YKH Racing Round Up w.e 11th March – Spen 20, Retford, Edale, Keighley BigK …

---Spen 20. A classic rather hilly  20 mile road race at Liversedge , South of Bradford. 5th Phil Elliot 2:02:28 26th Jon Pinder 2:15:40 42nd Jason Higgins 2:22:24 65th Ewan Cochrane 2:31:05 76th Nicholas Tutill  2:34:53 88th Clare Rowntree 2:41:00 ---Keighley Big K  10k. Keighley Big K 10k, a tough hilly multi terrain race around Keighley. 131: Alan Wilkinson - chip time 48:58, gun time 49:03 132: Ellie Page (12th female, 5th in category) - chip time … [Read more...]

YKH Weekly Racing Round Up – w.e 4th March – Yorkshire Vet’s XC Champ’s ,

---YVAA Cross Country Championship: Cleckheaton   (hosted by Spenborough & District AC). Sarah Attwood won a Silver Medal , she was 2nd F35 and second in the race. Alistair Mcqueen was 9th M40 John Bevan was 19th M50 Andrew Johnson was 6th M60 Graham Freer was 26th M50 ---Vitality Big Half in London. Lindsay Toulson  ran the London Big Half in 1:20:37 Richard Walker ran the Vitality Big Half in London  in 1 hr 32 mins 15 secs. ---York … [Read more...]

YKH Round Up – National XC ,Snake Lane ,Harewood ,Heartbeat & more…

---English National Cross Country Championships. Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath London.                               Results  The Nationals returned to London on a beautiful day , the elevated position atop Parliament hill offering great views of the London skyline. Athletes from all over the country assembled to compete in Amatuer Athletics biggest event and to find out where they and their teams rank on the national stage. First YKH athlete to run would be Lawrence Griffin in the 10k … [Read more...]

YKH Racing Round Up w.e 18th Jan – Bronze medal won at Yorkshire Fell Champ’s

---Ilkley Moor Fell Race. Incorporating the Yorkshire Senior Fell Championships this 8km fell race with 400m of climbing  , is fast and subject to the inclement  winter weather . Nik Tarrega won a Bronze medal in the yorkshire Championship,  being third Lady , 64th overall with a time of 48:24. Tom Ratcliffe was not too far behind in 68th 48:51, and in only his second fell race Tom Sinclair was 88th  50:44.   ---Liversedge Half Marathon. 81st Richard Walker … [Read more...]