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Badger Stone Relays, TONIGHT, Wed 22 May

Roll up, roll up for this fast, fun, fell relay! The sun will be shining (so the BBC weather says ...) for a great evening's racing on Ilkley Moor! Details.

HDSRL 2, Tue 21 May

Harrogate's Beckwithshaw race was the second in this year's Harrogate District Summer Race League. Matt Newell was again first Harrier, having an even better run than in HRL1, and Caz again led in our ladies in style.

(1  32:16 Ian Fisher, Otley AC)
45  39:02 Matt Newell
65  40:18 Caz Farrow
71  41:00 Ben Joynson
75  41:17 Steve Newell
103 43:01 Will Buckton
104 43:06 Neil Chapman
105 43:11 Paul Stephens
117 43:39 Stephen Rhodes
122 43:59 Jonathan Kenshole
172 47:21 Adela Reperecki
186 48:22 Phil Hirst
222 50:19 Karen Lambe
228 50:45 Jane Guillard
244 51:42 Nick Mellor
247 51:58 Andy Wolfenden
265 53:51 Sue Williamson
266 54:01 Petra Bijsterveld
269 54:09 Vince Gibbons
272 54:28 Julie Elmes
274 54:37 Abigail Bailey
279 55:11 Bernie Gibbons
290 56:24 Don Macrae
294 56:54 Paul Sugden
297 56:57 Emma O'Looney
305 58:02 Sue Verspyck
322 finished

Racing this week

The mid-summer mid-week race-fest continues with ...

• Tuesday's HRL race at Harrogate (Beckwithshaw, across the B6162 from Harlow Carr Gardens). Bring your HRL number if you have one, or get one on the night for £3 (subsidised by the Club).
• Wednesday's Badger Stone Relays, 3 * 2 mile (1 mile legs available for juniors 10-13) fell relay, open, family, and junior team prizes, as well as the finale of the John Carr 5k series
• And more - see the Google Calendar!
• And don't forget our Trail Race on Monday, £8 entries accepted up to Wednesday, after that entry on the day £10

Calderdale Way Relay, Sun 19 May

Well done to our mixed team in what is described as the UK's biggest club-run off-road race (1,000 runners and helpers). And a big thank you to Clare for rallying all the runners - always a logistical challenge with 12 runners per team. We finished 36th team out of 79 teams finishing, 5th mixed team - results.

Inter-regional Fell Championships, Settle Hills, Sun 19 May

We hear that Lucy Williamson helped Yorkshire to team silver for the U16 girls, Georgia Malir was second only to Annabel Mason in the U18 race and with her took Yorkshire to team gold, and Tom Adams was 3rd in the senior men's race leading Yorkshire to team gold. (Just for completeness, Yorkshire took the senior ladies' team gold with Ilkley Moor fell race winner Emma Clayton leading in a 1-2-3 of Yorkshire ladies.) Results.

Photos of our runners in their Yorkshire vests: Lucy on the right, Georgia centre, Tom second from right

Ripon 10, Sun 19 May

From Caz Farrow ... I think there were 3 of us at Ripon 10 today. I had the tail end of a chest infection so not feeling great on the numerous hills! Came 3rd lady but told the organisers I would put in a good word with the club for this race-scenic, mix of trails/country roads, mostly on National Trust Property namely Studley Park & Fountans Abbey, good goodie bag, friendly...and for the 'speedsters' amongst you, the first 3 men were in 58-59 minutes.
Results.

(1 58:09 Mike Jefferies)
1:11:34 Caz Farrow
1:24:40 Christine Cox
1:35:23 Petra Bjisterveid

Positions later, still being verified

Capability's Overview, Sun 19 May

Amanda Parnaby reports on this ... 23 miles around Sledmere and the the Wolds. Lovely weather after the recent rain. Finished in 5 hours 20 minutes.

Old County Tops, Sat 18 May

Brian Melia reports ... Outi Kamarainen and I completed the race in 11 hours 3 mins. It was wet and poor visibility, but nonetheless enjoyable due to the superb organisation and the course which is stunning.

Sedbergh Gala, Sat 18 May

Results of this BOFRA race ...

(1 19:38 Rob Jebb, Bingley)
15 23:40 Bradley Chapman
16 24:11 Iain Gibbons
33 27:28 Jann Smith  3rd lady
68 finished

Parkruns, Sat 18 May

Bradford Lister Kark
76  26:00 Sue Bickerdike
103 28:07 Emma O'Looney

Leeds Hyde Park
156 26:15 John Marshall

Kildwick fell race, Wed 15 May

Ben Joynson reports ... 2 Harriers at the Kildwick fell race on a nice evening. My first race back after a while resting a injury and Kate Archer looking in good form in the ladies race. Kate was 2nd Lady :). Well done Kate and thanks for the company. A good course with challenging climbs and descents but not too technical.

(1 27:22 Stephen Brock, Wharfedale)
21 31:49 Ben Joynson
27 33:02 Kate Archer
70 finished

John Carr 2, Wed 15 May

Henry Heavisides reports ... There were some exceptional performances again at the 2nd John Carr 5k race. Dave Westhead was 1st Ilkley Harrier home. The younger runners were very much on form with Ruaridh Mon-Williams, Bradley Chapman, Francis Westhead, Edward Bickerdike & Jack Cummings all running well under 20 minutes. Mark Iley was pleased to get under 18 minutes for the first time in several years & Beth Massey set another PB, both getting rewards for much hard work on the track over the winter. Hilda Coulsey did another great run to be 1st F60, beating her time from last week. I was pleased to be back running on tarmac after the mud & hills of the Jack Bloor fell race.
Hilda's time establishes a F60 Club record.

