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Watt Happened at the Fred Hughes 10…? Sunday 24th January saw a huge contingent of Gade Valley Harriers in St Albans for the Fred Huges 10. Fred Hughes is a popular local race, 10 miles through the countryside between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead. Starting in King...

The weekend of 15th / 16th January saw the Gade Valley Harriers compete as a team in the Chiltern Cross Country League for the fourth (out of five) fixture of the season. The Harriers were still optimistic of returning to the top division at the first attempt, going...

While most of the world was still recovering from their overindulgence at Christmas and a large proportion of the population was still in isolation having got Covid for Christmas, there were a number of Gade Valley Harriers who started 2022 with a Parkrun. Vince...

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...