TCS Lidingoloppet – Sat 28 Sept
From Lynn Donohue… On Saturday 28 September six intrepid Harriers ran the TCS Lidingoloppet – known as the world’s largest cross-country race held on the island of Lidingo just outside Stockholm. It caters for runners of all ages and with races from 1.7 km to 30 km held over the entire weekend. It is part […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 23 Sep
From Jill Ezard… Podium and age category success for Harriers across the UK It was a busy weekend for the Harriers with some outstanding performances on the trails. Saturday saw Jann Smith take on the challenging Ras Pedol Peris (Snowdon Horseshoe) in impressive style. It’s a challenging classic fell race requiring navigational skills and technical capability to […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 23 Sep
From Jill Ezard… Podium and age category success for Harriers across the UK It was a busy weekend for the Harriers with some outstanding performances on the trails. Saturday saw Jann Smith take on the challenging Ras Pedol Peris (Snowdon Horseshoe) in impressive style. It’s a challenging classic fell race requiring navigational skills and technical capability to […]
Ilkley Triathlon – Sun 22 Sep
From Neil Chapman… A few Harriers took part in the Ilkley Tri over the weekend with a great result for Christos Tzelis winning the race overall in a total time of 54:25, four and a half minutes ahead of the second place finisher. A short but tough race made more difficult for most of the Harriers who […]
Ilkley Triathlon – Sun 22 Sep
From Neil Chapman… A few Harriers took part in the Ilkley Tri over the weekend with a great result for Christos Tzelis winning the race overall in a total time of 54:25, four and a half minutes ahead of the second place finisher. A short but tough race made more difficult for most of the Harriers who […]
Great Whernside Fell Race – Sat 21 Sep
From Geoff Howard… 4 miles, 1,558ft Saturday was a great day to emulate the Grand Old Duke of York, albeit with a breeze in the face on the way up, as did five Harriers. Two miles of mainly very steep ascent; runnable before Hag Dyke but mixed stone and bog thereafter followed by what felt […]
Snowdon Horseshoe – Sat 21 Sep
From Jann Smith… 18 miles / 8500ft. This race played host to the British long distance Fell and Hill running Championships for 2024. This is a serious fell race and takes in steep and rocky terrain, it involves visiting 9 peaks and scrambling along the Y LLiwedd exposed ridge to Snowdon summit. The clag was down […]
Rombalds Romp – Sat 21 Sep
From Paul Stephens… Perfect conditions. Cool, dry, a bit of a breeze, soft underfoot, but a hard race. I’d forgotten how hard 8 miles and 1000ft of climbing is. (no comments from ultra runners please). I ran the inaugural Rombalds Romp in 2009. Back then it was a 7m trail race covering some of the […]
Great Whernside Fell Race – Sat 21 Sep
From Geoff Howard… 4 miles, 1,558ft Saturday was a great day to emulate the Grand Old Duke of York, albeit with a breeze in the face on the way up, as did five Harriers. Two miles of mainly very steep ascent; runnable before Hag Dyke but mixed stone and bog thereafter followed by what felt […]
Snowdon Horseshoe – Sat 21 Sep
From Jann Smith… 18 miles / 8500ft. This race played host to the British long distance Fell and Hill running Championships for 2024. This is a serious fell race and takes in steep and rocky terrain, it involves visiting 9 peaks and scrambling along the Y LLiwedd exposed ridge to Snowdon summit. The clag was down […]