From Dave Westhead ... Another fantastic Harriers turnout. Pleasant sunshine and good running conditions made for an enjoyable race (if running 5k flat out can ever be described that way). Particularly notable performances were Ruaridh Mon-Williams (I suspect 17:27 below is a PB and he ran the first 1500 at sub 17 minute pace), Andrea Westhead (2 minute improvement on last week) and Pete Shields back after a long layoff (I'm not sure this if this is the first race this year Pete?). Several others made significant improvements from the previous race as well.

Results

(1  15:24 Adam Peers, Leeds City)
17  16:55 Dave Westhead 
29  17:27 Ruaridh Mon-Williams
38  17:41 Bradley Chapman
42  17:51 Mark Iley
47  18:02 Steve Coy 
54  18:17 Sally Morley
58  18:19 Rob Cunningham
65  18:30 Henry Heavisides
69  18:36 Francis Westhead
84  19:08 Beth Massey
89  19:17 Nick Pearce
90  19:19 Ed Bickerdike
93  19:27 Richard Hinsley
94  19:29 Jack Cummings
102 19:45 Sally Malir
115 20:09 Rebecca Mon-Williams
120 20:14 Andy Wiggans
122 20:16 Jacob Hellewell
133 20:51 Tilly Melechi
144 21:11 Andrew Jackson
169 22:18 Catherine Westhead
175 22:32 Joanne Williamson
184 22:54 Sam Craske
187 22:58 Elizabeth Westhead
194 23:23 Alessandra Ricci
196 23:26 Pete Shields
200 23:31 Hilda Coulsey
204 23:45 Gaenor Coy
212 24:11 Emily Elmes
217 24:27 Allison Ricci
218 24:30 Ella Shouler-Harris
232 25:24 Harriet Jackson
235 25:34 Petra Bijsterveld
237 25:37 Sue Williamson
241 25:58 Julie Elmes
259 27:35 Bridget Taylor
261 27:37 Dave Taylor
272 29:15 Andrea Westhead
281 finished

Askern 10k, Wed 15 May

From Mark Hall ... a windy evening and undulating course. I finished with a time of 34:39 to finish in 10th place and first V50. There were no other Ilkley runners. The winner was Jason Ward, Clowne Road Runners 30:59. There were 517 starters

Jack Bloor Races, Tue 14 May

The 28th Jack Bloor Races attracted a good contingent of Harriers, young and old. Paul's photos of the senior race and junior race photos, and Junior race photos from Graham Weston. Tom Adams was 2nd and Ilkley won the men's and women's team prizes (and 3rd ladies team!).

(1  38:40 Chris Smithard, DEE)
2   38:53 Tom Adams
6   42:29 James Mountain 1st U23
8   43:02 Martin Archer
9   43:07 Matthew Cox
12  43:40 Dave Wilby
23  45:15 Bradley Chapman
25  46:31 Ben Sheppard
35  47:41 Ralph Tench
47  49:20 Nick Pearce
50  49:25 Jonathan Sinclair
52  50:25 Will Buckton
65  52:22 Alistair Barlow
66  52:26 Emma Barclay
68  52:28 Alistair Wood
75  53:35 Paddy Hagan
79  54:00 Mike Baldwin
81  54:10 Rob Cunningham
86  55:19 Alison Weston
87  55:33 Chris Oxlade
97  56:07 Ian Marshall
104 58:24 Paul Stephens
105 58:39 Henry Heavisides
110 59:24 Sarah Haines
120 60:43 Dave Taylor
121 60:48 Joyce Marshall
124 61:03 John Hayes
135 62:21 Val Kerr
137 62:32 Alison Bennett
140 63:27 Neil Bloor
141 63:29 Tony Thornley
143 63:43 Adela Reperecki
157 65:55 Gavin Burgess
159 66:29 Will Worboys
165 67:03 Rachel Hagan
169 70:54 Amanda Newham
171 71:32 Sarah Hayes
173 76:02 Peter Lewis
175 76:27 Sue Morley
179 78:01 Kate Wilkinson
181 78:51 Gemma Carpenter
182 84:07 Miranda Foster
183 84:08 Juliet Hammond
186 84:36 Rachel Websdale
187 finished

This was a counter in the IH Race League, Bradley still holds the lead!

Mearley Clough fell race, Tue 14 May

Results ...

(1 31:45 Darren Kay, P&B)
10 37:07 Steve Turland
105 finished

Photos on Woodentops

Stretford track, Tue 14 May

Sally Malir reports ... Georgia ran on a cold rainy evening in Stretford and smashed her 3000m PB by almost 50 seconds. Her time was 9:54.13

Ilkley Harriers of the Month, April

Nick Pearce	Sub 3h08 V60 Club Record at Manchester marathon	Other nominations were: Brian Melia - 100 mile Mt Fuji Ultra; Kate Archer - fantastic runs at her first 3 Peaks and the Baildon Boundary Way; Will Buckton's - result at the 3 Peaks; Rebecca Moores - improving her London Marathon time by over 20 minutes; Mike Baldwin - completing his 21st Three Peaks Fell Race; Andrew Merrick - dogged determination to run and not only complete but run competitively at the Boston marathon in 3h22 despite suffering a serious foot injury only 4 weeks beforehand; Jann Smith - awesome 3 Peaks time (PB) also despite have a knee injury leading up to the race; Neil and Clare Smith for succesfully completing the Fellsman (61M) in under 20h
Adela Reperecki	Under 5 hrs in the 3 Peaks (and a broken tooth!); improved each time in her 3 Bunny runs; Lady Vet prize at Over the Oda; Baildon Boundary Way

The Committee made an 'Outstanding Achievement' award to Mike Baldwin for completing his 21st 3 Peaks race.

