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 […]
Captain’s Report – June 2018 – Well what can I say about June, lots of races ,lots of Harriers, Brilliant performances by all…..well done girls and boys another spectacular month of teamwork and training. Results for Welsh 1000m Races 2nd June(20mile 5 Peaks Challenge) Les Cupis 06:31:00 (3rd overall, 1st Vet 40) (3 Peaks Fell […]
Hampshire Road Race League 2017/18 Season Roundup June also saw a small team compete in Eastleigh 10km the penultimate of the HRRL races, unfortunately the last race in the season Lordshill 10km clashed with the Braiding 10k so we didn’t have any runner at this race, but the good news is that there won’t be […]