Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 29 September 2025
[Ben Rothery excelling in the highest trail running company imaginable, photo courtesy of Jamie Rutherford Photography] From Caroline Howe & Nicola Budding… Rothery and Bentham excel at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships A fantastic performance by reigning English fell champion Ben Rothery saw the Ilkley Harrier lead the GB&NI men’s team home at […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 29 September 2025
[Ben Rothery excelling in the highest trail running company imaginable, photo courtesy of Jamie Rutherford Photography] From Caroline Howe & Nicola Budding… Rothery and Bentham excel at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships A fantastic performance by reigning English fell champion Ben Rothery saw the Ilkley Harrier lead the GB&NI men’s team home at […]
YVAA Road Relays – Sat 27 Sep 2025
From Petra Bijsterveld… The Yorkshire Veterans’ Athletics Association Road Relays 2025 took place at the relatively new (2022) Wyke Community Sports Village in Bradford, which contains a cycling track, football pitches as well as a nice pavilion with changing rooms. The track has an inner and outer loop, with one lap of both loops totalling […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 22 September 2025
[Steve Gott and his stag companions at the Kirkstall 7m] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Harriers undeterred by heavy rain and wind Wet and slippery conditions on Saturday proved no deterrent to runners in the Great Whernside Fell Race. The 6.5km route is a simple but hard ascent of the Yorkshire Dales peak via the […]
Thursday night coaching session
From Sally Malir… Places are available at my grass speed work session on a Thursday evening, with the option of me helping out with more coaching. I have stuck to keeping it a girl’s group – ages 13-20. It’s from 6pm-7pm at Ben Rhydding sports club. My email is sallymalir@gmail.com if anybody is interested or […]
Berlin Marathon – Sun 21 Sept 2025
From Rumana Chowdhury… Sometimes you turn up to a race and stand on the start line feeling strong. You start running, your legs feel good and you just know it’s your day. This was me 4 months ago at Edinburgh. Sometimes you turn up and you’ve already lined up a small trail of disasters, your […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 22 September 2025
[Steve Gott and his stag companions at the Kirkstall 7m] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding… Harriers undeterred by heavy rain and wind Wet and slippery conditions on Saturday proved no deterrent to runners in the Great Whernside Fell Race. The 6.5km route is a simple but hard ascent of the Yorkshire Dales peak via the […]
UTMB Julian Alps, Slovenia – Sun 21 Sept 2025
From Rebecca Mon-Williams… The Julian Alps UTMB race offers a smorgasbord of race options, ranging from 120km to 5km. We opted for the 25km route which starts and finishes in the Alpine village of Kranskja Gora. Our route took in 3 main climbs (1000m total), and followed tracks along rivers, up wooded hillsides, along tops with […]
Redcar Half Marathon – Sun 21 Sept 2025
From Hilda Coulsey… Jane and I travelled to Redcar looking forward to some sunshine after the torrential rain in the previous few days. As expected, I suppose being on the coast, the wind was quite strong. It was chilly and I haven’t yet acclimatised to autumn taking only shorts and my Ilkley vest to run in. I […]
The Tilbury Douglas Yorkshire Run for WaterAid – Sun 21 Sept 2025
From Colm McCann… The Tilbury Douglas Yorkshire Run for WaterAid isn’t exactly a catchy name for race. It is essentially an annual 5/10k race to raise money for WaterAid which is a charity that aims to provide water and sanitation services in developing countries. The race is organised by Yorkshire Water, their partners and local […]