Report by Nik Vogan On a sunny summer evening in Bishop Wilton, a group of us Harriers deciding that a trip to the seaside was in order for a bit of running, some fish and chips, an ice cream and an afternoon at the seaside. However the appearance of hurricane Bertha put paid to the afternoon on the beach and made the running that extra bit harder. Having experienced this Hardmoors' race before (which for those of you who don't know lead to Stef Durkin running a 19 mile half marathon), … [Read more...]
Thunder Run – report
4 August 2014 by ·
Report by Sarah Attwood. Last weekend saw my second Thunder Run (TR24), a tough, hilly 24 hour off-road relay race. You can enter this race as either a solo runner, as a pair or as a team (of either 3-5 or 6-8). Last year I was entered in a team of 8 with some friends I met at the runnersworld bootcamp, this year we met back up (in bigger numbers) and ran as several teams of 5. You can set up camp from friday mid day so we headed down to Catton Park, Derbyshire in the afternoon. We arrived … [Read more...]
Knavesmire’s Nick Griffin Runs the Race to the Stones Ultra Marathon.
25 July 2014 by ·
Race to the Stones Race - report by Nick GriffinOn Saturday 19th July I completed my first ever Ultra-marathon with my brother Steve. We wanted to do something really challenging and raise some money for charity as we knew we would only do this once? This was an experience like no other. I laughed. I cried. I believe I may have even reached some kind of higher plane at moments. The thing about going longer than a marathon is that speed becomes almost irrelevant (for most) so as a regular … [Read more...]