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April was a bumper month for awards, marathons and other races… and, as a result, a bumper month for HOTM nominations. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated. The entire coachload of you! Our winners this month were Abdu Ahmed and…

March’s HOTM winners were Ciaran Tracey and Jaz Bangerh. Jaz was nominated for working so hard with suppliers to put together some great options for kit to make HPH an even more inclusive club. Jaz has also worked with Clare…

by Steve Brown On Saturday 6th April I took part in the East Yorkshire LDWA’s (Long Distance Walkers Association) Woldsman 51-mile spring challenge. It’s not an ultra as such. The organiser’s stance is – it is a walking challenge but…

TL;DR: in May, Hyde Park Harriers is looking for a new Chairperson. As I move my focus to bringing up my daughter, I feel the time is right to hand over the running of our club to someone else who…

A short month, but with so many achievements. We had fell races, the finale of PECO cross country, road races, and our usual Tuesday night and Thursday night sessions, as well as some Sunday long runs – so plenty of…

by Michael Vargas In what is now becoming a bit of a tradition, I have a few statistics and figures from this seasons PECO campaign and can provide a bit of historical context as to where the PECO class of…

There were certainly no January blues involved for Hyde Park Harriers this month as far as the PBs and activities that you wonderful lot have been up to. From Temple Newsam Ten, to Brass Monkey, to PECO to Calverley Cutter,…

Well, December was cool wasn’t it? PECO, a race where everyone dressed as Santa, a trail 10km, our Christmas tree run, a couple of socials, the Chevin Chase, loads of extra parkruns and of course other other celebrations that come…

Author – Steve Worthington (Richard Cartwright’s account follows below) I felt like I had unfinished business with the Ilkley Skyline round. My first attempt in June ended with me stuck in a field after trying to detour around some cows…

Steve Worthington’s account of the classic New Year’s Eve Fell race. Four harriers decided to cram one more fell race into 2023. Auld Lang Syne was a true feast for the senses with wind, mud, bog, and bagpipes! Despite us…

November 21st 2023 marked my 2000th consecutive day of running or “streaking” as it’s known. When I first started running with Hyde Park Harriers I didn’t even know what a run streak is, thankfully this form of streak does not…

November saw the start of the much anticipated PECO cross country season, with many new members joining our ranks, excited to don their red and white vests and get muddy in a bid to fend off the local competition. There…

19 people were nominated for HOTM this month, which is telling of a busy month for HPH across the country, and even some flaunting their vests overseas (some as far as Toronto!). Thank you to everyone that made the effort…

by Curtis Parker-Milnes (CPM). Morley’s been around for ages. So long in fact, it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1087. It’s the birthplace of former prime minister H. H. Asquith, of Sir Titus Salt, and me. I spent…

September was a busy month for our racing championships. With races in the road, off road and fell championships, and often 2 or 3 in each category; a trip to Scotland for an epic race series; the announcement of PECO…

A couple of weeks ago a *coalition of Harriers packed their waterproof (taped seams) clothing to go north beyond the border, heading for the highlands. Yes, it was the HPH Club trip to the Salomon Skyline Festival in Kinlochleven! I…

You must all have been on holiday this month, as we only got 3 HOTM nominations for 2 people, which made it very easy to choose our winners: Jane and Grace! Jane Prust: Jane is an inspiration because she just…

Written by John Pratt .  This race was also a 2024 Age Group World Championship qualifying race and the second of my two “A” races in 2023. It’s been about 10 months in the making. I’ve been doing a lot…

July saw ‘summer’ for us runners at HPH. Whilst it lacked the typical sun and dry weather which we all love to get out in for running adventures and races it did give us the opportunity to try out any…