Ilkley Gazette report – w/c 25 Sep
From Will Worboys… Photo credit Zoe Barton Rothery storms to second in English Fell Championships This years English fell championship was concluded on Saturday, with Ilkley’s Ben Rothery finishing in a fantastic second place overall just behind winner Billy Cartwright. The final race at Shelf Moor saw Rothery claiming a hard fought third place to […]
Leeds Golden Mile – Sat 23 Sep
From Petra Bijsterveld… Photo credit Michael Abrams-Cohen The Leeds Golden Mile 2023 is a mile on the track at Carnegie, superbly organised by our friends at Racebest. A friendly race open to all abilities, ages and paces, yet it has all the proper ingredients of a formal athletics event including a UKA official (Jerry Watson), […]
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 18 Sep
From Jean Sullivan… Success at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships for Ilkley Harriers’ finest There were gold and silver medals for Harriers Geoff Howard and Hilda Coulsey at the 22nd World Masters Mountain running championships held in the beautiful island of Madeira this weekend. Geoff and Hilda travelled to Madeira to take part in […]
World Masters Mountain Championships – Madeira – 15/17 Sep
From Geoff Howard… It may not seem so to everyone, but to the residents of Ponta do Pargo (isolated at the westernmost tip of Madeira and famous for its lighthouse) combining the WMMRC with a regional apple festival was quite natural. However, whatever the reasoning, the blend of the two, alcohol and sunny but not […]
Wetherby 10k – Sun 17 Sep
From Sally Armitage… I look forward to this race all year long, I can’t pinpoint why but it’s my favourite race of the year. Which is odd considering I hate running off road and this has a mile through a field… which was wet & muddy this year!! There was a small Harriers turnout with […]
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 11 Sep
From Jill Ezard… Success on fell and road for Ilkley Harriers as the team move into autumn race season. It was back to school and back to a full race schedule for the Ilkley Harriers this week and they were off to a winning start at the annual Ilkley Incline on Wednesday. Celebrating its 21st […]
Great North Run – Sun 10 Sep
From Sarah Hayes… The 42nd Great North Run was destined to be momentous as it was Sir Mo Farah’s last competitive race. It felt special to be part of this occasion. This was my second time running this iconic race having first taken part as a student in 1993 and during the race had the occasional flash […]
Bradley Show Fell race – Sun 10 Sep
From Rachel Carter… Three Harriers took part in the Bradley Show Fell race, organised by BOFRA. At 3.5 miles, it’s one of their longer and slightly less steep (800′ of climb to the top of Bradley Moor) than some but was hard work on a rather hot and hot humid afternoon with the forecast (and […]
Malham Trail Half Marathon – Sat 9 Sep
From Steve Murray… Feeling the after effects of a hilly leg on the LCW relay last week confirmed what I knew already, I needed some longer runs and hills in my legs! So when an email reminder came in from Due North, chasing entries for the inaugural Malham Trail half marathon and the last in […]
Quarter Everest up and down UK womens FKT – Fri 8 Sep
From Jann Smith… 8808 feet ascending and descending / 7.16 miles / 48% gradient / 4hr 42 mins / Steel Fell, Lake District Everesting is a relatively new concept very popular with cyclists . Choose a hill then go up and down the same path non-stop. The steeper the hill the less the mileage… but it’s […]