Golden Ball 20 – Sun 31 Aug 2025
From Sally Armitage… This weekend I was back over in Lancashire for the Golden Ball 20 ‘marathon prep’ race. Starting and finishing on a cycle track in Morecambe and following the River Lune, this race is fast and flat. Which was a good test for my dodgy knees ahead of entering an autumn marathon. Having […]
Whittle Pike Fell Race – Sat 30 Aug 2025
From Alison Weston… Whittle Pike was the last English Championship race – 9.8K and 550m ascent. Ben was already unbeatable in the championships after his performance at Borrowdale but Finlay Grant had a great race to come just ahead at Whittle Pike to share the 1st position in the championships. Sam has had a fantastic […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 25 August 2025
[Katie Poulter finishes in third place at the Burnsall Feast Fell Race, photo courtesy of Woodentops] From Caroline Howe & Nicola Budding… Historic fell races and prominent parkrun performances As peak summer holiday season continues, it was a quiet week for racing, but still with some standout performances. At the Burnsall Feast, Katie Poulter took […]
Ilkley Harriers AC invites you to the annual Fell Runners Association Presentation Dinner
Time: 7:00pm til late Venue: The Craiglands Hotel, Cowpasture Road, Ilkley, LS29 8RQ Presentations: FRA English Fell Running Championships, Lakeland Classic Awards and British Athletics Fell & Hill Running Championship Awards. Band: the Dinner and Awards Presentation will be followed by live music from party band Here’s to Us and the hotel has a resident DJ for […]
Punk Panther 6 Dales Trail Ultra – Sat/Sun 16-17 Aug 2025
From Ritchie Williamson… Very much a last-minute decision, last Wednesday I signed up for the Punk Panther 6 Dales Trail Ultra, an out and back from Otley to Lofthouse taking in the Swinsty, Fewston, Thruscross and Gouthwaite reservoirs. Punk Panther offers a number of distances in their race format (half marathon, 20 miles, 32 mile and […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 18 August 2025
[Jack Wood and Katie Poulter in action at the Gargrave Show, photo courtesy of Woodentops] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Harriers’ mountain expertise crosses borders The 119th running of the Gargrave Show fell races took place on Sat 16th August with events for seniors and juniors. The routes took runners on a variety of […]
Punk Panther 6 Dales Trail Ultra – Sat/Sun 16-17 Aug 2025
From Ritchie Williamson… Very much a last-minute decision, last Wednesday I signed up for the Punk Panther 6 Dales Trail Ultra, an out and back from Otley to Lofthouse taking in the Swinsty, Fewston, Thruscross and Gouthwaite reservoirs. Punk Panther offers a number of distances in their race format (half marathon, 20 miles, 32 mile and […]
Birchwood 10k – Sun 17 Aug 2025
From Sally Armitage… I found this race on my hunt for a fast flat mid-August 10k to give my race legs a warm up before Golden Ball 20 at the end of the month. I’d never heard of it before, but a quick look at previous year’s results showed me that it’s popular with fast […]
Sedbergh Hills Fell Race – Sun 17 Aug 2025
From Dan McKeown… We had a gleesome threesome of Harriers at the Sedbergh Hills fell race on Sunday: Paul Carman had roped me into doing it because the race was short of numbers and in danger of cancellation, and we also had some bloke called Jack Wood in the car who was last year’s champion […]
Swiss international mountain marathon – Sat/Sun 16/17 Aug 2025
From Alison Weston… Nea and I took part in the Swiss version of the OMM this weekend, starting from Klosters. We entered the score class with 5 hours running each day. It was a nice idea for all runners to get a cable car to the start but a storm came before everyone was up, […]