Race report Lee Gumbrell An early in the calendar fell race that really is one of my favourites. Stanbury Splash has it all in under 7 miles, river crossing, climbs and cold weather. Unfortunately the fell race didn’t seem to appeal to many others of the clubs members and it was down to just me and Antonio to represent the black and whites. Starting at Penistone Hill and then running down to the stream to get our feet wet, we…
After January’s postponement because of heavy snow , today’s conditions were much more like Spring than Winter. A varied course of woods, farm fields and hard gravel tracks. Six of the youngest Otley juniors started the day with their one mile race, followed by another three in the two mile race. The senior men had a five minute start over the ladies. Jamie over took Rogan to finish as first Otley in the men’s race which was won by Freddie…
A third place finish for Peter Crowder at Thorp Perrow, a fourth for Sean Hornby at Conyngham Hall and a second female finish for Emma Hart at Cockermouth Greenway. Well done everyone. Pos Gender Pos Parkrunner Club Time Abbey Park 1 1 Thomas Key Harborough AC 17:08 9 1 Nicola Hood Unattached 20:07 141 35 Kate Lodge Otley AC 27:51 Chevin Forest 1 1 James Lee Ilkley…
Race report Paul Tranter Always good to plan some running events when visiting relatives so another weekend in Leicester and a chance to take part in the Leicestershire Half Marathon (after the compulsory parkrun at Watermead Country Park on the Saturday of course).The Leicestershire Half takes place in the University Town of Loughborough and is organised by RunThrough. We’ve done quite a few RunThrough events in the Midlands and this one was once again well organised.A bit of pre-planning saw…
Race report Laura Hind I entered the Billing on a whim, thinking a race at the other end of half term after GWF relay would be good motivation. It was cheap, local and not too far – what wasn’t to like? Hadn’t done a thorough cross check of dates though, so ended up being the same date & time as the Wellington handicap, meaning I had to fit that in somewhere too. Cue a Friday morning trip up with Sara…
A perfect start to the year for Tom Hannah winning the second club handicap in a row. A bit easier than his six second win a Harewood as he finished more than two minutes ahead of Sue and Alison in second and third. Thanks to Colin Best on stop watch duties and Caron on route marking. Steve Davey and Jack Robertshaw for photo evidence, see below the results list. Back in 2020 Tom won the January and March handicaps but…
After gathering 16 winter fools for a relay race in December around the Aire Valley; team names created, costumes gathered, recces accomplished, training completed, a sober night at the Otley OAC Christmas party in anticipation of the big race ahead the next day- what can go wrong! Whilst at the party, message comes through that the race postponed so alcohol consumption reconvened! Saturday 15th February was the new date however due to the logistics of life, new teams were created,…
Lots of park running all over the country again this week. A first place finish for Scott at Rogiet, South Wales which was also a new course pb for him. A third place finish for Lily Richards at the Chevin Forest parkrun and a third place finish for Leo Johnson at Potternewton Park. New parkrun pb at Battersea for Isabel Hart. Well done everyone. Pos Gender Pos Parkrunner Club Time Bath Skyline 1 1 David Quinn…
Thank you to everyone who attended the Awards night on Friday 14th February. We appreciate that this was a clash with the most romantic night of the year (apparently) however we were trying to avoid clashes with races. Anyway, what better way to spend Valentines night that with your running friends 😉 Also, thanks to everyone who made it happen, with special thanks going to Dan for organising the venue, Steve for being our photographer yet again and Stephen Boddy…
Race report: Sean Hornby This was my first attempt an Ultra Marathon and having walked the Harrogate Ringway Walk a few times over the years, I thought it would be a decent entry point for the distance. It was also my first Punk Panther event; I was very familiar with them for obvious reasons and I’d watched a few YouTube vlogs about them prior to the event. The day in question weather-wise was pretty decent, cool but no rain and…