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...]
Vets G P Series – Final race of the 2014 season
3 November 2014 by ·
YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU Vets G P Series – Final race of the 2014 season As many of you will know our club enters this annual race series with some success. It is an opportunity for any club member aged a mere 35 or over to earn valuable points for team YKH. There are also age category and spot prizes to be won and an after race buffet at each event. The last race of this year’s series is on the Sunday 9th November at Spenborough starting at 11.02am. Once again due … [Read more...]
FRA Relays – Report
30 October 2014 by ·
We headed over to the Middleton Fells, the venue for this years FRA Relays, at the crack of dawn to get there in time for registration and a team lineup change. It had been an eventful last 24 hours with Tony Heron, my planned leg 2 partner, coming down with illness and us having to draft Tom in at the last minute. We got there with plenty of time to spare and tucked into some much needed bacon sandwiches. The weather forecast was for high winds and heavy showers but they had yet to materialise … [Read more...]