Racing Round Up w.e 5th March- YKH Ladies Retain Yorkshire Fell Running Crown plus Tokyo Marathon & more..

Please send race reports,  photos & results to :  ykhracereports@gmail.com

—Ilkley Moor Fell Race – Yorkshire Fell Running Championship.

Congratulations to the our Ladies Team ( Rose, Becky & Nik ) who retained their  Yorkshire Champions.
Individually Rose Mather was crowned the Senior Women’s Yorkshire Champion with Becky Penty taking the Silver medal.

33rd Rosalind Mather 44:12  1st Senior Lady
38th Becky Penty 44:32         2nd Senior Lady
57th Tom Ratcliffe 46:54
103rd Nik Tarrega 51:17
115th Barry Atkinson 53:08 2nd M60
139th Giles Hawking 55:46
155th Rory Henderson 57:33
187th Phillip Chapman 01:01:14
209th Melanie Ellwood 01:04:43


—Tokyo Marathon.

Richard Walker ran the Tokyo marathon on Sunday,  finishing in 3 hours and 9 seconds, and getting a new PB. (He was placed #1844 / 27,953 in the marathon men category, and 88 / 5431 in the age category 55 – 59.)

Conditions were perfect for what was the first full field run of the Tokyo marathon since 2019.

Tokyo was the final major of the Abbott sponsored world majors series for Richard to complete, and he was one of 3000 runners that received a 6 stars medal.


—Lightwater Valley 10k.

4th David Smithers 35:54   1st M50
64th Alistair McQueen 52:45


—Haweswater Half Marathon.

364th Pam Anderson  2:25:25


—Cambridge Half Marathon.

5491st Emily Lenderyou  1:57:36


—North Lincolnshire Half Marathon.

1400 Edwina Wilcox 3:04:47


—North Lincolnshire 10k.

13th Toby Hone 35:39


—Parkrun PB’s

-Heslington parkrun.

Tim Cowham 19:43
Hannah Strange 22:56

-New Earswick Parkrun.

Alan Wilkinson 21:19
Ellie Wilkinson 26:16