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I love running. I love the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. I love refuelling after a run with a massive pub meal more or less guilt free. And of course I love running with all the awesome people at Hyde Park Harriers…
Sunday 4th September saw the 2016 edition of the Leeds Country Way – a 64 mile relay race around Leeds, split into 6 legs of between 9.5-11.5 miles, with teams of 12 (2 runners per leg) making their way around…
When one signs up to a half marathon in a Scandinavian country in mid-September, the last thing one expects is 20 degrees and blue skies on the day! Needless to say, the excuses I made last week that the Great…
It’s been four years since I last ran over the 5 mile distance. That race was won by Derek Hawkins (currently out in Rio for the marathon) in 24:04, with me down in a lowly 31:31. My preparation for the West…
So I’d only landed in the USA 24 hours ago before finding this gem of a running club in Columbus, Indiana. I popped into the white river running club after work to find out about some good local running routes before…
The second half of the club Road Championship kicked off with the West Yorkshire 5 miler. Not a distance that is run often and on a challenging course it was still great to see 27 Harriers on the start line…
Forget the Tour de France, the European Championships and Finals day at Wimbledon, ignore the Open Championship and disregard the Olympics, the true sporting highlight of the summer took place this weekend over field and through meadow on a country…
16 races down in the Club Competitor championship and the summer means the events slow down a little more. 111 Hyde Park Harriers have so far entered a round and claimed there 5 points. 56 men and 55 ladies and…
July saw two of the team relays that the club always support and both were part of the Club Competitor championship this year. 1st up was the Golden Acre relay and we always get a good turnout for this one. …
The always popular Eccup 10 mile race saw the club Road championship reach its half way point. This year for the clubs 10th birthday year we moved to 10 rounds with the best 7 counting. So plenty still to play…
And so started my morning at the Plymouth Aquathlon. After explaining that yes, it is a long way from London to Plymouth, but it’s even further from Leeds, and no, there aren’t many beaches around Leeds to practice a sea…
The first two weekends in June were excellent for sport in Leeds with the Olympic trials in race walking and the World Triathlon series closing the city down. What was even better is that we had HPH colours out at…
Those of you who know our marathon man Phil Hammond will know that at the Yorkshire Marathon this year it will be his 100th Marathon. To get there he still had plenty of work to do starting with the Great…
Another great Summer Mile has come and gone, and was a great success. It was sold out well in advance, the rain stopped in time and the food was well received as always. Many thanks to all the Harriers and…
Sunday 19th June saw round 4 of the HPH Off Road Championship the Pudsey 10k. Always a popular event with the club and always a nice morning with fun runs happening before the event. The route itself is a mixture…
Thanks to Caroline Sanders for the below – Everyone has mental health. Just like physical health, it’s something that can be good or poor at different times. Keeping mentally healthy sometimes requires a little work, just like being physically fit.…
Many thanks to Diane Aykroyd for this excellent report – I decided to join Clare, Jaz and Sue to run the Liverpool HM and after an eventful year for at least one of us the decision was taken to run…
Many thanks to Chris Smith for sending in the below. The Vets race series hasn’t had many Harriers taking part so far but they are good cheap fun events. Vets races reports West park vets (24/5/16) was its usual fun…
The Otley 10 mile race was round 9 of the Club competitor championship. Its been a bust start to the year and its great that we have had 94 Harriers so far score points. In the club competitor you get…
Round 4 of the club road championship and it was 20 harriers (11 men and 9 ladies) taking on the Otley 10 mile event on a Wednesday evening. Its a challenging route, the first 3 miles are flat and fast…