CALLING ALL BRASS MONKEY VOLUNTEERS Our club's Brass Monkey Half Marathon successfully sold out within two hours of opening. 1,750 runners will gather in York on 18 January 2015. As always, we now call upon our members to help marshall on the day. We have over 230 members and we need 150 people to host the race. The race is on Sunday 18 January, and we will need you from about 8am to 1pm. This is our way of giving back to our great sport, and it's always a great day! All volunteers … [Read more...]
Vet’s Grand Prix Series. Race 8 Report
11 November 2014 by ·
Vet’s Grand Prix Series. Race 8 Spen Stadium 9th November Spen 10 Well done to our 10 intrepid YKH club members who turned out for their club to compete in the last of this year’s G P series in almost perfect running conditions. Always a very fast start with two laps round the Spen Stadium running track the remainder of the 5.2 mile course was unusually sound underfoot- not much mud but all the other vets goodies – stiles and hills keeping us all … [Read more...]
Team Victory at Guisborough 3 Tops Fell Race
4 November 2014 by ·
Sunday the 2nd of November was a day our runners were spoilt for choice , there was the Guy Fawkes 10, West Yorkshire Cross Country or the lure of the unseasonably dry fells above Guisborough. The few of us who chose the Moors managed to overcome our guilt at shirking the XC by taking the Men's team prize in this hotly contested race, set to host a round of the British Fell Championships when it is run next year. The 8 mile race starts on the edge of Guisborough , climbs through the woods to … [Read more...]
Long Diatance Results Round-up.. ( OMM & Round Rotherham Ultra)
3 November 2014 by ·
A couple of results in mega tough events which have gone under the radar. Graeme Harvey completed the Round Rotherham Ultra ( 50 miles !!) in 9 hours 41 minutes Knavesmire's Anwen Darlington and race partner Laura Daniel undertook the challenging OMM (Original Mountain Marathon) taking place this year up in the Cheviots. They took part in the two day Class B competition (50km's to navigate in under 10 hours) and were the second all female team and 20th of 68 teams to complete the course ( … [Read more...]