Earlier Harriers of the Month ...

Leeds Half Marathon, Sun 12 May

Results ...

(1   1:13:08 Ben Marriott, Bingley Harriers)
313  1:35:40 Michael Duffield
449  1:37:59 David Howe
878  1:44:06 Dan Ibbotson
1060 1:48:12 Andrew Mitchell
2067 1:59:19 Daniel Judkowski
2142 1:58:39 Sue Williamson   PB 6 mins
2398 2:02:44 Charlotte Smithson
2832 2:04:03 Donna Hattersley
3094 2:12:08 Margot Dale
3759 2:21:56 Joanna Taylor
4097 2:27:21 Emma Payne
4517 finished

Margot's time establishes a new F70 Club Record.

Fairfield Horseshoe, Sat 11 May

Clare Smith reports ... Conditions were a little tricky (mud/bog/busy) compared to my previous experience of this course but the weather was slightly more favourable than had been forecast (and better than that in Ilkley I hear!) with views as far as Great Gable at times. I obviously didn't take it seriously enough if I was admiring the scenery. Perhaps that's why I fell over so many times too! Some good performances from our Ilkley team in this first English Champs counter of 2013.
Dave Wilby set a 3min PB, and got English Championship points from his top-100 placing. Results ...

(1  1:19:18 Rob Hope, P&B)
51  1:30:44 Dave Wilby
146 1:43:25 Lee Morley
165 1:45:10 Will Buckton
185 1:47:30 Duncan Cooper
222 1:53:08 Dick Waddington
234 1:54:23 Kate Archer
253 1:56:32 Neil Smith
265 1:59:29 Jann Smith
270 2:00:26 Alison Weston
322 2:08:45 Steve Weston
329 2:10:45 Norman Bush 2nd V70
352 2:17:02 Clare Smith
408 finished

Junior English Fell Championships, Sat 11 May

From George Elmes ... Another good turnout of 12 Juniors made their way across to Lancashire to compete in the 3rd round of the English Junior Fell champs at Cowpe. Again some strong results on yet another challenging course across all the age categories.
Standout performances from Lucy Haines 1st GU14, Ruaridh Mon-Wiiliams 4th BU16 & Lucy Williamson GU16 4th.
Full report on the junior pages
Some Woodentops photos

Parkruns, Sat 11 May

Bradford Lister Park
69  24:47 Paul Sugden
71  24:55 Sue Bickerdike
161 28:32 Emma O'Looney

Middlesbrough Albert Park
127 25:51 John Marshall

Yorkshire Selection

Congratulations to Tom Adams, Georgia Malir, and Lucy Williamson selected to run in Yorkshire colours at the fell Inter-Regional Championships on 19 May at Settle Hills.

HDSRL, Wed 8 May

Well done those those who ran at the Otley race, the first in this year's Harrogate District Summer Race League. Although there were some good individual results on the 5.9 mile course, and some people racing for the Club for the first time, the unfortunate race clash means we have 'a lot to play for', as they say, in the team competitions. Next race is at Harrogate on 21 May.

(1  32:27 Ian Fisher, Otley AC)
42  37:41 Matt Newell
68  39:58 Steve Newell
71  40:07 Caz Farrow
79  40:54 Stephen Rhodes
97  42:11 Paul Stephens
152 46:05 Val Kerr
213 49:34 Karen Lambe
234 52:09 Paul Sugden
236 52:30 Petra Bijsterveld
238 52:59 Julie Elmes
245 54:06 Emma Payne
254 54:55 Bernie Gibbons
255 54:55 Vince Gibbons
258 55:12 Sally Wright
260 55:19 Don Macrae
265 56:34 Emma O'Looney
266 56:35 Sally Lynch
274 58:20 Sue Verspyck
289 finished

John Carr 1, Wed 8 May

Report from Henry Heavisides ... There was a very impressive turnout of Ilkley Harriers at this year's first John Carr 5k race. Dave Wilby & Dave Westhead were our first runners to finish, both just outside 17 minutes. Bradley Chapman continued his tremendous progress with a new PB of 17:43, getting a prize for 1st Youth (not sure what age group that is). The race was also the Yorkshire Vets championships & many of us ended up in the prizes, apologies if there are any errors: Sally Morley (2nd F35), Gaenor Coy (3rd F35), Beth Massey (3rd F40), Emma Barclay (1st F45), Sally Malir (2nd F45), Hilda Coulsey (1st F60), Henry Heavisides (2nd M55), Nick Pearce (2nd M60).
Results ...

Nick Pearce beat Geoff Howard's V60 Club record (BMAF Champs, Horwich, by just 1 second.)

