Hyde Park Harriers – Road Championship

Club Road Championship 2016-17

By Richard Edwards | In Road Championship

Well that’s it, the club road championship wrapped up at the Dewsbury 10k. This year it was 10 rounds with the best 7 scores to count. We started with the 10k at Wakefield before the best score from 3 attempts […]

6th February 2017 0
Dewsbury 10K 2017 race report – Phil Goose

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

Manchester Marathon 2017 training blog week 12/20 With the training for the Manchester Marathon starting to build, I’m now in a period where I’m juggling racing and a high weekly mileage. I know this isn’t ideal, but we’re fighting to […]

6th February 2017 0
Dewsbury 10K

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

The final round of the club road championship and there was 29 Harriers (17 men and 12 ladies) ready to take on the out and back 10k route in Dewsbury. Its not quite flat but with just a slight climb […]

6th February 2017 0
Club Road Championship update

By Richard Edwards | In Road Championship

The Abbey Dash was round 9 of 10 for this years Road Championship. The final round is the Dewsbury 10k in February but some of the divisions have already been won. Ladies Premier – 2 best friends will go to […]

12th November 2016 0
Abbey Dash 2016

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

What another cracking event for the Hyde Park Harriers. The Abbey Dash is always very popular even if no one really likes running along Kirkstall Road, but it has PB written all over it. 59 Harriers took part (27 men and […]

12th November 2016 0
Bradford City Runs 10k

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

Round 8 of the HPH Road Championship saw 17 Harriers (10 men, 7 ladies) take on the Bradford City Runs 10k. New to the club this year, the event includes three races on one course. Based upon a 5K loop of Bradford city centre, […]

5th November 2016 0
Bradford City Runs 10K Race Report – winner winner, chicken dinner

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

So with the big Autumn race goal of the Manchester Half out of the way, I’ve been in off-season mode. This has meant only running when I felt like it (although this doesn’t necessarily mean not running tough sessions if I […]

1st November 2016 0
Leeds Golden Mile

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Races , Road Championship

Round 7 of the club Road championship for this year was something a little different. Ok so it wasn’t really road but a track mile was to be a challenge that 17 Harriers (14 men, 3 ladies) took the chance to […]

3rd October 2016 0
Phil Goose West Yorkshire 5 Report

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

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 […]

22nd August 2016 0
West Yorkshire 5

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

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 […]

22nd August 2016 0
Eccup 10

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

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 […]

25th July 2016 0
Otley 10 mile

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

Round 4 of the club road championship and it was 20 harriers (11 men and 9 ladies) taking on the Otley 10 mile event on a Wednesday evening. Its a challenging route, the first 3 miles are flat and fast […]

19th June 2016 0
Road Championship after 3

By Richard Edwards | In Road Championship

The first 3 rounds of the club Road Championship have now passed after the Wakefield 10, John Carr 5k and the Leeds Half. There is still another 7 rounds to go with the best score from 7 of the 10 […]

21st May 2016 0
John Carr Race 3

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

The 3rd and final John Carr was a cooler evening and 24 Harriers (16 men and 8 ladies) took the chance to get a fast 5K in and score points in the club road championship. Only 2 had done all 3 […]

21st May 2016 3
Leeds Half Marathon 2016

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

A scorching hot day welcomed the runners at the Leeds Half marathon, and the heat would take it’s toll on many and the water stations and hose’s on route were even more welcome than ever. It is the same route […]

21st May 2016 0
John Carr 2

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

The second of the John Carr race series saw 12 Harriers (7 men and 5 ladies) taking part, which was one more than the previous week. Only 2 had done it the week before, those being Philip Goose and Richard […]

15th May 2016 0
John Carr 1

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

The second round of the club Road Championship is the John Carr 5k race series. It is 3 Wednesday evenings in a row and we count the best time from the 3 events. For the Club Competitor championship it’s 5 […]

15th May 2016 0
Road Championship Round 1 – Wakefield 10k

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

19 Hyde Park Harriers made there way to Wakefield for the 1st round of the new look club championships. All will score 5 points for the Club Competitor championship and it was a chance to get some early points on […]

19th April 2016 0
Road Championship 2016/17

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Road Championship

2016/17 Races Road Championship Road Race consists of Ten designated road races with distances ranging from 1 mile to 13.1 miles. Event Month Distance 1 Wakefield 10k April 10k 2 John Carr 5k May 5k 3 Leeds 1/2 Marathon May […]

18th April 2016 0
2015/2016 Champions

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Off Road Championship , parkrun , Road Championship

Time to meet your club champions for the year. We had some great championships, lots of runners out and everyone should be proud of what they achieved. Club parkrun championship Rebecca Rogers and David Womersley Fell Championship Rebecca […]

22nd February 2016 0