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 …
Once a lot of people reach the age of sixty-six, they think about enjoying retirement and slowing their live’s down, but Gade Valley Harrier Peter Tucker continues to put the years behind him, and on Saturday he took part in his 37th marathon. On a cool, windy morning on the east coast of the USA, Tucker participated in the Kiawah …
Men’s team at Luton XC Morgan, Raffety, Beckett and Gibbs at the MK Winter Half Flowers at the Cheviot Goat Saturday saw the return of the Chiltern Cross Country League as Gade Valley Harriers travelled to Stopsley Park in Luton for this winter’s third fixture, where as many points as possible were required in the fight for survival to stay …
Chris Dowling is no stranger to an ultra-marathon having completed various long distance races over the last few years, and on Saturday he took part in his latest endurance feat – the inaugural Copthorne 50k. The Gade Valley Harrier embraced the three-lap course over a wide mix of terrain and woodland which started in the village of Mickleham, before contouring …
After spending the last two weekends competing in cross country races, the majority of Gade Valley Harriers returned to road running on Sunday, taking part in races across Hertfordshire, and for some, further afield, and helped themselves to a plethora of personal bests (PBs). Knebworth House was the base for the Hertfordshire Half Marathon, a hilly 13.1-mile race which sent …
Herbert’s Hole is the name given to a footpath near Chesham which passes along a shallow valley which in summer is brought to colour by a field of red poppies on one hillside, and yellow rape seed flowers on the other. On Sunday, with not a flower in sight, it was the location for one of the toughest races in …