(1  15:30 Mike Burrett, Leeds City)
25  17:01 Dave Wilby
27  17:06 David Westhead
48  17:43 Bradley Chapman
71  18:16 Mark Iley
74  18:18 Sally Morley
81  18:29 Henry Heavisides
90  18:49 Francis Westhead
93  18:52 Arthur Reilly
99  19:11 Nick Pearce
107 19:17 Beth Massey
110 19:20 Emma Barclay
115 19:32 Sally Malir
142 20:14 Jacob Hellewell
143 20:14 Edward Bickerdike
153 20:29 Tilly Melechi
190 21:41 Andrew Jackson
223 22:57 Catherine Westhead
235 23:28 Alessandra Ricci
251 23:53 Hilda Coulsey
253 24:02 Sue Bickerdike
255 24:04 Gaenor Coy
261 24:18 Elizabeth Westhead
268 24:40 Cathy Brown
274 25:07 Allison Ricci
286 25:32 Ella Shouler-Harris
312 27:11 Bridget Taylor
313 27:12 Dave Taylor
317 28:11 Harriet Jackson
323 28:37 Joanna Taylor
336 31:26 Andrea Westhead
341 finished

Coiners, Mon 6 May

From Will Buckton ... After meeting former Harrier Ian Rowbotham I set off well only to be passed with ease by Ian on the climb to Stoodley Pike. A great route which should be popular with Harriers as it is very runnable.

(1 54:38 Christian Holmes, Wharfedale)
27 1h03:09 Will Buckton
88 finished

Keswick Half Marathon, Sun 5 May

From Catherine Farrow ... Billed as one of the most scenic halfs, it may well have been had there been anything to see other than cloud and drizzle. Throw in a stiff wind and about 2000ft of climbing and you don't get a pb course. However it was friendly, well-marshalled and supported with ample drinks stations. I came about 38th, in about 1hr 31mins but was definetly 2nd woman! What's more, spiderman and 2 wonderwomen were there.

Bluebell Trail 10 mile Sun 5 May

From Adela Reperecki... I took part in the Bluebell Trail 10 mile which is organised by Stainland Lions, Halifax. This is a 10.3 mile multi-terrain race through woodland, canal towpaths, tracks, trails, cobbled streets, incorporating the steep climb of Trooper Lane, and through beautiful bluebell woods. At the end of the run is a river crossing which is great. I was the only Harrier there and came in at 1.40.22 and managed to knock 1 minute off my time from last year. Would like to see more Harriers there next year.

Grand Ridge Trail Run, nr Seattle, Sat 4 May

From Dick Waddington ... In an attempt to be first Ilkley Harrier in a race, I took the drastic step of flying to Seattle to limit the competition (and do a bit of work). I entered the Grand Ridge Trail Run (13 miles, 2000 ft of ascent) in Issaquah near Seattle, USA.
There was a field of about 150 with the event having a very friendly atmosphere. It was run by a small company that organises trail races every few weeks in the hills around Seattle.
Having looked at the results for the previous year and seeing that after the first half mile the trails were narrow, I thought I would start near the front. The other runners were reluctant to start at the front, so I ended up next to a very fit looking guy in a North Dakota vest. At the start he bounded along the first section and literally disappeared at the start of the first hill. After that there was a lot of to and fro as some of the runners were quick up the hills, some quick down the hills and some quick on the flat. The course was an out and back route and it seems to be obligatory to say "good job" to anyone you pass, which gets pretty tiring after a while, but it seems like a friendly thing to do.
With some good speed up and down and some mediocre speed on the flat, I managed to come in 5th (2nd V40) in 1:55. The North Dakota runner broke the course record by 10 minutes in 1:30, which was 21 minutes ahead of the second placed runner! And I was first Ilkley Harrier home. Good job.

Coniston, Sat 4 May

From Will Buckton ... a very tough Lakeland fell race over steep and technical terrain. Steve Turland got the better of me again with a strong run in 1:29. I came home in 1:36 after following an Ambleside vest down a terrifying scree slope descent from Coniston Old Man.

(1 1h11:32 Darren Kay, Pudsey and Bramley)
44 1h29:58 Steve Turland
78 1h36:35 Will Buckton
247 finished

Parkruns, Sat 4 May

Bradford
29  21:11 Ed Bickerdike
101 25:05 Paul Sugden
118 25:32 Sue Bickerdike
126 25:46 Harry Stead
212 28:42 Emma O'Looney

Harrogate
141 26:21 Julie Elmes

Stewart
57  25:25 John Marshall
128 35:34 Linda Marshall

Lothersdale fell race, Wed 1 May

From Ben Sheppard ... Lothersdale fell race is short and it is sharp: 3.6 miles of shortness and 591ft of sharpness. It being an out-and-back course, there's no point kidding yourself you are not far behind those ahead of you, but you can kid yourself that you must almost be at the summit as James Hall (Wharfedale) whooshes past you in the opposite direction like an exocet missile aimed on Lothersdale village hall. Harriers with burning lungs included Bradley Chapman, Jeff Green (near the front in his first fell race as a Harrier), Val Kerr, the outstanding Tilly Melechi - more than holding her own in the seniors race - and her Competitive Dad Toni.

Results ...

(1 22:50 James Hall, Wharfedale)
16 26:39 Bradley Chapman
18 26:56 Jeff Green
20 26:58 Iain Gibbons
22 27:25 Ben Sheppard
33 28:45 Richard Smith
64 32:44 Toni Melechi
65 32:52 Tilly Melechi
80 35:22 Val Kerr
104 finished

West Yorkshire Track & Field League, Wakefield, Wed 1 May

Dave Wilby reports ... I travelled across to Thornes Park in Wakefield last night for a 1500m track league race. With no reliable way of knowing what time I was likely to start, I eventually got on to the track at 10pm having already warmed up 3 times, and with legs still trashed from Sunday's half marathon I just wanted to set a benchmark for future races. I was pleased enough and managed to achieve my aim of not finishing last by coming 11th from 13 in a steady 4:54:37. The race was won by Brad Traviss in a swift 4:09:43, and I'm pretty sure there's scope for taking 15 to 20 seconds off my time over the next couple of races.

