This week, “Icy Blast” and his trusty companion “Jack Frost” made their presence known, sending a sharp wake-up call about what winter running is really all about. With temperatures dipping below freezing for much of the week and icy paths sneaking up beneath our feet, it was a reminder of just how challenging and unpredictable the season can be. The …
Happy New Year and a big warm welcome to all our new members. I hope to feature many of you in this news letter over the next few weeks. Parkrun Round up We have had several members celebrating milestone parkruns in recent weeks. This Saturday it was Kim Morgans turn, celebrating her 100th parkrun at Rickmansworth, where she ran her …
Wishing all GVH members, their families, and friends a fantastic New Year filled with health, happiness, and plenty of running adventures! It’s been amazing to see so many of our harriers embracing the festive spirit with some incredible runs over the break. Whether it’s been conquering Parkruns or tackling long-distance challenges to burn off the Christmas treats, the dedication and …
The highlight of this week’s running was undoubtedly parkrun, and the place to be was Black Park, where Vince Ellerby, Helen and Andy Cooke, and Gareth Tucker were all celebrating major milestones. It was wonderful to see 38 more club members joining in to share the celebration with them. Vince was celebrating his incredible 600th parkrun—a milestone that many of …
Last week Strava published its 2024 Year in Sport report, identifying the trends and fitness habits that governed the world’s active landscape over the past 12 months. There are great insights here which seems to fit nicely with the ethos of GVH and made a few of us smile. Social running truly boomed in 2024, A large portion of those …
Storm Darragh most certainly dampened this weekend’s running. Offering us a taster of its strength on Thursday, with some truly miserable conditions for Thursdays’ club run and then gathering in strength for the weekend. Parkrun roundup Darragh stormed through and left most Parkruns in tatters this weekend! By Friday evening many Parkrun were already announcing cancellations . Many of us were …
Just parkrun and Cross Country to report on this week. Although there has been some great Long Slow Runs being posted at the weekends, as many of us start solid training in preparation for events next spring. As this is the last weekly round up for November, be sure to read to the end for ….. Members of the Month! …
Blisteringly cold, icy, wet or storm force gales? It’s been tough for anyone to get a good run in this week when Mother Nature hasn’t been cooperating. It’s been a case of picking your window of opportunity between the lesser of four evils. Challenging conditions for all, winter has come early and caught us all by surprise! But hopefully keeping …
Not only was it the GVH parkrun tour event this weekend, but we also had several of our runners out at some far flung locations, new parkrun milestones and Anthony Fogden claiming a new 10K PB. GVH Parkrun Tour The on-tour location for November was Church Mead parkrun close to Amersham, designed to test our runners with off-road hills. Looking …
The exploits of Simon Morris and Tom Evans at the super tough Wendover Woods 50 mile Centurion event rightly take the headlines this week, whilst cross-country with its usual dose of mud and hills looked the most fun. But lets first look at Parkrun Round up With XC taking place the same afternoon, not surprisingly we had just 30 Gade Valley …