In March this year I received a call from Nick Groocock informing me that I had attained a qualifying time to enter the half marathon in the island games, which this year was to be held in Gotland in Sweden. He gave me a quick brief on what would be expected of me, asked me […]
June has been a busy month filled with some fantastic races. The month was started off with the festival of running, where the popular Needles half was joined by the 5k & 10k on the Saturday, and the Needles marathon on the Sunday. There were some excellent times recorded for these races, on what is […]
The weekend of the 8th & 9th of July saw a group of Harriers once again take on the might of South Wales’ Brecon Beacons. A weekend comprising of two fell runs, very different in distance, yet similar in level of difficulty. The races which are organised by the local mountain running club “Mynydd Du” […]
Captain’s Report – May 2017 Hi folks, May has been a rather busy month of races. A super well done to all those that have taken part in races during this month and an extra special well done to those Harriers that took part in the Netley 10k for their first ever race!! brilliant stuff […]
Its spring again, there’s bird song in the air, and the groans of weary marathon runners. Adam & Andrew started the month off with outstanding performances at Manchester Marathon both getting under 3 hours, with Andrew’s time resulted in him being selected to run for England at the Chester Marathon in October. There were also […]
Captain’s Report – March Well done to all of you that have competed in events throughout March. Well done to the boys who will be promoted to division 2 in the Hampshire cross country league. We had a lovely little weekend away for the Larmer tree 20miles( which is actually 21.3 miles). A great route! […]
February saw the final two races in the Harriers cross country series, with the weather having softened up the course a little bit since the first race the going was a bit more challenging. Its great to so many having a go at cross country for the first time, perhaps we will see more of […]
Captain’s Report – January Welcome to the first captains report of 2017, sorry its a little late, January seemed to wizz by in the blink of an eye! During January we had both mens and womens teams representing Ryde Harriers in the Hampshire cross country Championships at Fairthorne Manor( near Botley ) .Strong performances from […]
December brought surprisingly good weather, with both the Chilly Hilly and the Abnormal Snowman races not being accompanied by conditions that match their names, although both were deferentially hilly. There was a good turnout for the boxing day run, including Jess Martin (Andrews) and with hubby Dan Martin (international cyclist). Results for Popham (HXCL) 3rd […]
Captain’s Report – November Well done to everyone that took part in races during the month of November, a great effort by all!!! Lots of personal bests especially during the Gosport half marathon. Lauren Jade McIntyre represented Ryde Harriers ,all the way up north in Liverpool for the Liverpool Cross challenge fantastic running!! Results for […]