Reminder, Harriers have signed up to this League this year, see forum post for this and other chances to get on track!

Bradford 10k, Sun 28 April

Report from Dave Westhead ... the Bradford 10k is a reasonably flat, out-and-back route, from the Town Hall out along Canal Rd towards Shipley. It has just enough short sharp hills and bendy sections at the start and in the middle to mean it's not quite a PB course. Sunday was bright and sunny with the odd sharp shower and a brisk wind that lifted race HQ off the ground and almost blew it away just after I finished. As for the other Dave W below in Lincolnshire, the breeze did make fast times quite difficult with a few sections of Canal Road straight into a head wind. Two people did manage to impress - the winner, because the time below is a new course record, and Dave Green because his PB below was his first sub 50. Well done to them both - I'm sure there is more to come on faster courses and in better conditions.

Results from David Green ...

(1  31:02 Tesfaye Debele, Bradford Airedale AC)
9   35:52 Dave Westhead
205 47:49 Tim Ratcliffe
271 49:36 Will Worboys
284 49:49 David Green (PB)
673 62:19 Alison Landsbury
808 finished

Manchester Marathon, Sun 28 April

From Nick Pearce ... I rather surprised myself with a time of 3h07:41, 294th from 4956 finishers and 2nd V60 in the Manchester Marathon yesterday, my first road marathon for at least 15 years. Conditions were ideal with a cool breeze, a flat course (billed as the flattest in the UK with only 55 m of ascent), and a good atmosphere and support all the way round, with regular refreshment points. Didn't see any other Ilkley Harriers - the other red and green vests turned out to be a Welsh club. Legs rather stiff this morning... results.

Well done Nick, this breaks Geoff Howard's 2005 Club record of 4h10:34 in New York!

Harewood House 10K, Sun 28 April

From Andrew Mitchell ... the race was postponed from 24 March 2013 due to the snow. A breezy day plus a killer hill at 8K didn't make conditions easy.

(1  37:31 Michel Hunt)
213 51:05 Andrew Mitchell
418 55:20 Cathy Brown
506 56:06 Jean Sullivan
610 57:57 Peter Lewis
686 60:13 Catriona Hawthorn
711 60:47 Martyn Pearson
763 62:06 Debbie Pearson
1208 finished

North Lincs Half Marathon, Sun 28 April

From Dave Wilby ... I headed down to Scunthorpe to make my half marathon debut on Sunday. The event was really well organised with closed roads, chip timing and apart from 2 bumps to cross the motorway was probably about as flat as it gets. Being fairly rural it did mean that was little shelter from a wind which was persistent but not overly strong. I got into a group early on which was going at roughly my target pace but towards 9 miles or so I slipped off the back and never recovered. I eventually finished 14th in 1:18:58, bitterly disappointed with my time, particularly as I'd hated almost every step and was hoping not to have to do another one. I'll have to do one now to try and rectify the time but only once my legs recover, they've felt far better in the past after thrashing them up and down the long lakeland fell races!! I should say that the oraniser had done a great job, and you roadies should check it out. I even got a free post-race massage!!

(Race won in 1h10:10 by Tim Hartley of Notts AC, 863 finishers, www.northlincshalf.co.uk)

Sunderland City 10K, Sun 28 April

From Alex Hall ... I competed in the Sunderland City 10K yesterday as a method of training for the regatta season for my rowing squad at Durham University. I started at the back of a 1580 person pack due to arriving late to the start line but managed to finish 78th with a time of 43:15 on a fairly flat course (many thanks to the speed sessions on thursday nights).

Three Peaks, Sat 27 April

Ben Sheppard adds ... Where was my responsible adult when I sneaked online and entered this excruciating race? The field was stacked with fell running talent of the highest order, and that's just the Harriers. Joe Symonds proved his class with a second consecutive win, (taking him closer to his father (Hugh)'s record of three titles (1984, 1985 and 1987)), and just two weeks after a 2:20 road marathon. Meanwhile Harriers also performed out of their skins too, spurred on by the tremendous support all round the course. Fell running star of the future Will Buckton delivered on some of his great promise, taking an incredible 45 minutes off his 2012 time to comfortably beat 4hrs, while in other news Mike Baldwin completed his 21st (twenty first!!) consecutive 3 Peaks race and took the prize for biggest pathological glutton for punishment. It doesn't feel like it right now, but a great day was had by all.

(1 2h54:39 Joe Symonds, Salomon Int'l)
130 3h54:31 Will Buckton
180 4h03:47 Jez Hellewell
181 4h03:49 Stuart Pitches
188 4h04:45 Jann Smith
195 4h05:24 Ben Sheppard
198 4h05:44 Dan Hill
272 4h17:30 Duncan Cooper
289 4h20:11 Dick Waddington
316 4h25:28 Rebecca Mon-Williams
360 4h31:34 Kate Archer
365 4h32:17 Alison Weston
449 4h44:22 Mike Baldwin
483 4h49:14 Outi Kamarainen
542 4h57:27 Natalie Curtis
551 4h59:18 Adela Reperecki
635 5h21:02 Sharon Meadows
652 5h26:36 Paul Sowden
661 5h30:46 Helen Waddington
671 5h46:22 Steve Weston
675 finished

Some photos from the Woodentops.

