Race report – Lesley Patchett Having entered but failed to run this last year due to lack of fitness I was determined to give this another shot. I couldn’t believe how nervous I was beforehand and any worries about not being ‘light’ enough were eradicated as I went to the loo about 4 times before I was eventually set off in wave 4 at about 10:30. 😄 Starting nice and steady down to the University, looping back past Woodhouse Moor…
Race report Matt Podd A fantastic turnout of 13 runners from Otley AC for the third running of this big local marathon, with a lot of marathon virgins. Superb support all round the course, especially through Otley and from the team cheerleaders on the hill. As well as the frequent and well organised water and feed stations on the course there were loads of folk offering goodies and cooling sprays. The race was well organised and no real issues. It’s…
Report from Graham Lake This was my first fell race since Roseberry Topping in late summer last year. I started off steady as wasn’t sure how my foot would react, choosing the easier under-foot, but longer, option of sticking to the main path. With the incredibly dry weather and a track that had been ‘flattened’ by some vehicle or other, it was a fast dash up and over the moor to the pub. I’d kept it fairly steady until half…
Race Report: Alison Bowers You can’t beat an LDWA run in so many ways. For starters, the entry fee was £8.20 — I consumed enough malt loaf en route to a similar value! As usual, I did no route preparation. I was literally running off the GPX on my watch, as the evening before, my printer was playing up – no map or instructions! It was also touch and go whether I would run at all, having recently taken up…
Race report Emma Hart We were quite late entries to Melmerby 10k keeping an eye on the forecast before deciding to go ahead when it looked like being cooler than it has been. We arrived and it was a shock to the system getting out of the car with a chilly northerly wind and I wished I’d put more layers on. We headed for shelter in the village hall, collected our numbers and decided to sit inside and keep warm…
Race report Verity Glover After Edinburgh marathon 3 years ago, I’d said ‘never again’… here we are 3 years later… in London!!! I have always wanted to do London marathon and with the club ballot place I couldn’t say no. Tom Paget, Amie Jordan & Sean Hornby were doing it too. Training had actually gone really well and I was enjoying it. Until taper week struck and bam – cold city. Gutted, but no way was I backing out over…
Otley AC were out in style at this local race with 14 on the start line for the BBW half marathon (and a bit). This was the 30th year of this race hosted by Baildon Runners. A multi terrain course starting at Baildon Rugby Club, mainly off road through woodland with a good mix of paths, roads, towpaths and moorland with most of the elevation towards the end of the race. Several water stations on route too. The weather was…
Race report Paul Tranter With only two weeks left until the Leeds Marathon it was time for another long run. A quick search for local races threw up another opportunity to run a 20 mile race with It’s Grim Up North Running (IGUN). This time, an out and back route on the Aire and Calder Navigation from Skelton Lake Service Station and, just like Knaresborough two weeks ago, this was another venue change, though at least it happened before entering…
Race report Matt Podd I’m a fan of the Due North Trail Half Marathon series – 3 races centred around the south of the Dales. This year I’m trying to do all three and be a series winner. I did this race last year with Emma H, but today I wasthe only OAC participant. On the way over I met Matt and Steve at Ilkley petrol shop on their way to bring glory to the club in the Three Peaks…
Race report Laura Hornby Never would I have thought when I started Couch to 5K in September 2023 that it would lead me to Berlin in April 2025 to compete in the Berlin Half Marathon with 42,000 other competitors. Now ranked as one of the 6 Super halfs (since 2024) with Lisbon, Prague, Copenhagen, Cardiff and Valencia – it’s safe to say I was very nervous about it all.The run started in waves and I was in the largest and…