parkrunday 13th October 2018

There were 79 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 24 different venues around the parkrun world this week. These included Vicky Houghton, Bartosz Lewandowski and Manesha Chauhan who had a trip over to Malahide in Ireland and Tom Elcock who…

Matt Armstrong – Don’t lose the joy of running.

Don’t lose the joy of running October 3, 2018 Paul Halford #Run1000Miles ambassador Matt Armstrong on how to keep hold of the ‘mojo’ <img src=”https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56cb21618259b507ef7c35ba/t/5bb1f9b608522984f2e2a8a8/1538390460157/FB_IMG_1537872245369.jpg” alt=”FB_IMG_1537872245369.jpg” /> Running doesn’t always come easy and the elusive running ‘mojo’ can find itself…

Kielder Half – Steve Brown

Nick and I have started a little tradition. Every year, for his birthday, I enter him into a race. It started last year with the Abbey Dash. This year… the Kielder Half Marathon () – his first half. Kielder Water/Forest…

September parkrun – Bramley

September saw the club parkrun championship move onto the 4 laps of Bramley park. 21 ladies and 13 men posted a time to get there age grading.  We had 1 first finisher and that was Anna Stocks in the final…

parkrunday 6th October 2018

Numbers were down a bit this week with a large party of Hyde Park Harriers having a weekend in parkrun-free Budapest. So just 70 were out parkrunning across 21 different venues around the parkrun world. There were three international parkrunners.…

HPH parkrun Championships – October

Here are the Age Grade%s recorded by Hyde Park Harriers in this month’s HPH parkrun Championships at the designated October venue of Middleton Woods. Girls parkrunner 06/10/18 13/10/18 20/10/18 27/10/18 Best Amy YOUNG 72.25% 72.25% Anna STOCKS 63.98% 66.92% 66.92%…

Organise a Race by Rebecca Gray

For the past couple of summers I have taken part in a local running series called Country Trail Races. These involve starting at a local pub, getting a list of instructions and self-guiding yourself around a 10k run on local…

parkrunday 29th September 2018

There were 76 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 29 different venues around the parkrun world this week including three in County Cork in Ireland and one in Poland. The Irish parkruns were by Tom Elcock at Bere Island whose…

parkrunday 22nd September 2018

There were 67 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 26 different venues this week. There were three international parkrunners amongst them. These were Maika Ohno at Bois de Boulogne in France; Tom Elcock who continued his tour of parkruns associated…

parkrunday 15th September 2018

There were 88 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 23 different venues – all in the UK this week. Three new venues were added to the Hyde Park Harriers list. These were Catford in London by Dan Waas; Cotsford Fields…

parkrunday 8th September 2018

There were 89 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 23 different venues this week. Joan Kavanagh was the only international parkrunner amongst them – turning up at Crissy Field in San Francisco. One new venue was added to the Hyde…

August parkrun – Pontefract

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…

parkrunday 1st September 2018

There were 81 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 26 venues this week. There was one international parkrun – Susie Barrett was the first Hyde Park Harrier lady to run at Richmond Olympic in Vancouver, Canada. Just one entirely new…

HPH parkrun Championships – September

Here are the Age Grade%s recorded by Hyde Park Harriers in this month’s HPH parkrun Championships at the designated September venue of Bramley. Girls parkrunner 01/09/18 08/09/18 15/09/18 22/09/18 29/09/18 Best Emma BROWN 66.22% 66.22% Anna STOCKS 65.05% 65.83% 65.83%…

parkrunday 25th August 2018

There were 90 Hyde Park Hariers out parkrunning across 32 different venues, all in the UK this week. Five new venues were added to the Hyde Park Harriers list. These were Heartwood Forest, St Albans by Tom Elcock;  Hastings by…

parkrunday 18th August 2018

At first sight it would appear that there were 91 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across the parkrun world this week, but in fact there were only 89. That is because Chris Jones and Tom Elcock did the seemingly impossible…

parkrunday 11th August 2018

There were 88 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 24 different venues around the parkrun world this week. These included Steve Rhodes who was the first Hyde Park Harrier to parkrun at Richmond Olympic Park in Vancouver, Canada and Jack…

HPH parkrun Championships – August

Here are the Age Grade%s recorded by Hyde Park Harriers in this month’s HPH parkrun Championships at the designated August venue of Pontefract. Girls parkrunner 04/08/2018 11/08/2018 18/08/2018 25/08/2018 Best Amy YOUNG 75.70% 75.70% Anna STOCKS 71.04% 71.04% Emma BROWN…

parkrunday 4th August 2018

It was a spectacular weekend of parkrunning for Hyde Park Harriers this week. There were 94 out parkrunning across 24 different venues. These included international venues of Buncrana just north of Derry in Ireland where Lesley-Ann Donnell ran for the…