More on 3 Peaks from Alison .... What great results from the Harriers. I found it hard from start to finish but looking at Graham's photos of the race many of you make it look like a walk in the park! Will must be delighted with his massive PB and Adela was over the moon on the finishing line to clock under 5 hours despite chipping her tooth on the way off Whernside. We must have been the best represented club on the ladies side with 9 ladies finishing and Jann, Rebecca and Kate winning third ladies prize. Mike was a absolute star finishing his 21st Three Peaks race with a big grin on his face! Well done to everyone.
See Graham's photos

Fellsman, Sat 27 April

Clare Smith reports ... Clare and Neil Smith completed the Fellsman Hike (61 miles, 11,000 ft of climb) from Ingleton to Threshfield. I was 170th out of 402 starters, joint 16th lady in a time of 19hrs 48 mins. We were in a great grouping overnight. The conditions were tough - very boggy over Fleet Moss in particular, cold and breezy but not as severe as last year. Very pleased to have completed it. Results

Some photos from the Woodentops.

Junior fell championships, Sat 27 April

Some super results from the 7 juniors who made the 300 mile round trip to Shropshire this weekend to compete in round 2 of the Junior English Champ Championship Fell race hosted for the first time by Mercia Fell Runners. Full report from George Elmes on the junior pages.

Hawkshead Trail Race 17km, Sat 27 April

Emma Barclay reports she was ... 4th lady, 1st LV40 in 1:19:15

Parkruns, Sat 27 April

Bradford Lister Park
80  25:09 Paul Sugden
130 27:40 Sue Bickerdike
162 29:40 Emma O'Looney
224 33:56 Milly Websdale

Harrogate Stray
38 22:04 Geoffrey Howard

Leeds Hyde Park
24 19:10 Arthur Reilly

Stewart
61 25:16 John Marshall

UTMF, Fri 26 April

From Brian Melia ... Just returned back to Tokyo to recover from the Mount Fuji Ultra-Trail with my good friend Chiharu Watanabe. We both had fabulous races in one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to. The race is 100 miles over a very technical course and very exciting.
I finished 53rd in 27 hrs 36 mins, Chiharu was 22nd in 24 hrs1 mins
The race was won by Hara from Japan in 19 hrs 29 mins

Dick Hudsons race, Thu 25 April

Woohoo, the BOFRA season is underway!

(1  42:21 Neil Crampton, Toro, bike
4   48:40 Gareth Hird, Wharfedale, 1st runner)
6   49:37 Martin Archer
14  53:48 Iain Gibbons
15  54:07 Steve Turland
32  64:09 Chris Oxlade
35  66:31 John Hayes
37  67:16 Phil Hirst
52  75:48 David Green
56 finished

London Marathon, Sun 21 April

Report from Sally Malir ... After 30 seconds of silence to remember the victims of the awful events less than a week previously in Boston the marathon community in London set off wearing their black ribbons to show their support.The weather was perfect and the crowd was the best ever! I really enjoyed my run relaxing into a steady pace, which I nearly managed to keep perfectly even all through the race. This really motivated me as I passed more and more people as the miles went on. The sights were amazing, and often brought goosebumps to my skin although I was boiling hot. At around 25 miles a guy stumbled and fell in front of me, a fellow runner picked him up and steadied him making sure he was alright before finishing his own marathon, this summed up the support everybody showed for each other. I saw many familiar faces and heard many friendly shouts, it's amazing among all those thousands how you can pick out your supporters. In the end I was 137th Women, 9th in my age group, and happy. I don't think it will be my last marathon.

Sally has beaten her own LV45 Club Record of 3:10:40 set at Manchester in 2012, and Hilda Coulsey beat Chris Porritt's LV60 record of 4:16:00 from Leeds 2002.

Some photos from the Bennetts ... and Results ...

2166  3h09:46 Sally Malir
2574  3h13:46 Rob Cunningham
5016  3h31:55 Alison Bennett
7983  3h48:03 David Howe
10153 3h57:12 Andy Webster
11968 4h03:26 Hilda Coulsey
14247 4h15:27 Dave Ibbotson
17491 4h29:00 Rebecca Moores

Georgia Malir was selected to run in the Under 17 women's Mini Marathon which is the last 3 miles or so of the main marathon. She was 14th overall helping the Yorkshire And Humberside Under 17 Women's team take 1st position. Her time was 17:33

Over The Odda 10k, Sat 20 April

Jez Hellewell reports ... a beautiful day for the inaugural running of the Over The Odda race which brought out a couple of the local "big guns". Tom Adams winning by some margin at the finish (Quentin Lewis 3rd), followed by a jog back home over the moors for a cool down. Quite a few Harriers vests on show I'm glad to report. Nice to meet Petra Bijsterveld at the start & Adela Reperecki, despite start line reservations, had a great run to pick a Lady Vets prize (I say "pick up", but unfortunately she'd already left!). A good few minutes behind Tom came myself (6th), Ben (top 10, we think) & Justin (just outside the top 10). "Winner gets the beers in" was the shout beforehand. I'm therefore very suspicious as to why Ben & Justin were just behind me at the finish.
Results from ukresults.net...

1  37:39 Tom Adams
6  45:13 Jez Hellewell  1st V40
10 46:54 Ben Sheppard
11 47:21 Justin Phillips
15 48:39 Emma Barclay
55 59:45 Adela Reperecki
76 65:20 Alison Ricci
96 72:44 Petra Bijsterveld
157 finished

Meanwood Valley Trail, Sat 20 April

Always a favourite with Harriers, provisional senior results from Valley Striders site. Lots of photos on woodentops.org.uk.

