On The Road – Tom Thomas

“I told you it was kicks. It’s all kicks man” – Dean Moriarty After a fairly injury strewn 2017 that had some great moments, I turned my mind to 2018 and set myself two principle targets: the Manchester Marathon and…

parkrunday 7th April 2018

There were a whopping 85 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 20 different venues in five countries this weekend. Four new venues being added to the Hyde Park Harriers’ list. Two were in London namely Bexley by Denise Hoffman and…

parkrunday 31st March 2018

There were 64 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 23 different parkrun venues this Easter weekend. These included Liz and Chris Jones who added Chipping Sodbury to the HPH venue list and Amy Young who similarly added Knocknacarra in Ireland.…

parkrunday 24th March 2018

No weather related cancellations this week so there were a fair number of Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning. In total 73 of them turned out across 12 different venues around the UK. These included Jamie Dobson and Helen Williams who…

England Athletics Senior 10k Championships

Sunday 11 March 2018 New HPH members Agata Kowalska and Erika Pontarollo both got a mention in England Athletics race preview last Wednesday () with an expectation of a good “…head to head…”. This wasn’t how it turned out on…

parkrunday 17th March 2018

The snow came back to Yorkshire on Friday night so there were a few late local parkrun cancellations, but the big one at Woodhouse Moor just escaped and a total of 69 Hyde Park Harriers made it out to parkrun…

parkrunday 10th March 2018

With the snow and ice just about gone across the UK it was back to normal at parkruns. There were 71 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 19 different venues this week. These included Gary Grant who added Letterkenny in…

parkrunday 3rd March 2018

With many parkruns being cancelled across the UK due to the snowy weather it was good to see lots of Hyde Park Harriers tracking down and running at some of the few remaining parkrun venues that had managed to overcome…

parkrunday 24th February 2018

There were a whopping 83 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 26 different venues this weekend. These included Bartosz Lewandowski who was the first Hyde Park Harrier to parkrun at Koszalin in Poland and Alys Griffiths who was the first…

parkrunday 17th February 2018

There were 75 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning around the parkrun world this weekend. Two new parkrun venues were added to the HPH list. These were Knowsley which was completed by Robert Howard and Matilda Rhodes and Parke – on…

parkrunday 10th February 2018

There were 70 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning around the parkrun world this weekend. These included Nichola Moreland and Scott Watson who were the first Hyde Park Harriers to parkrun in Germany – at the Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin. There…

parkrunday 3rd February 2018

There were 67 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 16 different venues this week. No doubt a few were saving themselves for the Dewsbury 10K. Samantha Scarlett was the only one parkrunning abroard this week – becoming the fifth Hyde…

HPH parkrun Championships February

Here are the Age Grade%s recorded by Hyde Park Harriers in this month’s HPH parkrun Championships at Woodhouse Moor Leeds. Girls parkrunner 03/02/18 10/02/18 17/02/18 24/02/18 Best Amy YOUNG 72.37% 72.37% Heather GOODACRE 67.22% 67.22% Nichola MORELAND 66.52% 66.52% Lucy…

parkrunday 27th January 2018

There weren’t any weather related local cancellations this week , so the numbers of Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning were back up to impressive levels again with 73 across 18 different venues. These included Sue Smith who added another South…

parkrunday 20th January 2018

With a few local cancellations due to icy conditions including a late one at Woodhouse Moor it’s not surprising that the number of Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning dropped to just 23 this week across 13 different venues. These included…

parkrunday 13th January 2018

This week there were 80 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 15 different venues. Four new venues were added to the Hyde Park Harrier list as Andrew Nicholls ran at Canons Park, Amy Young ran at Portrush, Paul Farmery ran…

HPH parkrun Championships January

Here are the Age Grade%s recorded by Hyde Park Harriers in this month’s HPH parkrun Championships at Bradford Lister Park. Girls parkrunner 06/01/18 13/01/18 20/01/18 27/01/18 Best Amy YOUNG 68.78% 68.78% Denise HOFMAN 64.96% 64.96% Emma BROWN 63.47% 63.47% Rebecca…