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Here is my run report for the Old Deer Park 10km from November This time last year I was pregnant but I also made a pact with my mother in law to run a 10k race with her this autumn,…
Round 2 of the PECO series and again not too much mud, saw the runners taking on the fields, paths and woods of Middleton Park. Again there was new faces and returning runners including Paul Whitehurst who was running 2nd…
The PECO Cross Country series is always very popular with all the local clubs. 5 rounds of muddy fun and even though its always nice to do well for yourself this is all about the team. The top 8 men…
I thought I’d be sick of marathons by now but entering the Berlin Marathon Ballot back in November 2015 was far too tempting. Fast forward to January 2016, and we (Mike Webb and I) were in as an ‘international pair’.…
My Dad and I decided to enter the Berlin Marathon this year to tick completing a marathon off his bucket list of “things to do when I’ve retired”. We choose Berlin so we could visit the area where my late…
The Abbey Dash was round 9 of 10 for this years Road Championship. The final round is the Dewsbury 10k in February but some of the divisions have already been won. Ladies Premier – 2 best friends will go to…
What another cracking event for the Hyde Park Harriers. The Abbey Dash is always very popular even if no one really likes running along Kirkstall Road, but it has PB written all over it. 59 Harriers took part (27 men and…
Back in March this year Alan and I booked our first holiday together. I had always wanted to visit Mexico and see Chichen Itza and perhaps add in a Caribbean Island as well, so we booked a trip to Mexico and…
Round 8 of the HPH Road Championship saw 17 Harriers (10 men, 7 ladies) take on the Bradford City Runs 10k. New to the club this year, the event includes three races on one course. Based upon a 5K loop of Bradford city centre,…
“I can’t believe I just got overtaken by a guy taking a f**king selfie.” And with those words ringing in my ears, I summited the Auckland Harbour Bridge on the only day of the year it’s open to foot traffic.…
Do we have free will? Can you really experience anything objectively? And is it possible to taper for a marathon if you’ve not really trained? They’re all great philosophical questions of our time, but thankfully I’m only going to be…
The first Tuesday of the month is the opportunity for those who run with Hyde Park Harriers to tackle the seventeen hills that are contained within a one mile stretch along Kirkstall Road. They vary in gradient and they vary…
During the week before I ran October’s Abingdon marathon, I was lucky enough to get one of the HPH club places at the London marathon in April 2017. I am chuffed to bits about this and am really looking forward…
So its official, I am now a marathon runner. I can hang up my running shoes now, ok maybe not just yet. So why did I chose York and this year. Well when I started to think about attempting a…
So with the big Autumn race goal of the Manchester Half out of the way, I’ve been in off-season mode. This has meant only running when I felt like it (although this doesn’t necessarily mean not running tough sessions if I…
Sunday 9th October saw the 4th running of the Yorkshire marathon. A big event for many of the harriers but non more so than our very own marathon man Phil Hammond. On the start line with number 100 pinned to…
These days I don’t seem to blog about anything other than holidays or running…the craft has taken a bit of a backseat. Even so I’ve not updated since last August, but then again this is the first time since then…
Sunday 18th September saw the ever popular Kirkstall Abbey 7 race organised by the Kirkstall Harriers. A 6.7 mile multi-terrain, mostly flat course starting and finishing within the spectacular grounds of Kirkstall Abbey. The route takes in riverside paths and…
Round 7 of the club Road championship for this year was something a little different. Ok so it wasn’t really road but a track mile was to be a challenge that 17 Harriers (14 men, 3 ladies) took the chance to…
The Ikano Bank Robin Hood half marathon in Nottingham on Sunday 25th September provided me with an opportunity to visit my old stomping ground from my University days but, perhaps more importantly, a chance to get in some good miles…