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It’s December already, Harriers! This month we can get back to running as a club, and we can also run past all the beautiful trees and Christmas decorations in a bid to feel festive. Despite a month-long lockdown, you lot…
It’s November, Harriers, and the start of a bit of a weird month by all accounts. We have cancelled all of our sessions until at least December, and will keep ourselves up to date with the latest guidance with a…
I was shocked, terrified, excited and with facial expressions to match. I didn’t sleep that night, what had I done, I’d never run a marathon?! Or click this link to open the PDF
Welcome to October, Hyde Park Harriers! Wow, where has the year gone? Sessions have changed a little this month: with the introduction of new Kirkstall Hills and Meanwood trails sessions. It’s great to see so many of you at these…
Why do we race? Many people do it for a personal best or the sense of achievement – accomplished by a well-designed and marshalled course. Others race for the atmosphere, or to be part of a big event. So why…
My favourite part of the month, where we get to review another month of awesome challenges set by our fantastic members and volunteers and some incredible achievements from Hyde Park Harriers. This month’s events have seen Hyde Park Harriers (and…
After arriving in Zermatt the weekend before, I’d spent the last week doing my final preparations before taking part in the Ultraks Matterhorn skyrace, a 49km long trail race with approximately 3600m of climb! Arriving at 6:30am for a 7am…
Everesting? What is it? Everesting is an activity in which cyclists ascend and descend a given hill multiple times, in order to have cumulatively climbed 8,848 metres. (the elevation of Mount Everest). The first event described as “Everesting” was by…
Yet another month of Lockdown((ish) -when will I be able to stop writing that?), yet another month of awesome challenges set virtually by our fantastic members and some incredible achievements from Hyde Park Harriers including many meters climbed and lofty…
Yet another month of Lockdown, yet another month of awesome challenges set virtually by our fantastic members and some incredible achievements from Hyde Park Harriers. It seems we don’t have to run together to maintain how friendly and awesome we…
May was the start of the new year with our 2020/2021 Committee. After a busy month of AGM prep, our virtual Awards Do, and more quizzes than you can shake a stick at, it’s great to sit back and reflect…
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t struggle with anxiety. As a child I’d obsessively count syllables in sentences, trying to make them add up to ten, repeating the sentence over and over in my head until it sounded…
I had two aims for 2020. Firstly, run a marathon. Secondly do 1000km in a year. Through various reasons, I’d never achieved this before. I set my Strava targets to 1000 km for the year and 20km a week (For…
February marked the first nominations that will be included in next year’s awards – and the start of me not updating the blog with our monthly winners! So this is a bumper-bumper issue of three months worth of Harriers of…
Sprint distance400m Pool swim17.6 Km Bike5km RunSaturday 5th October. So that’s it then. The car is loaded up and I’m double checking I’ve remembered everything! I really can’t be bothered to drive for 2.5 hours to find I’m missing a…
Dear Members, Thank you very much for attending our annual awards evening this year online – it’s unusual circumstances to be celebrating our awards but I hope that everyone enjoyed the event. I wanted to write a quick blog to…
Part 1 By the end of this year I should finally be over the 20 different parkruns mark and onto the leaderboard on the website. That would be 15 new parkruns this year but what has been the highlight, and…
WHY? Lots of people have asked me why I entered the Lakeland 50. It’s a valid question for someone who hadn’t done a marathon on road when I entered this race. I have been doing triathlons for 5 years and…
It wasn’t meant to be like this, I hadn’t planned it so and if I’d known then what I know now I would have chosen to do things so differently. I’m standing at the end of the Outlaw X –…
In a COVID-19 world, where all of our races, competitions and motivations/targets are taken away, it’s been a great time to sit back and take stock on the reasons why we run. I’ve been reflecting on my running journey, how…