Bowler Bags Another Target for Merlin as Vince scores 500

September has been a fairly quiet month for Gade Valley Harriers as it seems that most of the members are enjoying a bit of a break from racing before the autumn marathon season and the cross country seasons begin in October. Back on Thursday 8th September 19 Gade Valley Runners got together to contest the final round of the Summer …

20 Miles of Pure (dis)Enjoyment

After several weeks of very little racing action through the height of the summer and the summer holidays, the Gade Valley Harriers returned to racing action in earnest on the first weekend in September. There were no fewer than 5 different races with GVH representation on Sunday, 4th September, as well as the usual cohort of runners taking on Parkruns …

Holiday Time for Harriers

There is no “running season” but people do like to go on holiday occasionally. This, and the fact that it gets hot in summer, makes running fast difficult and reduces the frequency and interest in races. It also reduces the time available to write about what people did at the weekend, leading to a massive backlog of writing to do …

Goodman Goes Maverick as Bowler and Allan Face off

As the schools broke up for the summer last week the general lack of racing action continued through the hot summer weeks. Never one to miss a racing opportunity, Dave Goodman was the sole Harrier involved in organised racing on the weekend, taking on a 23k Maverick Trail race, while a handful of Harriers took on local parkruns, including everybody’s …

GVH Learns to Run at Rickmansworth

There was no racing for Gade Valley Harriers over the weekend of 16th and 17th July but something much more important took place on Saturday as the latest group of students from the GVH Learn to Run course graduated into the world of running by taking part in the Rickmansworth Parkrun. Gade Valley runs (every pun intended) a Learn to …

A Weekend of Ultra-Pub-Running

All the action took place on Saturday for Gade Valley Harriers on the weekend of 9th and 10th July. The early birds were the 4 intrepid Harriers taking part in the Race to the Stones ultra marathon 100k event. Slightly later, at 9:00AM, fewer Harriers than is usually the case took part in various local Parkruns and then later on …

More Ultra Marathon Fun for the Harriers as the Bandits Return in Force

Last Thursday, 30th June, saw the third round of the GVH Summer Handicap Series. Attendance was a little bit down on the previous events, perhaps because of the weather forecast (chance of showers), or perhaps because the membership has become weary of being accused of being part of Kitty’s horse rustling gang. Reflecting the fact that most of the participants …

Typical Midsummer!

The week to 26th June was something of a back to front affair for Gade Valley Harriers as it started on Tuesday June 21st with 40 Harriers taking part in the annual Summer Solstice 10k race in St Albans and finished with a similar number of Harriers getting drunk at the annual summer party on Saturday evening. Needless to say …

Ultra Madness for Harriers

The weekend of 18th and 19th June was fairly quiet but a number of Harriers took part in the weekly Parkruns. Jono Marval continued his excellent recent form, being the first Harrier to finish at Gadebridge Parkrun, while Anthony Fogden managed a new personal best, of 25:46 for the hilly 5k. Kim Morgan was the only female Harrier at Gadebridge. …

Woman v Horse for Gade Valley Harriers

After a couple of quiet weeks for Gade Valley Harriers the return of a local and much loved event to its normal slot in the calendar, without any lingering Covid restrictions, was a great way for a large number of the club’s runners to spend their weekend. Before the weekend Gade Valley built on its reputation as the premier destination …