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.
Weekly report Nov 24th 19
After spending the last two weekends competing in cross country races, the majority of Gade Valley Harriers returned to road running on Sunday, taking part in races across Hertfordshire, and for some, further afield, and helped themselves to a plethora of personal...
Weekly report Nov 17th 19
Herbert’s Hole is the name given to a footpath near Chesham which passes along a shallow valley which in summer is brought to colour by a field of red poppies on one hillside, and yellow rape seed flowers on the other. On Sunday, with not a flower in sight, it was the...
Oct 2019: Julian Smith
I’d like to award the men’s Member of the Month to that guy who ran an amazing 3:15 at the Abingdon Marathon with those cracking mile splits, but unfortunately I can’t remember his name so instead the pin up boy for October is – Julian Smith. I’ve chosen Julian...
Oct 2019: Kim Morgan
Kim has impressed and amazed me with the gains she has made from really pushing herself in her training runs. Kim has always been focused and dedicated in her training but she has absolutely upped her game recently and the results are clear in her race achievements....
Weekly report Nov 10th 19
Saturday was the second round of the Chiltern Cross Country league and Gade Valley Harriers had a record number of ladies make the journey to Teardrops Lake in Milton Keynes in wet and windy conditions, which made the course muddy and slippery and everything that...
Weekly report Nov 3rd 19
Running 50 km in wet and windy conditions on hilly, slippery trails isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but Al Flowers from Gade Valley Harriers joined 200 other ultra-marathon runners in Yorkshire on Sunday to take part in his latest long distance running event. After...