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Sunday 4th September saw the 2016 edition of the Leeds Country Way – a 64 mile relay race around Leeds, split into 6 legs of between 9.5-11.5 miles, with teams of 12 (2 runners per leg) making their way around…
When one signs up to a half marathon in a Scandinavian country in mid-September, the last thing one expects is 20 degrees and blue skies on the day! Needless to say, the excuses I made last week that the Great…
There were 44 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning at 11 different parkrun venues this week. These included Joe Hogg who was the first Hyde Park Harrier to parkrun at Perth in Scotland. There were six PBs this week. These were…
There were 45 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning at a total of 16 different venues across the parkrun world this weekend. These included Chris Jones who was the first Hyde Park Harrier to parkrun at River Valley Park in Swords…
No new countries were added to the parkrun world this week and all the 43 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning this week confined themselves to the UK. There were however ten Hyde Park Harriers at the latest parkrun to start…
For the second week in a row a new country has been added to the parkrun world. Last week it was Canada and this week it was Sweden. And once again there was a Hyde Park Harrier at the inaugural…
It’s been four years since I last ran over the 5 mile distance. That race was won by Derek Hawkins (currently out in Rio for the marathon) in 24:04, with me down in a lowly 31:31. My preparation for the West…
So I’d only landed in the USA 24 hours ago before finding this gem of a running club in Columbus, Indiana. I popped into the white river running club after work to find out about some good local running routes before…
The second half of the club Road Championship kicked off with the West Yorkshire 5 miler. Not a distance that is run often and on a challenging course it was still great to see 27 Harriers on the start line…
The HPH parkrun Python got a new country stamp on its virtual passport this week as it visited the latest country to embrace parkrun – Canada. And just as well that it did because among the 48 Hyde Park Harriers…
The history of this Fell Race can be traced back to the 1870’s. Along with the Pet Show, and Guess the Weight of the Sheep competition, the race is a major event in the Burnsall Feast Sports Day which started in…
Starting just outside Timble Village, near Otley, Round Hill is a 14km run over Blubberhouses Moor. The race passes through a wood, before the boggy, undulating climb up to Round Hill at 409m. A fast downhill section through Black Hill…
Just 42 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning this parkrunday across 15 different venues. I guess a few are away on their summer holidays, a few were doing the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge on Saturday and a few more were saving…
There were 51 Hyde Park Harriers out parkrunning at 14 different venues this week. These included Anthony Aimon who was the first Hyde Park Harrier to parkrun at Harcourt Hill, Oxford. There were seven PBs this week. These were by…
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 &…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…