Running 50 km in wet and windy conditions on hilly, slippery trails isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but Al Flowers from Gade Valley Harriers joined 200 other ultra-marathon runners in Yorkshire on Sunday to take part in his latest long distance running event. After starting in the suburbs of Huddersfield, Flowers headed into the stunning local countryside to enjoy breathtaking …
The Ricky Road Run must be one of only a small number of races that starts with a largely downhill mile, and ends with one, ensuring that the majority of the ten-mile foot race has plenty of long, steep inclines as well as its fair share of welcome declines, and on Sunday, it was held for the 36th time, in …
The penultimate weekend in October holds one of the most popular autumnal marathon’s in the Gade Valley Harriers’ calendar – the Abingdon Marathon. This year eleven Harriers travelled to the Oxfordshire town for the flat, fast road race on a cool, dry Sunday morning. Starting at the athletics track and then heading into local countryside, before being treated to sights …
As well seeing the two-hour barrier for running a marathon broken for the first time, Saturday saw the return of the Chiltern Cross Country League and the first fixture of the 2019-20 season took Gade Valley Harriers to Horsepath Country Park in Oxford, and they took with them rainy, overcast conditions which were perfect for making the trails and paths …
On a weekend that Great Britain’s professional athletes won silver in both the male and female 100 metre relay races at the World Championship in the hot and humid climate of Qatar, Gade Valley Harriers took to the streets of Abbots Langley in pursuit of silverware of their own, in somewhat cooler conditions. Four of the first finishers at the …
This week marked the end of the 2018-19 season for Gade Valley Harriers and on Thursday they looked back on a successful year of running, both competitively in races and in making improvements in their general running. Over the last twelve months, club members have competed in 1,175 races covering almost 3,000 miles, with 57 members reporting personal bests (PBs), …
Most people find running a marathon hard enough but on Saturday Gade Valley Harriers had one member who took on a mammoth swim and bike ride before he ran the 26.2-mile distance, two others who competed in longer running races, one that took part in a long distance bike ride, and another who completed a half marathon the day after …
It was a day of half marathons for a small number of Gade Valley Harriers on Sunday, with club members taking part in four different 13.1-mile events around the country. Julian Smith and Leona Flaherty were in action at the Great Bristol Half, Rich Coles competed in the Harrow Half and David Thompson participated in the Run Reigate Half. The …
A wine tasting tour doesn’t usually involve breaking into a sweat, but when you have to run a couple of miles between each drinks station, in fancy dress, it becomes a whole different experience as nine ladies from Gade Valley Harriers discovered on Sunday when they travelled to England’s largest vineyard in search of one of the year’s more fun …
Well done to Andy Cook, Helen Cook and Gareth Tucker for completing your 100th ParkRun this weekend, and to Bill Hawes who broke his own Gadebridge Park ParkRun MV50 club record at the same event. Also to Teresa Reason who was first female at the South Downs Midnight Marathon last night. ParkRuns are timed 5km events which take place every …