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Manchester Marathon 2017 training blog week 12/20 With the training for the Manchester Marathon starting to build, I’m now in a period where I’m juggling racing and a high weekly mileage. I know this isn’t ideal, but we’re fighting to…
I managed a PB for the course, an improvement of 4 minutes from last year, with a finishing time of 3:hr 55mins. ( ) The race starts in Guiseley, climbing up over Baildon Moor then Rombalds Moor, a loop round then back…
The final round of the club road championship and there was 29 Harriers (17 men and 12 ladies) ready to take on the out and back 10k route in Dewsbury. Its not quite flat but with just a slight climb…
There were 66 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across a record breaking 26 different venues this week. These included John Blatherwick who was the first Hyde Park Harrier to turn out at Gibside, Gateshead. Nicola Forwood continued her trip Down…
Well that’s it the 2016/17 Hyde Park Harriers Off Road Championship is done and dusted. It was to be a 10 round championship with the best 7 scores to count but we lost one round when it was cancelled so…
28th & 29th January 2017 What a weekend! The “Sir Titus Trot” marathon started at Saltaire on Saturday at 9:30am not too bad I thought until I got there and it started raining. Not too badly but it doesn’t fill…
There were 52 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning at 21 different venues across three continents this weekend. These included Tom Pollard at Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand; Nicola Forwood and Poppy at St Peter’s Park in Sydney, Australia and Sue…
While my personal running has gone from strength to strength, there has been a contrasting undercurrent of failure. Just like a duck on a pond – on top everything was going smoothly, but underneath the ducks legs were in serious…
The 3rd round of the PECO XC saw the clubs arriving at West Park for an approx. 5.2 mile course. It also doubled up as the final round of the HPH Off Road championship. It was our best turn out…
There were a whopping 67 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning at fifteen different venues around the world his weekend. These included Sue Smith who popped up in Uvongo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Nicola Forwood and Poppy who parkran at Blenheim…
Since moving away from Leeds, away from HPH training sessions and away from the abundance of races nearby I’ve found myself running significantly less so when I saw this race relatively close I jumped at the opportunity to sign up.…
The weekend of the 7th and 8th January saw a club off-road championship double header. 7 Harriers (3 ladies and 4 men) took on the best of the Yorkshire Cross Country scene at the Lightwater Valley Theme Park. The ladies…
There were 50 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 9 different venues this weekend. These included Tom Pollard and Nicola Forwood (and Poppy) who were running at different venues just 7km apart all the way on the other side of…
With the Hyde Park Harriers ladies team flying high in their division in our local Leeds cross country league, and the mens team languishing in the relegation zone, a seven strong team of Harriers headed over to the Yorkshire County…
Polar Night Half Marathon – Tromso, Norway Saturday 7th January 2017 – 3pm Hannah Marshall To make sure my 10th half marathon was something a little bit special, I travelled to the Arctic Circle to take part in one of the more…
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 promised to blog about the training and build up … Part…
There were 51 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 13 different venues this weekend. These included Dan Waas who was the first Hyde Park Harrier to parkrun at the National Trust’s Belton House near Grantham. Rachel Eales was the first…
It’s an iconic event within the Yorkshire running calendar. It has probably also gained some notoriety as the Brownlee Brothers have been known to frequent it. It’s the Chevin Chase. Funnily enough, Jonny Brownlee turned up and won it today. It…
Boxing day saw 22 Harriers (11 men and 11 women) taking part in round 6 of the club off road championship at the Chevin Chase, all of which were happy to see that the weather was so much better than…
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,…