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.
No Half Measures for GVH in Watford
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Blizzard of PBs in Chilly St Albans
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Happy New Year Harriers
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Warm Words on a Freezing Cold Day for GVH
As the meteorological winter properly kicked in and the football winter took hold for at least another 18 months, a handful of Gade Valley Harriers took on various Parkruns on Saturday morning and a small group of, it has to be said slightly mad, Harriers took on the...
GVH Men Caught Short While Women Excel
On the weekend where the World Cup got serious, Gade Valley Harriers took part in the third match (of five) of the Chiltern League Cross Country season at Stopsley Common in Luton on Saturday afternoon. Earlier on Saturday there were a handful of GVH runners, those...
Dirty Weekend for Harriers Women Before Club League Returns
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