A superb Mourne for the Veteran Harriers This year’s first counter in the British Fell Championships was held on Saturday in the stunning Mourne mountains, Northern Ireland. It was with glad hearts that the 16 Tod Harriers who travelled to Northern Ireland were greeted with fine, clear weather. The last time this location was used for a championship race, runners …
Our finishers at the Manchester Marathon. And this one is actually a marathon! 247 Graeme Brown 2.56.58 748 Paul Alexander 3.11.08 2464 Kate Mansell 3.39.54 7393 Jilly Davidson 4.46.30 Paul Alexander two minutes quicker than last year’s race but sadly no PB (6mins adrift!).
Guy Whitmore continued his 100% record in the Todmorden Harriers Grand Prix and keeping him as the only runner to complete the 7 races so far at the Caldervale 10 on Good Friday, despite mayhem on the M6, which left a lot of runners unable to make the start, Guy and his wife Mel and Kevin Coughlin, managed to get …
Report by Paul Hobbs Hobbling Harriers! As the sun shone and the temperatures awoke from their Winter slumber, a significant posse of Harriers revelled in superb conditions at the Haworth Hobble on Saturday. The Hobble is quite an accomplishment, taking in 32 miles of South Pennine tracks, trails and footpaths with a total of 4400 feet of ascent. The Hobble …
Northern Masters 10 Mile Road Championship Todmorden Harrier’s Paul Brannigan was their sole runner at the Sweatshop 10 mile road race in Bispham. The race incorporated the Northern Masters championships, the Lancashire championships and the Fire Service championships, which lead to a very long presentation post-race. Brannigan continued an inexplicable recent series of below-par performances running his slowest time in …
Report by Jo Daniels Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round After a late surge of wintery weather, the forecast was favourable and the Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round went ahead under the direction of new race organiser Colin Woolford. Three hardy Harriers took to the snow strewn hills for the event, which attracted a field of over two hundred runners keen to pit …
