English National XC Championships – Bolesworth Castle – Sat 25 Feb
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Pic2Go The English National Cross Country Championships rotate between venues in the North and South of England. 2023 was the turn for the North, and with the Harewood Estate unable to host the event the organisers found a new venue, Bolesworth Castle, which is a large country house with a […]
Leeds Evensplits 5k – Wed 22 Feb
From Petra Bijsterveld… Last night saw the start of the 2023 season of the Leeds 5k series on the Brownlee cycle track at Bodington Fields. These friendly races are held monthly from February to November and are an excellent test of fitness. Whilst the course is not flat it is a fast course, though the […]
Great North West Half Marathon – Sun 19 Feb
From Hilda Coulsey… Photo credit Tim Waterworth Up and down the prom in Blackpool, what’s not to like?! And I love running along the coast 🙂 It was blustery and breezy but dry whereas it could have been a whole lot worse directly by the sea with no shelter from our prevailing westerly wind. The race […]
Wombwell 5M – Sun 19 Feb
From Beth Massey… I travelled into South Yorkshire today to do the well established and very well organised (by Kingstone Runners) Wombwell 5m road race. It starts and finishes on a go-kart track which is a bit of a novelty! The course then goes out onto the roads and is mostly flat apart from a big […]
Liversedge Half Marathon – Sun 12 Feb
From Sally Armitage… I entered this race mostly because it’s cheap, I have quite a few races in the calendar right now and the piggybank is not happy. I’d also seen its elevation profile (just over 300 metres climb) and decided it looked like cracking training for the flat halves I have coming up. Kate […]
Long Mynd Valleys – Sat 11 Feb
This classic AM fell race (18.5km/1370) in Shropshire is a counter in the English Fell Championships this year. Ben Rothery ran 1:30:08 and came a brilliant 4th in a stacked field of 307 runners. The first six male finishers and the first lady all beat the previous course records. Results
Harrogate Hustle – Sat 11 Feb
From Petra Bijsterveld… Another month, another Punk Panther ultra in the diary. Today’s iteration was the Harrogate Hustle, a 36.2 mile / 2570 feet clockwise circuit of Harrogate and Knaresborough starting and finishing at the Harrogate Showground. Basically a straightforward combination of the Harrogate Ringway and the Knaresborough Round, two existing routes on paths through […]
York Evensplits 5k – Fri 10 Feb
From Dave Foyston… On Friday the 10th of February I decided to take a trip to York to enter the 5K Evensplits race at York University Cycle track. I have heard a lot about this venue and that it is good for a PB, I wasn’t disappointed. The course is pan flat with each lap […]
Armagh 5k – Thu 9 Feb
Lawrence McCourt ran 14:46 for the road 5k in Armagh last night, coming in 110th place. This is the second fastest 5k run by a Harrier, only bettered by Cameron Reilly who holds the record of 14:30 which was set in 2021. The race was won in 13:37 by Henry McCluckie from Shaftesbury Barnet. Results
Dewsbury 10k – Sun 5 Feb
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Mick Hall Conditions were perfect for the 18 Harriers who lined up with around 2200 others at the start of the Dewsbury 10k this morning. Cool but sunny, and without any noticeable breeze, we could not have wished for anything better weather-wise. The Dewsbury course, for those who have not […]