A busy and diverse weekend of running for club members, proving the cold, damp and dark of the English Winter are no impediment to getting out there and giving it a go. Especially if you escape to somewhere far warmer ! Benidorm Half Marathon. A group of club members had a great weekend away in the Spanish sunshine, even taking in the Newcastle Parkrun on their way. It was someomes Stag do I believe ? , and they even managed to drag along a member of York Acorn ( how do they always … [Read more...]
Weekend Round-up 14-15th November, more XC & Fell race Success, Abbey Dash, Parkrun & more…
17 November 2015 by ·
Another busy weekend for the hardy runners of York Knavesmire Harriers. -Saturday morning saw the Parkrunners get us underway, YKH numbers were down slightly with 23 club members taking part. Parkrun PB's were attained by Qin Zhou and James Ollerenshaw. -On Saturday afternoon our Cross Country runners were in action taking to the muddy fields of Keighley for the third race of the West Yorkshire Cross Country League. https://youtu.be/fqW85TgjRho Knavesmire's Ladies once again … [Read more...]
The Brass Monkey Gives to Africa
13 November 2015 by ·
Our club's annual Brass Monkey half marathon has been a great success for over 30 years. The race is our way of giving back to the sport we love. This year we have been able to give to Africa too. Over many years the race accumulated a bulk of unused t-shirts. These were gathering dust in our store cupboards, so our Committee agreed they should go to a better home. One of our club members, Liz Piper, had connections with the charity Links International. The charity's aim is to inspire, … [Read more...]
Weekend Round up 31 Oct – 1st Nov. Ladies Team 2nd at XC & more..
4 November 2015 by ·
Yet another weekend of great running from Knavesmire Harriers club members, with a great variety of events entered and some great results. -Knavesmire's Ladies got the weekend off to a great start in Huddersfield with possibly their best ever result in the West Yorkshire Cross Country League. The Ladies fielded a strong team and all ran supremely well , contributing to achieving second placed team of thirteen that took part . Scout Adkin had a great race to finish third and was followed by … [Read more...]