Friday the Thirteenth was unlucky this March for thousands of people who had signed up for marathons in the spring as they found out their races had been postponed until the autumn. London, Manchester and Brighton all announced within hours of each other that their events weren’t going ahead as scheduled next month due to the coronavirus outbreak which is …
The Hillingdon 20 is an ideal chance to bank a long run while practising race day routines and therefore has become a great part of preparation for anyone training for a marathon in April. On Sunday, a large number of Gade Valley Harriers took part in the 20-mile race along the streets of the North West London suburb, many of …
Gade Valley Harriers won both the male and female team prizes, and a plethora of club members picked up personal bests (PBs) on a successful day at one of the club’s most popular spring races – the Berkhamsted Half Marathon – on Sunday. The event was the club’s half marathon championship race, meaning a large number of members turned out, …
While Deontay Wilder was battering Tyson Fury in the boxing ring, the winds were furiously battering Hertfordshire’s countryside which put Gade Valley Harriers’ 17 mile Marathon Training Run, which was scheduled for Sunday morning, in serious jeopardy. A whole range of people from 3 hour marathoners to new runners making their debut in the 26.2 mile distance rely on the …
A lot of running clubs in the local area have a junior section and a running track, but Gade Valley Harriers base themselves in the humble surroundings of the Boxmoor cricket ground and, at the present time, have no youth set-up. Therefore, the club has always had trouble competing against its local rivals in the Chiltern Cross Country League and …
Hertfordshire boasts some beautiful countryside and amazing landscapes, made possible by some stunning rolling hills and open valleys. However, when it comes to running in the county, the hills look a lot less appealing when you’re at the bottom and you know the finish line is somewhere at the top of the hill, or the hill after that one. For …
Fred Hughes marks the start of the year’s road races for Gade Valley Harriers and this weekend the club turned up in huge numbers. With spring marathon training well under way for many club members, this race is used as a chance to gauge fitness in a race environment and to rehearse race morning routines. Most Harriers also made the …
Saturday marked the return of the Chiltern Cross Country League for the penultimate meet of the season. Gade Valley Harriers arrived at the Keysoe Equestrian Centre in Bedfordshire knowing that they needed to score as many points as possible to improve their position in the league in an attempt to avoid relegation from Division One. Both the male and female …
No sooner than Christmas is over and members of Gade Valley Harriers return to racing as they look forward to starting their training for their various challenges in the new year and beyond, and it started on Sunday for a large number of members as they took part in the Pednor 10 – a challenging ten mile road race along …
‘Tis the season to be jolly, but Teresa Reason wasn’t using that as an excuse not to run, as she was the star for Gade Valley Harriers this weekend by being the only club member to take part in a race. After having to pull out of last year’s Portsmouth Coastal Marathon due to illness, she travelled to the south …