Twenty four Knavesmire Harriers ran hard and had fun in the blustery but sunny conditions at the Helmsley 10k Mult-terrain race on Easter Sunday. A mile or two of the road that heads North towards Bransdale, featuring a wicked little hill, a saunter through the hamlet of Carlton, a bit more road, then a few farm tracks and grassy fields to cross before the finish. A great well organised race, and runners were rewarded with a mug and Easter Egg at the … [Read more...]
Team Victory at ‘Gisborough’ Moors Fell Race
15 April 2014 by ·
Report by Neil Stabbs. The Knavesmire fell running contingent had another grand day out on the moors this weekend, with the longest race of the winter series – The Gisborough Moors Race, 12.5 miles and around 850m/2800ft of ascent. The route takes in a number of major summits (Captain Cook’s, Roseberry Topping, Highcliff Nab), but still manages to have a lot of good running terrain and some great views. For once, I started the race with some sort of pacing strategy in an attempt to … [Read more...]
Summer League Entries Open
8 April 2014 by ·
If you want to run in the York Summer League this year you will need to complete the following form. More details of the series available here. … [Read more...]
Honley Vets Race report
3 April 2014 by ·
Report by Pete Downes Congratulations to the 5 Knavesmire Harriers who took on the challenge of the tough Honley vets race. After a nice flat start with 2 laps of a playing field we entered a wooded section and climbed and climbed again, there was a short level section before we climbed again, eventually we did get to the downhill section, but not before going over ploughed fields and numerous stone walls and stiles. The downhill section was very steep and at the bottom we had to take care … [Read more...]