Archives for July 2014

Victorious Vets at Crossgates.

Victorious Vets Glad to report that with the Summer League racing completed for another year the number of YKH runners attending this race increased to 8 with 3 club members securing age category prizes – some percentage! A perfect English summer evening with the sun shining but with a pleasant cooling breeze provided almost perfect running conditions for the 238 runners who completed the race. For anyone who has experienced vets racing I promise it was dry underfoot from start to finish! … [Read more...]

Knavesmire’s Nick Griffin Runs the Race to the Stones Ultra Marathon.

Race to the Stones Race - report by Nick GriffinOn Saturday 19th July I completed my first ever Ultra-marathon with my brother Steve. We wanted to do something really challenging and raise some money for charity as we knew we would only do this once? This was an experience like no other. I laughed. I cried. I believe I may have even reached some kind of higher plane at moments.   The thing about going longer than a marathon is that speed becomes almost irrelevant (for most) so as a regular … [Read more...]

Northumberland Coastal Run – Race Report

  20th July 2014, Northumberland Coastal Run ("roughly 14 miles") - report by Sarah Attwood.   Having run this race back in 2012, I was quite looking forward to it....little did I know that it was going to be one of the hottest days of the year and I was going to be running with 850+ other people in the mid day sun.Back in January when entries opened I quickly entered the fast filling up race and managed to sell the race to both Ewan Cochrane and Stephen Robson before it … [Read more...]

Latest YKH Club Championships positions after Race 7 – Harrogate 10k.

2014_Championship_(after_Race_7)Men 2014_Championship_(after_Race_7)Ladies … [Read more...]