Amy Young

Amy Young

The role of Chair

TL;DR: in May, Hyde Park Harriers is looking for a new Chairperson. As I move my focus to bringing up my daughter, I feel the time is right to hand over the running of our club to someone else who…

Ilkley Skyline – Winter Edition

Author – Steve Worthington (Richard Cartwright’s account follows below) I felt like I had unfinished business with the Ilkley Skyline round. My first attempt in June ended with me stuck in a field after trying to detour around some cows…

Auld Lang Syne Fell Race

Steve Worthington’s account of the classic New Year’s Eve Fell race. Four harriers decided to cram one more fell race into 2023. Auld Lang Syne was a true feast for the senses with wind, mud, bog, and bagpipes! Despite us…

Morley 10km 2023

by Curtis Parker-Milnes (CPM). Morley’s been around for ages. So long in fact, it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1087. It’s the birthplace of former prime minister H. H. Asquith, of Sir Titus Salt, and me. I spent…

HPH Take on Salomon Skyline Series

A couple of weeks ago a *coalition of Harriers packed their waterproof (taped seams) clothing to go north beyond the border, heading for the highlands. Yes, it was the HPH Club trip to the Salomon Skyline Festival in Kinlochleven! I…

HPH Blog and HOTM for August

You must all have been on holiday this month, as we only got 3 HOTM nominations for 2 people, which made it very easy to choose our winners: Jane and Grace! Jane Prust: Jane is an inspiration because she just…

HPH Blog and HOTM for July

July saw ‘summer’ for us runners at HPH. Whilst it lacked the typical sun and dry weather which we all love to get out in for running adventures and races it did give us the opportunity to try out any…

HPH Blog & HOTM for June

Another great month of racing: The Summer Mile, 268 miles along the Pennine Way, plenty of fell racing; Leeds 10km, a trip to Wales and a number of triathlons has meant for a pretty busy set of nominations this month.…