixtures

NOTE: All the rules, current standings and historic results are available on our dedicated race league page so I won’t bore you with them here when you can bore yourself with them there. Here’s the rundown of our last few fixtures as the 2022 race league enters the home straight, breathing heavily, bleeding profusely, and […]

Outstanding Achievements Aug – Sep

From Jean Sullivan, as nominated by Ilkley Harrier members… Running: Rachel Barnicoat – for completing her first half marathon (The Great North Run) Jack Cummings – for winning the Bradford 10K, his first 10K road race win Jane McCarthy, Andrew Merrick and Dave Reynier – for completing the UTMB Volunteering: Jeff Green – for all […]