Leeds Evensplits 5k – Wed 27 Mar
The Evensplits 5k series started again last month and offers 10 monthly races over the year (February to November) on the Brownlee cycle circuit at the Bodington Playing Fields. Just three Harriers toed the starting line this month on a very cold and breezy night. With the temperature down to 2 degrees there was a […]
YVAA XC Championship- Sun 24 Mar
From Dan McKeown… Photo credit William Overton Last Sunday saw the 2024 edition of the Yorkshire Veterans AA Cross Country Championships at Penistone Showground. In the leadup to the race, I set myself the ambitious target of motivating enough Harriers to enter that we’d need to take a second car. Despite my best efforts – and […]
Leeds Evensplits 5k – Wed 27 Mar
The Evensplits 5k series started again last month and offers 10 monthly races over the year (February to November) on the Brownlee cycle circuit at the Bodington Playing Fields. Just three Harriers toed the starting line this month on a very cold and breezy night. With the temperature down to 2 degrees there was a […]
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 25 Mar
From Jill Ezard… A jam packed race weekend with podium and age category success on road and trail! This weekend saw a mix of nine road and trail races, and a rogue set of wheels, with some impressive results across the board. On the trails, five Harriers took on the We Need To Talk About Chevin […]
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 25 Mar
From Jill Ezard… A jam packed race weekend with podium and age category success on road and trail! This weekend saw a mix of nine road and trail races, and a rogue set of wheels, with some impressive results across the board. On the trails, five Harriers took on the We Need To Talk About Chevin […]
Oulton Park British Standard Distance Duathlon Championship – Sun 24 Mar
From Neil Chapman… Christos Tzelis was over at Oulton Park on Sunday competing with almost 200 others in the British Duathlon Championship. All you motor racing fans will know that Oulton Park is well known for its heavily undulating course, which probably played to Christos’s strengths. He started with a two lap run of 8.6k which […]
Heptonstall Fell Race – Sun 24 Mar
From Alison Weston… Three Harriers took part in the 15 mile Heptonstall fell race yesterday with 3100ft of climbing. Registering in the church and setting off on the cobbles with a blessing from the vicar, the race criss-crosses the local moors and woods and has a sting in the tail in the last mile to […]
Wilmslow Half Marathon – Sun 24 Mar
From Emma Sheppard… Tour of Wilmslow (Wilmslow half marathon) Having succumbed to the annual kamikaze entry into a road half, I was starting to regret it with a traffic jam, questionable parking, a toilet stop in a holly bush and huge queue to collect numbers which led to a very brisk trot to get to […]
Spen 20 (incorporating Yorkshire 20 mile championships) – Sun 24 Mar
From Sally Armitage… A hilly, 2 lap, 20 mile road race starting and finishing in Princess Mary Athletics Stadium in Cleckheaton. This race is marketed as, and predominately used as, ‘marathon prep’. I was perhaps the only person running who doesn’t have a marathon this spring. This was my first race at this distance, and […]
Oulton Park British Standard Distance Duathlon Championship – Sun 24 Mar
From Neil Chapman… Christos Tzelis was over at Oulton Park on Sunday competing with almost 200 others in the British Duathlon Championship. All you motor racing fans will know that Oulton Park is well known for its heavily undulating course, which probably played to Christos’s strengths. He started with a two lap run of 8.6k which […]