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Harrier Of The Month – November and December

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings , Harrier of the month

Firstly, I must start with apologies that Harrier Of The Month went AWOL with the announcements for November, but that means that we can bring you an extra bumper month of announcements for November and December in this blog. Harrier […]

13th January 2020 0
Chair’s Blog – December

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings

The Chair’s Blog for December comes fresh off of missing the blog for November (which gets written in December) – to be honest this confuses me as well, but each blog is a bit of a retrospective on the month […]

13th January 2020 0
Chair’s Blog – October

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings

Welcome to the Chair’s Blog for October. I’m fully aware that some of you may be wondering where August and September have gone, and the truth is that life has again taken over and the Chair’s Blog seems to have […]

18th November 2019 0
New York Marathon – Marathon Number 11 and how not to run or train for a marathon! By Lucy Rider

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Hyde Park Harriers - Abroad , Member Stories , Races

In a fit of pique in January when Alan realised that he had a fair few air miles from his credit card (definitely recommend a reward or cashback credit card if you end up putting a lot on for work […]

13th November 2019 0
Harrier Of The Month – October

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings , Harrier of the month

We have previously shared (in August) Women’s Harrier Of The Month, but this month due to the amazing nominations, both the men’s and women’s award will be shared this month – and there’s also a bonus award. So without further […]

11th November 2019 0
Harrier Of The Month – September

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings , Harrier of the month

Unfortunately I have to again apologise for the lateness of Harrier of the month for September coming at the very end of October (don’t forget to get your nominations in) – I would love to say it was for a […]

30th October 2019 0
How to run a “perfect race” by Grace Roberts

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Member Stories , Races

A definitely not recommended guide on how I ended up running my most enjoyable (and quickest!) half marathon. – Grace Step 1: Have a vague goal but a goal non the less Since I have been running, I have entered […]

30th October 2019 0
End of August — end of summer?! Tom Pollard

By Hyde Park Harriers | In HPH Tri

As I put together this August review, the rain is pouring down the train window. How can August be so near, yet so, so far away? But let’s not let the Autumn blues reduce the achievements of the last month. […]

29th October 2019 0
Eden Project Half – by Clare Evans

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Member Stories , Races

When I won a place at the Eden Project half, I genuinely did wonder whether to take it up. It was a long way to go for just a weekend and I knew my training time would be limited with […]

23rd October 2019 0
Ultra & Marathon Championship Update – Oct – Matt Armstrong

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Club Competitor , Ultra/Marathon

Hey folks! Update on the scores for the HPH Ultra & Marathon trial championship: Next weekend a lot of you doing the Yorkshire Marathon will be doing race 6 of these Championship races – so there are points up for […]

19th October 2019 0
What a July-ghtful month! – Tom Pollard

By Hyde Park Harriers | In HPH Tri

As always, you lot never cease to amaze. It seems like everyone competed in at least one place this month, covering pretty much every discipline in the multi-sport arsenal, and across all corners of the north (and Europe!): Beth at […]

19th October 2019 0
June-know how much triathlon we do?! by Tom Pollard

By Hyde Park Harriers | In HPH Tri

Settle in for what will be a bumper edition of the round-up — you may or may not have noticed that a little triathlon took place in Leeds last month. It’s great to hear from everyone who took part in […]

8th October 2019 0
World Triathlon Leeds 2019 Chris Worfolk’s Blog

By Hyde Park Harriers | In HPH Tri

The 2018 World Triathlon Leeds was the first standard distance triathlon I signed up for (although I actually completed Wetherby two weeks earlier) and was my target race for the year. I lost my timing chip in the lake and […]

8th October 2019 0
Allerthorpe Sprint Triathlon 2019 Chris Worfolk’s Blog

By Hyde Park Harriers | In HPH Tri

I completed Allerthorpe Sprint Triathlon last year in a time of 1:30:17. This year, I dragged Elina and Venla along, thinking they could enjoy the sunshine and paddle in the lake. As it turns out, the day was cool and […]

8th October 2019 0
My Hyde Park Harriers Story – by Alison Hargreaves

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Member Stories

I wanted to write something about joining Hyde Park Harriers, and how it has impacted my life. Like many parents of young children, I first started running because it seemed to be the easiest form of exercise to fit into […]

25th September 2019 0
Harrier Of The Month – July

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings , Harrier of the month

It’s time to award our second ever Harrier Of The Month awards – as promised we will alternate and this month we will start with the women’s award. First of all though, we have had fewer nominations come in for […]

21st August 2019 0
Chair’s Blog – July

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings

Welcome to the July Chair’s Blog, giving you a bit of an overview on what we’ve been working on. For July personally things seemed to have flown by in terms of club stuff – you may know that part of […]

21st August 2019 0
HPH take on the Leeds parkruns… Again!

By Hyde Park Harriers | In parkrun , Social

7.30am, Saturday 17 August 2019. The sun had risen over Roundhay park and was now shining on the lake, and on the 11 Hyde Park Harriers who had congregated on the dam at its southern boundary. A very long day […]

20th August 2019 0
Harrier Of The Month – June

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Harrier of the month

We are happy to announce the first every Harrier Of The Month awards! These are for achievements by members during June where fellow members have nominated them for these achievements. Our winners have been nominated for their running achievements, their […]

24th July 2019 0
The June Chair’s Blog

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Committee Meetings

This is the first of the new monthly Chair’s Blogs, which I mentioned was something I wanted to do when I was elected at the AGM. Taking over as Chair means building on a lot of great work from all […]

9th July 2019 0