Category Races

Phil Hammond Charity Challenge

Phil Hammond Hyde Park Harriers very own Marathon man, is in the final stages of preparing to run 19 Marathons in 43 Days to raise money for the Veterans Charity. Phil’s story of how he got into running is an…

Phil Goose – Manchester Marathon

Many thanks to Phil for sending in the following report from his excellent run at the Manchester Marathon. It’s fair to say my feelings at the start line of the 2016 Manchester Marathon were not what I thought they would be…

Bradford 10K – Clare Evans

My reasons for doing Bradford 10km were twofold: having missed the Dewsbury 10km whilst in Dublin, I still wanted to get in an early year 10km and use it as a stepping stone for my bigger running plans later this…

Liversedge Half Marathon

MCR 26.2 Blog W12/20: Liversedge Half 2016 race report February 18, 2016Philip Goose The Liversedge Half Marathon. Again. For the second year in a row I was heading off to run this brilliant race. My reasons for choosing this race were similar…

Brass Monkey Half Marathon 2016

The Brass Monkey Half Marathon is a very popular race as on the right day it can provide a great opportunity for getting a cherished PB. The course starts and finishes at York Racecourse and it is on closed country…

Round Sheffield Trail Race

Last June I took on a slightly different event – The Round Sheffield Trail Race, and I must admit I loved it, and I’m going back for more this year and already there are 5 other Harriers doing it. So…

White Rose Ultra

I’d anticipated that a 30 mile Ultra Marathon would be pretty difficult, but I don’t think the fact that I was about to run further than I ever had before ever hit me. It was only 3.2 miles further than…

Wistow 10K

This year’s Wistow 10k took place on Sunday 25th October 2015 and 3 Hyde Park Harriers took on the challenge – James Vickers, Scott Watson and Mick Mason.   The course is all on road and flat, ideal for a…

Race The Train 2015 – Tywyn

In Short – Incredibly friendly, faultless organisation, brilliant weather, beat the train. Would I do it again – Yes, so much so I’m aiming to beat the train twice in 1 day next year running in both the morning 10k…

11 in 11

A few weeks back Hyde Park Harriers very own marathon man Phil Hammond took on his latest challenge, The Great Barrow Challenge where he was hoping to raise money for the Veterans charity.   This is 10 marathons in 10 days. …

Windmill Half marathon

After running my first marathon in April at Blackpool, I was going to take a few weeks off running to recover. But at the finish line I received a fantastic medal and I got talking to the organisers and they…

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…

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…