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.
Mar 2020: Gareth Tucker
Marathon training can be tough, Ok it’s always tough. And Marathon training can make you or break you and for our boys Member of the Month for March I think the former applies. Gareth’s recent performances have confirmed this, not only has he performed...
Mar 2020: Kim Morgan and Sam Raffety
For March there are two winners of the ladies’ Member of the Month award and they are… Kim Morgan and Sam Raffety! Kim had a place for VLM on April 26th and Sam had entered Manchester Marathon scheduled for April 5th, and their training had been intense and fruitful....
Races Go Ahead Despite Coronavirus Fears
Friday the Thirteenth was unlucky this March for thousands of people who had signed up for marathons in the spring as they found out their races had been postponed until the autumn. London, Manchester and Brighton all announced within hours of each other that their...
Harriers Embrace 20 Mile Road Race
The Hillingdon 20 is an ideal chance to bank a long run while practising race day routines and therefore has become a great part of preparation for anyone training for a marathon in April. On Sunday, a large number of Gade Valley Harriers took part in the 20-mile race...
Harriers Scoop Awards At Bear-khamsted
Gade Valley Harriers won both the male and female team prizes, and a plethora of club members picked up personal bests (PBs) on a successful day at one of the club’s most popular spring races – the Berkhamsted Half Marathon – on Sunday. The event was the...
Feb 2020: Michael Linden
February saw the final race in the Chiltern Cross Country League held at a somewhat boggy but certainly hilly Campbell Park in Milton Keynes so I feel it fitting that February’s member of the month competed in all five of the cross county fixtures of the 19/20 season...