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Month: February 2017

Sunday 8th of January- Garstang 2 mile race.

Sunday 8th of January- Garstang 2 mile race.

On Sunday the 8th of January, Jenson Brogden took part in the 2 mile Fun Run at Garstang, part of the Garstang 10 k. The course was on open roads and tracked the first loop of the 10 k course. The 10 k runners set off and then ten minutes later the Fun run began. Jenson was feeling nervous after an Autumn/Winter of illness but got stuck in! The slower 10 k runners soon had Jenson and another bunch off…

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Sunday 12th February 2017 – Liversedge Half Marathon

Sunday 12th February 2017 – Liversedge Half Marathon

Report from Billy R Myself and Sara Richard travelled to Roberttown for the Liversedge Half Marathon. Not known for being a PB course due to ‘undulations’, conditions were made worse by wind, snow and sub zero temperatures. However, not wanting to let each other down we both reluctantly took our place at the start. I can safely say that it was not an enjoyable experience and by the time I finished, in a time of 2:04:57, I was wet, freezing…

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Sunday 12th February – Windy Hill Fell Race

Sunday 12th February – Windy Hill Fell Race

Race report from Matt Podd This is a BM 9 mile Fell race with 1300ft of ascent, held near Littleborough at the bottom of the big hill on the M62. My mentor Dave suggested we enter this and so off we set on Sunday morning into the snow and gales. The race started and finished at a Rugby club which was warm with food and drink available. Good job as outside it was snowing and blowing a gale. Bravely we…

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Saturday 11th February – Carnethy 5 Hill Race

Saturday 11th February – Carnethy 5 Hill Race

Report from the Hon. Handicapper: Carnethy is the 2nd highest of the Pentland Hills that stretch south from Edinburgh.  At just 1880ft it is less than half the height of Ben Nevis.  But don’t let this fact fool you into thinking this is an easy race!  The ‘5’ in the race title refers to the number of hill summits and not the distance, (approx. 6 miles). So after passing the summits of Scald Law, South Black Hill, East and West…

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Saturday 11th February – Park Runs

Saturday 11th February – Park Runs

Woodhouse Moor parkrun A total of 372 runners took part. View full results for Woodhouse Moor parkrun event #496 Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club   ↓ Run Time ↓ 1 1 Alec FRANCIS Hyde Park Harriers 00:17:17 16 1 Camilla WEST Serpentine RC 00:19:41 104 18 Nicola LEE Otley AC 00:23:54 Bradford parkrun A total of 366 runners took part. View full results for Bradford parkrun event #349 Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club  …

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Wednesday 8th February – Barnsley Winter Track Series 10k

Wednesday 8th February – Barnsley Winter Track Series 10k

Report from Mark Hall: I braved the rush hour traffic and eventually arrived at the Barnsley Dorothy Hyman track. Having never raced a track 10k before I ran most of the race in a small group at a comfortable pace. I was disappointed not to go sub 35 mins as I finished with ‘gas in the tank’ The race was enjoyable and surprisingly passed quickly. The conditions were excellent. I finished 3rd in 35.16. winner was Dan Kestrel, Barnsley ac…

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Runner of the Month for January

Runner of the Month for January

 Sarah Fuller and Ryk Downes were awarded the prizes this month.  Sarah for successfully completing the week long Spine race and Ryk for his similarly mad sounding adventure in Cambodia at the Angkor 40k. Both extremely well deserved, well done both.  

Sunday 5th February – Dewsbury 10.2k

Sunday 5th February – Dewsbury 10.2k

Report from Billy R After getting up in the middle of the night, Ann Y picked me up for the drive over to Dewsbury in time for a 9am start!! Although cool there was little wind and no rain, ideal for running. We didn’t see any other Black & Whites prior to the start. On arriving at the start area Ann had to seek the assistance of the St Johns Ambulance to treat an injury. After receiving treatment and given…

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Saturday 4th February – Park Runs

Saturday 4th February – Park Runs

Woodhouse Moor parkrun A total of 536 runners took part. View full results for Woodhouse Moor parkrun event #495 Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   1 1 Benjamin DOUGLAS Notts AC 00:15:56 32 32 Tony WALKER Otley AC 00:21:01 39 39 James RAWSTRON Otley AC 00:21:13 49 49 Matt PODD Otley AC 00:21:36 55 1 Andrea VIDAL DURA Unattached 00:21:43 79 72 Peter GOSLING Otley AC 00:22:30 99 13 Sara ELLIOTT Otley AC 00:23:11 291 73 Alice WEBSTER Otley…

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Saturday 4th February – Rombalds Stride

Saturday 4th February – Rombalds Stride

Report from Stephen Boddy: I felt a lot of pressure going into this event as the reigning Champion.* It weighed down heavily on me, I didn’t want to let the club down and I knew people would be watching closely for any mistakes. Would I mix my metaphors? Would I split an infinitive? The writer of the year award was a weight on my shoulders (well my midriff actually, I ate the whole toblerone on the way home from the…

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