HPH parkrun Championships parkrunday 18

There were 55 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning at 10 different venues this week. There were four PBs. These were by Ruth Hancox with 24:23 at Killerton; Lucy Rider with 23:37 at Temple Newsam; and Lois Gardner with 24:04 &…

Todmorden Park 5k

For the first time in 2016 we were hoping that the temperature would drop as the time of the race start drew closer. Luckily after the two hottest days of the year, cloud covered the Calder Valley for the 3rd…

Thunder Run 2016

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…

Club Competitor Update

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…

Summer Team Relays

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. …

Eccup 10

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…

HPH parkrun Championships parkrunday 17

There were 56 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning across 15 different parkrun venues this week. These included a group of 15 at Conkers parkrun in Leicestershire who were also taking part in the nearby 24 hour endurance Thunder Run that…

HPH parkrun Championships parkrunday 15

A rather low turnout of just 40 Hyde Park Harriers around the parkrun world this parkrunday. Perhaps our runners were saving themselves for the Leeds 10K on Sunday. Of course there was another little event in Richmond later in the…

HPH go big in Leeds

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…

HPH Summer Mile

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…

HPH parkrun Championships parkrunday 14

This parkrunday saw 44 Hyde Park Harriers parkrunning across 12 different parkrun venues. These included not one but two at Amager Faelled in Denmark where Ciara Crossan and Laura Cummings turned out. Julie Robson was the first Hyde Park Harrier…

HPH parkrun Championships parkrunday 13

We’re a quarter of the way through the season and so far 71 Hyde Park Harrier women and 52 Hyde Park Harrier men have completed a total of 367 and 274 parkruns respectively across 66 different parkrun venues. This weekend…

HPH parkrun Championships parkrunday 12

A bumper turnout of 55 Hyde Park Harriers were out parkrunning across 17 different venues this weekend. Apparently one Hyde Park Harrier managed to turn out simultaneously at Woodhouse Moor and Warszawa-Praga in Poland! I will ignore the Polish one…

Mental Health Ambassadors

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.…

Liverpool Half

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…