It was a quiet weekend for Gade Valley Harriers as only 5 members were in race action on Sunday 21st November in the Watford Autumn 10k through Cassiobury Park and Whippendell Woods. Before that, on Saturday, the Harriers had been invited to a club day at Dunstable Downs Parkrun. 17 Harriers joined over 240 other runners to take on the …
Harold Wilson is alleged to have coined the phrase that a “week is a long time in politics” during the Sterling crisis in 1964 and it is true that in today’s social media compressed World, a week is still a long time in politics and practically anything else you could care to mention. So what is three weeks (or weekends) …
After the excitement and the long missed group vibe of the cross country last week, the Gade Valley Harriers enjoyed a rather more relaxed weekend on 23rd and 24th October as only a handful were racing. Saturday morning saw several Harriers take to Parkrun for the weekly 5k events. 6 took on the fast, flat Rickmansworth Parkrun and were led …
Last weekend saw the welcome return of the Chiltern Cross Country League to the calendar after the entire 2020 / 21 season was cancelled due to the pandemic. The league takes place over 5 races from October to February and got underway at Horspath Athletic and Sports Ground, on the outskirts of Oxford. Cross Country races are not normally very …
It was another busy weekend of marathon running for Gade Valley Harriers as 17 runners took to the streets of Manchester in the UK’s second biggest marathon. There were also outings for a handful of other Harriers as two took on the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London and 6 competed in the ever popular Ridgeway Run in the hills …
The weekend of 2nd and 3rd October was a busy one for Gade Valley Harriers. As always there were Parkruns on Saturday morning but there were also several races on Sunday including the return of a local favourite, the Abbots Langley Tough 10, as well as the return of a global favourite, the London Marathon. First of all, an update …
It was a quiet weekend of racing for Gade Valley Harriers with the three times postponed London and Manchester Marathons fast approaching in the next two weeks. As usual, the weekend’s action kicked off with Parkruns at 9:00AM on Saturday morning but even the Parkruns were quieter than usual with only around 20 Harriers taking part. Black Park is a …
There was a smattering of races for Gade Valley over the weekend of 18th and 19th September, more success for Teresa Reason and Al Flowers, a (genuine this time) World Record attempt and some classic swimming action. There were reduced Gade Valley numbers taking part in Parkrun this weekend with some standout performances from Matt Ashby, finishing 3rd at Gadebridge …
Apologies for holding up the Member of the Month, I know that James’s member was ready to go (every pun intended, sorry) last week so I can only say sorry. What with sorting out the trophies for the AGM, and organising a friend’s birthday party, and travelling down to it, all I could do last week was choose the member …
August saw a lot of events coming back on to the calendar and therefore a lot more competitive action than we’ve become accustomed to, culminating last week when Harriers combined to compete in no less than 10 different races over the weekend. The increase in the number of races, and the inherently unscalable nature of human beings, saw Dave Goodman’s …