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Friday 10th December saw the return of a favourite event to the running club calendar. After taking a leave of absence in Covid hit December 2020, this was the first time the club had gathered for Christmas cheer since 2019. The evening opened with the news that there...

Last weekend saw round 3 of the Chiltern Cross Country League with 21 Harriers, 12 men and 9 women, taking part in the race at Stopsley Common near Luton as the Harriers continued their bid to be promoted back to division one of the league. The cross country leagues...

As the country was hit by Storm Arwen GVH athletes had a quieter weekend than usual but 8 Harriers still found the time to take on the Hatfield 5, and score several PBs, on Sunday 28th November. As ever the weekend’s running began with Parkruns around the country. The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...