(1  43:49 Richard Pattinson, P&B)
28  50:24 Steve Morley
45  53:34 Nick Pearce 1st V60
53  54:47 Caz Farrow  3rd F35
101 60:32 Phil Hirst
220 75:03 Sue Williamson
232 77:10 Julie Elmes
258 finished

Great to see lots of juniors out too with some fab results!

Anniversary Waltz, Sat 20 April

Report from Alistair Barlow ... a magnificent day in the Lakes doing the Anniversary Waltz (AM 11.5 miles, 3600ft) in the beautiful Newlands valley. From the start there's a long run on tracks and road up the valley before the action really starts will a long and steep climb up to the summit of Robinson. From there it's good running terrain over the fells at the head of the dale before swinging north towards Catbells and home. The descent looked good fun when viewed at the start but was pretty painful after 11 miles and I hobbled home in about 2:20. All quickly forgotten with the help of free soup and beer in the village hall. All in all a great day out and thoroughly recommended.
Steve Turland (and Helene, Ed) had done the longer and much tougher Teenager with Altitude ...next year ... maybe!

Results from www.anniversarywaltz.co.uk ...

AW
(1  1h34:43 Carl Bell, Keswick AC)
117 2h17:21 Alistair Barlow
269 finished

TWA
(1  2h49:25 Rhys Findlay-Robinson, Dark Peak)
41  3h43:25 Steve Turland
48  3h46:54 Helene Whitaker 2nd lady
101 finished

Parkruns, Sat 20 April

Bradford Lister Park
19  21:07 Oscar Stapleton
208 33:50 Milly Websdale

Leeds Hyde Park
159  25:29 Harry Stead

Middlesbrough Albert Park
99  25:35 John Marshall

Roundhay Park
13 21:24 Geoff Howard

Bunny 3, Tue 16 April

Tom Adams out on his own at Bunny 3, on his way to another race win. Results and more photos on woodentops.org.uk

1   15:38 Tom Adams
17  17:21 Jack Wood
32  18:05 Ruaridh Mon Williams
45  18:33 Bradley Chapman
68  19:11 Steve Turland
121 21:04 Lucy Williamson
130 21:13 Sam Wood
133 21:19 Jack Cummings
137 21:24 Tilly Melechi
142 21:31 Malcolm Pickering
153 21:48 Sarah Pickering
174 22:53 James Pickering
177 22:58 Andrew Jackson
184 23:09 Alison Weston
187 23:11 Adela Reperecki
203 23:39 Joanne Williamson
227 24:31 Iso Hirst
259 25:56 Nea Weston
279 28:08 Sue Williamson
285 28:41 Harriet Jackson
292 29:20 Sally Wright
296 29:37 Emma Payne
303 30:53 Joanna Taylor
315 finished

Boston Marathon

Our three club members at Boston are safe, as reported on Facebook, and Andrew M has emailed.

Boulsworth fell race, Sun 14 April

From Ben Sheppard ... A short journey from the sunshine of Ilkley to the sideways rain of Wycoller Country Park nr Colne for a low key and enjoyable BM race over 8.2m with 425m / 1394ft climb. Desperately trying to keep in touch with Will as he ploughed strongly up the seemingly never ending climb to the top of Boulsworth Hill (also known as Law Lad I believe) and managing to catch him by the top only to be left trailing in the wake of his fast and fearless descent. The late Bill Smith came to mind as I went thigh deep in a bog, before hauling myself out for a long run in punctuated by deeper-than-expected puddles strategically placed to make the fair-weather trail runners among us look like John Inman (see photo). A local race that should be popular with Ilkley Harriers if repeated in future years.

Photos on woodentops.org.uk

Results from Wharfedale Harriers

(1   57:02 Mark Addison, Helm Hill)
20 1:08:41 Ben Sheppard
21 1:09:08 Will Buckton
71 finished

Wakefield 10k, Sun 14 April

Results from ukresults.net ...

(1  32:13 Ian McBride, Royton RR)
450 50:24 Karen Lambe
1148 finished

RunSunday, Sun 14 April

Well done to junior Euan Brennan who won the Run Sunday 3-mile timed run at Otley Chevin. (We don't routinely list Run Sunday results, but this is pretty special!)

Woldsman 50, Sat 13 April

From Eddie Winslow ... I made another trip over to Driffield for the Woldsman 50. I couldnÕt repeat my win of last year but came home 6th in 9h42m, 8 minutes slower than a year ago.

Parkruns, Sat 13 April

Abingdon
1 16:02 Tom Adams

Bradford Lister Park
11 20:20 Richard Hinsley
32 21:59 Oscar Stapleton
73 24:42 William Worboys

Burnley
22 21:25 Diane Haggar

Harrogate Stray
132 26:58 Julie Elmes

Northern Vets Track League, Wed 10 April

From Henry Heavisides ... Three of us travelled to Spenborough track as an alternative to the regular Wednesday Carnegie track session. Best performance came from Mark Iley in the 1500m running 4:54.3 for 4th place. Beth Massey ran 5:47 (I think) in the same race. The 800m was split into two races I was first to finish in the over 50s race in 2:36.5. The 3000m followed soon after the 800m, so I struggled to finish 10th out of 17 runners in 11:21.1, Beth was 11th in 11:29.4.

Bunny 2, Tue 9 April

Big improvements by Bradley, Rob, Diane, Lucy, and Adela on last week's Bunny Run times! Results and photos on woodentops.org.uk.

