Pub run
Every summer we hold a pub run in themed fancy-dress. Participants assemble at 2pm at Tring train station and follow the Grand Union canal to Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, stopping at each pub along the way and finishing the Steam Coach.
Each year the theme changes, but the spirit stays the same – have fun running together as a club, and raising some money for muscular dystrophy in the process.
For 2019 the theme is pub names and all participants have been allocated a local pub name drawn at random.
The themes and photos from previous years are listed here. The pub run has been running continuously since 2008.
Special recognition to Vince Ellerby who’s brain-child this was and who is the chief organiser each year.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...