Hyde Park Harriers – Richard Edwards

August parkrun – Pontefract

By Richard Edwards | In parkrun

August and it was round 5 of 11 in the HPH parkrun championship and it was Pontefract this month. 25 ladies and 17 men made the trip to run around the race course, and 10 came away with PB’s. They […]

8th September 2018 0
July – parkrun championship at Oakwell

By Richard Edwards | In parkrun

The HPH parkrun championship moved onto Oakwell for the 4 weekends of July. 26 ladies and 17 men took on the course which is fairly twisty and a lot of off road. The 3rd week also happened to be there […]

30th July 2018 0
June – parkrun championship at Rothwell

By Richard Edwards | In parkrun

June and our parkrun championship moved onto Rothwell and there was 5 Saturdays to score points. 29 ladies and 19 men took the chance to score. Amy Young was top scorer for the ladies with a PB on the first […]

30th July 2018 0
Ronda Del Cims – Steve Rhodes

By Richard Edwards | In Hyde Park Harriers - Abroad , Races

When I entered the Ronda Del Cims I posted “what have I done!!”. A huge challenge for me. My first 100 mile race and a tloughie. But I needed to find a way to prepare myself. Loads if climbing and […]

18th July 2018 0
The Long Game: From Road Runner to Ultra Runner – Laura Hastings

By Richard Edwards | In Races

My Journey to the Lakeland Trails 55k (08/07/18) If you’d told me a year ago that I would be entering an ultramarathon in 2018 there’s no way I’d have believed it. I had only run one marathon (Yorkshire Marathon 2015) […]

17th July 2018 0
HPH do the Billy Bland blog by Paul and team

By Richard Edwards | In Races

. It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Sir Edmund Hillary 66 Miles. 42 Peaks including the highest mountain in England. 28,000 ft of climb – equivalent to scaling Mt Everest. One team of Hyde Park Harriers. […]

16th July 2018 0
On Ya Bike! – Dan Donnelly

By Richard Edwards | In Races

Dan Donnelly at the Tour de Yorkshire and Leeds ITU Ever been tempted to nip over to the Dark Side? Come on, you know you have – especially as there’s a super-motivating friendly HPH triathlon club now! I’m a runner […]

18th June 2018 0
Coiners Fell Race 7 May 2018 – Paul Dickens

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

Coiners, the start of the club Fell championship and my first ever blog, coincidence? Yes, no one else wanted to write it. A few of us arrived early, time Rick used wisely by hanging around to make sure he picked […]

6th June 2018 0
Brownlee 5k – May

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

May at the Brownlee 5k and the second chance to post a time to count towards round one of the club road championship. 29 Harriers were out on a lovely evening for what is turning into a great chance to […]

30th May 2018 0
Bluebell Trail

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

29 Harriers headed to Halifax for the 2nd round of the club off road championship at the Bluebell Trail. A lovely challenging race that has a bit of everything, woods including the bluebells, hills of which Trooper Lane is the […]

30th May 2018 0
May parkrun championship

By Richard Edwards | In parkrun

May and the parkrun championship moved to Cross Flatts. 29 ladies and 21 men posted a time many getting course PB’s along the way. In the ladies it was Alison Pullan who got the best age grade score from Clare […]

30th May 2018 0
The Yorkshire Track and Field Championships

By Richard Edwards | In Race Walk , Races

The Yorkshire Track and Field Championships saw a clean sweep for Hyde Park Harriers in the Women’s 3000m walk. Agatha Kowalska continued her impressive start to the season with a personal best 13:18.79, finishing almost 8 seconds ahead of the […]

24th May 2018 0
April parkrun – Woodhouse Moor

By Richard Edwards | In parkrun

April and Woodhouse Moor saw the start of the club parkrun championship. Yet again we have Ken Fox to thank for pulling all the results together. The championship is one parkrun per month, best age grading to count. There was […]

17th May 2018 0
Brownlee 5k – April

By Richard Edwards | In Races , Road Championship

23 Hyde Park Harriers posted a time for the first round of the Club road championship at the Brownlee 5k. There are 7 more chances to score with rounds in May through to November. We count your best time for […]

10th May 2018 0
Guiseley Gallop 2018

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

What better way to spend Easter morning than taking part in the 23rd Guiseley Gallop, which also kicked started the Hyde Park Harriers Off Road and Club Competitor championships. 20 Harriers took part (12 men, 8 ladies) and they were […]

10th May 2018 0
Race Walking Association Inter-Area Match, Pingles

By Richard Edwards | In Races

Stadium, Nuneaton (Sun. 29th Apr.) Unseasonably chilly weather greeted all at Nuneaton for the annual RWA Inter-Area match, but this did not prevent several personal bests being set. And it was a “One-Two” for the North of England and Hyde […]

9th May 2018 0
London Marathon 2018: the race report

By Richard Edwards | In Races

It’s the biggest marathon in the UK. Some might say the biggest marathon in the world. The London Marathon went off with a bang last week, and my legs have just about recovered, so it’s time to look back and see […]

2nd May 2018 0
Manchester Marathon 2018: How I shaved 42 mins off my marathon PB

By Richard Edwards | In Races

It was after the VoY half last year that I started to think about having another crack at the marathon distance. I’d always planned to do another one (Yorkshire 2016 was my first) but wanted to be in a position […]

2nd May 2018 0
Race walking – inter-area match

By Richard Edwards | In Races

Sunday is the inter-area match at Tamworth (North v Midlands v South v Wales). A record number of HPH athletes have been selected for the North team. Morgan Price has been selected for the first time in the Men’s 10kmw. […]

26th April 2018 0
HPH Club Competitor

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor

The Club Competitor of the Year is a competition within the club that goes some way to meeting three aspects of the Club Ethos by: encouraging members to compete to the best of their ability, encouraging members to get involved […]

21st April 2018 0