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A roundup of a packed weekend of fun and running – written by Sarah Jewers Nearly 13 months on from the trip to Eryri for the Moel Siabod fell race, the Hyde Park Harriers mountain-enthusiasts took to the South Lakes…
Dear Members, Thank you very much for attending our annual awards evening this year online – it’s unusual circumstances to be celebrating our awards but I hope that everyone enjoyed the event. I wanted to write a quick blog to…
The 2nd round of the club fell championship saw 9 Harriers (5 men and 4 ladies) head to Pen-Y-Ghent. This fell race is an AM 10.5km run/walk up and down starting and finishing at the Horton-in-Ribblesdale Gala. Changes to the course…
Round 3 of the Hyde Park Harriers Fell championship saw 18 Harriers (10 men and 8 ladies) take on the Otley Chevin Fell race. Its a CS category run, only 4.5km. Basically up for 689 ft, a short run across the…
Round 1 of the HPH fell championship saw 14 Hyde Park Harriers take on the Jack Bloor fell race. This was an 8.4km race from Darwin Gardens in Ilkley up over the moor to reach various check points with route…
This year we have made a few small changes to our club championships following on from feedback from our members. There will again be club championships for road, off-road and fell running but new for this year we are trying…
Coiners, the start of the club Fell championship and my first ever blog, coincidence? Yes, no one else wanted to write it. A few of us arrived early, time Rick used wisely by hanging around to make sure he picked…
When it comes to taking part in classic events, you can’t get much more classic than Burnsall – the clue is in the name. The race has been a fixture in the fell-running calendar since the 1870s after a group…
Ten Hyde Park Harriers made the short trip up to Addingham for the latest round in the Fell Championship: Beamsley Beacon. A serious crash on the A65 had myself and Paul (who had kindly picked me up from work so…
This weekend saw the start of the fell racing championship. Colin didn’t want to ease us in gently this year so instead he chose to add a new race into the championship, an AS route up one of Yorkshire’s 3…
With both the Women’s and Men’s Fell Championship winners still to be decided, Hyde Park Harriers took to the hills for the final race of the season, enjoying a brutal 10km slog around Ilkley Moor. The amount of mud on…
A 400 metre ascent within the first 2km of this event makes it one of the tougher races in the HPH Club Championship. The mild conditions (and the complimentary beer) encouraged a good size field, with over 170 runners taking…
A new event in the HPH Fell Championship this year, and a brilliant addition to the race series. Despite the wet pre-race conditions, the Burley Moor Fell Race has a bit of everything- trail, fell, road, hills, fast downhill sections,…
Two more fell races in the HPH Club Championship, the first on Ilkley Moor last Sunday, and another at the eastern edge of Haworth Moor this weekend (where were you all?) Rombalds Romp Although technically in the Fell Championship rules…
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…
A busy HPH racing week, with 2 relay events, and a number of people taking part in the Leeds 10km last Sunday. These races were bookended by 2 HPH Fell Championship races at Baildon Carnival and Oxenhope Village Fete. Baildon…
Despite some early season fixture congestion, 9 Hyde Park Harriers tackled the 40th Chevin Fell Race. Only £4 to enter on the day, this race has been a staple of the HPH Fell Championships since 2012. Less than 5km in…
102 teams took part in this years Calderdale Way Relay, racing around the post-industrial wilderness of the Calder Valley. HPH entering for the 6th consecutive year, had 3 teams representing the club in an 80km relay loop around the district.…
After 2 months of training, and multiple recce trips to the South Pennines, the Hyde Park Harriers Calderdale Way Relay teams are ready to race in Britains biggest club run off road event. Last year there were 93 teams taking part…