Well, the weather got really interesting in Glossop on Saturday, which unsurprisingly left many events cancelled. Most of us were content to fill our time playing about in the snow, whilst some more intelligent people just stayed home and ate pies But there was one race with plenty of Harriers in attendance, plus a cracker …
No official reports this week, so here’s a short round-up of what’s been going on… Guy and Pete’s Manor Park Ultra A tremendous effort by Guy Riddell and Pete Wallroth saw them complete 50 laps of the 1-mile Glossop Park Run course to boost donations for Glossopdale Foodbank. Setting off at 10pm on Friday, they …
Is it time to stop saying “I can’t believe how dark it is?!” at 5pm yet? That doesn’t deter us Harriers though, it was months after joining the club before I knew what anyone looked like, because all I saw was rain jackets, mud and dazzling headtorches. What have the Harriers been up to on …
So, it’s November now and OH BOY has the weather made sure we know about it! On Friday afternoon I was out in 4 layers plus woolly hat and gloves. I have genuine concerns that I am not going to survive the winter. As most of you probably know, the OMM was cancelled (technically in …
It looks like the weather opted for tricky rather than treat-laden this week resulting in a number of cancelled races and a very bare GDH inbox. Clwydian Hills Fell Race (courtesy of John S.) Two harriers ventured out in the torrential rain of Glossop and Manchester to check out the Clwydian Hills fell race. John …
Its another week pretty much dominated by Marathons, but a few other things happened too, so lets get straight into it, who dun what? Beachy Head Marathon Very little gets in the way of Ian Jackson and a race at the moment, and this weekend he went South, about as South as South goes before …
Fell relay and cross country action galore in this week’s round-up… British Athletics Fell and Hill Relays 2021 Club Captain Ian Crutchley reports on Saturday’s club trip to the Howgills for the British Atheltics Fell and Hill Relays. The run up to these relays (and the Hodgsons a couple of weeks back) had been a …
We have to mention the weather don’t we? I was in the Goyt Valley on Friday afternoon and you could have mistaken it for the middle of the summer – I didn’t even pack my emergency trousers! What’s been happening then? Have the harriers been lured out into the hills? Quite a few were drawn …
Undeterred by the continual downpour turning the hills into a veritable extreme obstacle course this weekend, Harriers have been falling on their backsides up and down the country today, and not a banana skin in sight! Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay Oh my, what a brilliant day this was! After a week of quite frankly UTTER …
A small yet perfectly formed set of races this week…. Wincle Trout Fell Race (Thanks to Paul Skuse) At the risk of repeating myself, this may now be my favourite race route. It was the first time out at Wincle trout for the 4 of us (me, frank, Crutches and Nick). I’d heard loads of …