‘Endurance! Endurance! Endurance!’ was the name of the game across the weekend of 15/16 September as some of our more ‘hardcore’ members took on the infamous Ventnor Fell Runs. Ryde Harriers teamed up with the Ventnor Fell Running Association to put on the event which attracted 275 competitors from across the country, an increase on […]
Captain’s Report – August 2018 Hey there folks it’s that time of the month again to send out the race report. We have taken part in Donkey runs, totally epic Ultra running, Half marathon , and some crazy fell running in the Lake district . A fabulous variety of running events that us Harriers enjoy […]
Lakeland Fell Races. By Nigel Eldridge. Tuesday 21st August saw four Harriers take part in the ‘Shipman Knotts’ Fell race, situated in an idyllic valley in Kentmere, just North of Kendal. The team consisting of Myself (Nigel), Rosie and Jimi Eldridge and also the fell machine that is Rodney parker, who by chance was just […]
Isle of Wight Half Marathon 2018 – The Marshal’s Cut! By Sarah Probert Given that the famous IOW Half Marathon course is 13.1 miles of relentless hills, twists and turns (as all you mainlanders discovered!), it still managed to attract the interest of over 350 runners on its 34th outing on Sunday 19th August. […]
July has been hills, more hills, mountains, with even the road races being hilly. The month started will the traditional Harriers away weekend to the Brecon Beacons in South Wales, with two brutal, but very enjoyable, fell races over a hot weekend. Not content with just fells, 3 Harriers went off up to North Wales […]
St George’s 10 The 11am start of the St George’s 10 Mile Road Race lent itself well to allowing plenty of time for commiserating over the ‘unseasonal’ and ‘unsportsmanlike’ (is that a word??) heat of the day. An impressive turnout nonetheless, of anxious runners battling with the conflict of desperately needing to race it versus […]
The start of the fell weekend in Wales started out perfectly, hassle free drive to the campsite (less than 3 hours), quick and easy setup and a nice cool evening which meant we all had a good night’s sleep ready for the fell races to come. The morning of the Fan y Big Horseshoe started […]