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Weekly report Oct 27th 19
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...
Weekly report Oct 20th 19
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...
Weekly report Oct 13th 19
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...
Weekly report Oct 6th 19
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...
Weekly report Sep 29 2019
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...
Weekly report 22 Sept 2019
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...
Weekly report 15 September 2019
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...
Weekly report 8 September 2019
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...
Chris Dowling’s epic Wendover Woods 100
I’ve been asked to waffle on a bit about last month’s 100 mile jog round Wendover Woods. This one-off event was dreamt up by the always brilliant Centurion Running in response to popular demand (Facebook) calling for a 100 mile version of their regular Wendover 50...
Weekly press report – 1 Sep 2019
After the majority of Gade Valley Harriers took a much needed break from racing for the bank holiday weekend, it was back to business as usual this weekend with a large number of club members competing in local events, with athletes securing category position wins and...