(1  15:52 James Hall, Wharfedale)
31  18:16 Bradley Chapman
83  20:15 Rob Cunningham
84  20:17 Toni Melechi
109 21:21 Jack Cummings
111 21:23 Rik Hinsley
113 21:26 Diane Haggar
115 21:31 Tilly Melechi
118 21:46 Edward Bickerdike
122 21:58 Lucy Jacques
172 23:56 Adela Reperecki
199 25:18 Jacob Helliwell
200 25:22 Alison Ricci
236 27:46 Sophie Brown
252 29:29 Harriet Jackson
256 29:56 Sally Wright
267 31:17 Emma Payne
296 finished

Blackpool Marathon, Sun 7 April

Well done to Linda Wilson, who was 461st in 4h28:37. Results on ukresults.net.

Baildon Boundary Way, Sun 7 April

Ben Sheppard reports ... A smattering of Harriers did justice to the superb conditions, with the sand-bagging Justin Philips first Harrier in a strong 1:31 and maybe rediscovering his running mojo in the process. Kate Archer and Andrew Merrick were well up the field with impressive times, just 8 days before Boston Marathon in Andrew's case. I paid the price for foolishly sticking with Justin for the first few miles haring along at nearer 10k pace, which came back to bite me in the latter stages as a made my way backwards through the field to finish with room for improvement in 1:34

Photos on woodentops.org.uk, results from Baildon Runners ...

(1  1:20:58 Richard Pattinson, P&B)
23  1:31:37 Justin Philips
31  1:34:18 Ben Sheppard
54  1:38:40 Andrew Merrick
56  1:39:02 Kate Archer
91  1:45:38 Dick Waddington
131 1:50:00 Sharon Williams
164 1:55:48 Andrew Jackson
172 1:57:26 Dougie Scarfe
177 1:58:15 Eric Hawthorn
192 2:00:56 Adela Reperecki
206 2:02:44 Helen Horton
248 2:11:24 Hilda Coulsey
289 2:17:56 Judith Scarfe
350 finished

Blubberhouses 25, Sun 7 April

From Eddie Winslow ... I got round in 3h51m, a few minutes down on my previous attempt but the residual snow and muddy melt slowed things a bit. Mike Baldwin was not far behind and Amanda Parnaby was there as well.

Results should be on Nidderdale LDWA's pages sometime.

Pinchinthorpe Plod, Sun 7 April

Report from Alison Weston ... Another brilliant day for running. Whilst up with my parents I found a great 6.2 mile race near Roseberry Topping. A mixture of very runnable forest trail paths and fell. Lots of runners from Thirsk and Ripon ran this race as one of a whole winter series of races in the N.Yorkshire moors. My time ~ 53mins.

Pendle fell race, Sat 6 April

Senior results from www.ukresults.net (junior results and photos on our junior pages). Photos on woodentops.org.uk ...

(1  32:13 Rob Hope, P&B)
143 46:59 Neil Smith
166 48:51 Diane Haggar
172 49:10 Alison Weston
340 finished

Coledale Horseshoe, Sat 6 April

From Will Buckton ... Steve Turland and I competed in the Coledale Horseshoe (AM 12.25km/1036m) on Saturday at Braithwaite in the Lake District. Conditions were excellent with minimal snow and ice on the summits, with great views of the Horseshoe and Skiddaw on the way back. Although the route was shortened from 13.7km due to snow on Eel Crag there was over 100m extra ascent to make up for it!

(1 1h04:58 Carl Bell, Keswick)
42 1h25:06 Steve Turland
49 1h26:30 Will Buckton
201 finished

Parkruns, Sat 6 April

Bradford Lister Park
63  23:50 Joe Reynier

Inverness
6  19:00 Steve Coy
49 26:53 Gaenor Coy

Pollensa Half Marathon, Wed 3 April

From Mark Hall... Having spent most of the past 6 weeks in Majorca working I had been looking for a race to do and the above race was taking place down the road from my base. The race was the Baleric islands championships so attracted a good field of 600 runners. The course was flat with the last 5km undulating. The weather was good and around 20 degrees. Having only been ticking over with training I would have been happy with a steady 6 minute mile pace. However, when the gun went so did I! I managed to get in a small group with Vanessa Veiga, who ran for Spain at the London Olympics at the marathon. We past 5km in 16.55 10kms 34.31 and both suffered in the final 5kms and lost time, she eventually beat me by 5 seconds mainly due to my loss of concentration in the final run in when I lost a few metres on a twisty last kilometre. I finished 8th, 1st vet 50 (by 5 minutes) in a time of 1.15.36. I was for once pleased with the result especially after my poor preparation. Winner was (I think) former spanish international Rey in 70 minutes.

Henry has spotted this is a new Club Record, beating Mark's own time at Worksop in October by 3s

Bunny 1, Tue 2 April

Tom Adams again pulled off the double-yolker of winning the sprint egg stage and the race. Some good runs by other Harriers too, with the juniors mixing it with the seniors, on a lovely evening - dry, sunny, and just enough snow to make it pretty! Results and photos on woodentops.org.uk.

1   15:45 Tom Adams
28  18:50 Bradley Chapman
63  20:08 Euan Brennan
90  21:32 Rob Cunningham
97  21:39 Neil Smith
99  21:44 Jack Cummings
109 22:06 Diane Haggar
114 22:21 Sam Wood
115 22:28 Richard Hinsley
122 22:55 Lucy Jacques
153 24:16 Andrew Jackson
176 25:22 Adela Reperecki
196 26:19 Allison Ricci
218 27:40 Sophie Brown
229 28:25 Alessandra Ricci
240 30:12 Harriet Jackson
247 30:57 Sally Wright
268 finished

There's another Bunny next week, come and join in the fun!

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