The Summer Mile 2015

A huge thanks to everyone who came out on the 1st July whether that be to run, volunteer or spectate; I hope you all agree that it was a great evening with 15 fantastically close races to watch. We saw one course…

HPH parkrun Championships Week 14

There were some great performances by Hyde Park Harriers at parkrun this week. We had 48 parkrunners out at 11 different venues around the world. These included Hannah Turner who had ventured over to Denmark to run at Amager Faelled…

HPH parkrun Championships Week 13

What’s occurring in the HPH parkrun Championships this week? A grand total of 52 Hyde Park Harriers were parkrunning at 9 different venues across the UK.  Rachel Bourne and Tom Eales became the first Hyde Park Harriers to run at…

HPH parkrun Championships Week 12

Another great turnout by the Hyde Park Harriers in the parkrun world this weekend with 50 parkrunning at 8 different venues – all in the UK this week. No new parkruns were visited by Hyde Park Harriers this week and…

Rock & Roll Liverpool

After the disappointment of the Leeds Half Marathon where I got my pacing all wrong I had some unfinished business with the distance.  While chatting at work the Rock & Roll Liverpool Half Marathon got mentioned, at first I wasn’t…

HPH parkrun Championships Week 11

With lots of Hyde Park Harriers helping out with the takeover of Woodhouse Moor parkrun the turnout of runners was a bit down on normal with 24 Hyde Park Harriers parkrunning at 8 different venues. These included James Vickers and…

Some Club Championship Race Details Confirmed

A few race dates for HPH championship races have now been confirmed. Baildon Carnival is on Saturday 11th July. There’s no Tour de France through Yorkshire this year so the Oxenhope Fete is back to its usual date of the…

YVAA Grand Prix Race 3 – Mulgrave Castle

The Yorkshire Veterans’ Athletic Association covers the whole of Yorkshire but races in their Grand Prix series have mainly been in West Yorkshire. Recent years have seen these multi-terrain races in Kirkstall, Meanwood, Crossgates, Honley, West Vale, Spenborough, Bingley, Pudsey,…

Wharfedale Trail Half Marathon 2015

An exceptionally windy day saw three HPH compete in the 13th running of the event. Richard Quinn completed the course 59th in 1.51.22, Chris Smith finished 73rd in 1.54.54 and 14th for age and Claire Hougham 395th in 3.02.18. The…

Hyde Park Harriers at the Malta Half Marathon

Sunday 22nd February saw the 30th Vodafone Malta half and full marathon. Two Hyde Park Harriers, James Barry and Clair Brennan, joined 4000 participants to run the 21.1km from Mdina to Sliema. Of the 1900 foreign runners, 600 were from…