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Archived results - 2007 | 2006

December 28 - Jolly Holly Jog, Ripon - 30 Harriers took part in this challenging 10K - 471 finishers.

December 26 - Chevin Chase - 833 runners took part in this year's edition of the Chevin Chase won by Bingley's Alistair Brownlee. Chris Miller was the first Harrier home with an excellent 9th place finish; Issy Rowe, warming up for the Jolly Holly Jog in two days, was the first female Harrier to cross the finish line.

December 14 - Calderdale Way Relay - see Cross Country page

November 30 - Thirsk 10 Miler

November 23 - Leeds Abbey Dash - Led by Tom Denwood in 36:42, sixteen Harriers broke 50 minutes, an outstanding showing. The women were led by Wendy Marks in a PB of 45:03 followed by Helen Price in 47:03. 4952 finishers - Full results

November 9 - Maltby 7, Teeside - Stephen Nesbitt (42nd, 46:32), Sue Simpson (99th, 51:55, 2nd F45) - 243 finishers - Results

November 2 - Guy Fawkes 10-Miler - Results

For those who have never heard of HellRunner, their web-site (www.hellrunner.co.uk) describes it:

“Your appointment with Hell commences 1100am! HellRunner™ is over multi-terrain and varying underfoot conditions. There will be everything from running tracks and trails to water-filled areas and plenty of steep hills. Expect to get very wet! It will be nature at its toughest. The course will be marked but do not expect to see mile or kilometre markers….that’s for those softy road running types. All you need to know is that the course will be probably more than 10 and less than 12 miles in length. Hey! With what we have in store, who’s counting?”

It includes the “Hills of Hell”, and the “Bogs of Doom” – both very apt names as it transpires.

The Hell Up North (there is a Southern one as well) is run in Delamere Forest (Cheshire). It is a very well organised event, with about 1,600 competitors this year. After you have parked your car you have a mile or so to walk to the start/baggage area. As you approach all you can hear are “hell” related songs coming over the speakers (“Bat Out of Hell”, ”Highway to Hell” etc.) – everything just to let you know what you have in store – but until you’ve done it, you can’t really comprehend.

The start is from an open field area and is intended to spread the field a little. It rapidly becomes a half mile of twisting climb followed by a steep descent in to the Forest. 1600 people going up a narrow path does not make for the fastest ascent, but at least it stops you going off too fast – this would be a mistake of epic proportions on this course.

The first couple of miles are your average off-road slog, but then it starts to get interesting. As you enter the forest you start to hear shrieks from the people in front (pain or pleasure? It is hard to tell). As you arrive at the source, you see the screams are invariably because there is a knee-high bog to run through (or attempt to leap over – you will not make it, trust me!), or a seemingly vertical hill to somehow scale whilst trying not to slip back in to the bog you just left behind.

After about 6 or 7 miles you run up and down (and up and down, and up and down) a series of hills that remind you why staying in bed on a Sunday is such a popular pass-time, and make the hills you have done up until now look like a gentle canal-side jog. By the time you have completed these you have very little left, but you start to get the feeling that you have more pain (& in a strange way pleasure) to come!

Things rather suspiciously start to get a bit wetter and steeper. Every twist and turn ends with the option of a precarious run over some dodgy looking logs (after the first fall off one of these they were best avoided) or a wade through some bog with an odour unlikely to find its way on to the perfume shelves this Xmas.

The finale was two stretches where the (cold!) water and mud came up to the waist. These are best entered by a jump into the breach and a prayer for a good landing. For some reason this stretch was where the spectators decided to congregate and offer “encouragement” (but strangely no help!). As you left the waist deep quagmire and tried to run it felt as though your legs had been replaced by those of a small flapping duck. If, like me, you are 6ft 2in and 14+ stone you quickly realise there are no ducks strong enough to carry your diet needing body any further.

You then approach the finish (or so you think).  Just as you get to what appears to be the end you get one last little hill to totally finish you off. After this a nice sprint for the line! They don’t know the distance of the race (it was 11.04m according to my Garmin) but it took me 2:12:11 (12 minute miles!). So a personal best for an 11.04m run – so pretty pleased with that!

I have never done a run where so many people fell, walked or stopped dead wondering what to do. But also laughed, screamed (with pleasure), chatted and helped each other all the way along. Everybody was smiling from start to finish. It is not clear yet how much of my running kit will survive. The shoes & socks are not looking good, but I have great hopes for the rest of it, and it will be needed for next year.

If you want to have a great laugh, get dirty as it is possible to get (and you get REALLY dirty), and find lots of mad people in one place – this is the race for you! Thoroughly recommended.

November 1 - The Saucony English Cross Country Relays - Mansfield - see Cross Country page

October 19 - Almscliff Crag Handicap Race - results

October 19 - Richmond Castle 10K - Tim Broomfield (53rd, 42:35, 9/47 M50)), Mark Jordan (83, 44:13), Philip Sagar (103, 45:37), Graeme Kilvington (131, 46:54) - 447 finishers - results

October 19 - Leicester Half Marathon - Wendy Marks 1:46:16 (397th/1331) - Results

October 12 - Great Eastern Run, Half Marathon, Peterborough - Andrew Grant - 1:28:40 (164th/2705) - Results

October 4/5...It was a busy weekend for the Harriers, who ran in at least five races on Saturday and SUnday. The largest contingent took part in the Bupa Great North Run in Newcastle along with over 50,000 other competitors. Leading the club was Sue Dolan, who took a fantastic 6th place in the F45 category. Her time of 1:31:02 led all Harriers across the finish line - Results

Sue Dolan..................1:31:02
Paul Dowie.................1:32:54
Chris Steele...............1:35:25
Alistair Duff................1:35:50
Tom Bartle.................1:46:48
Mark Hattersley..........1:48:31
Sophie Milson.............1:54:05
Wendy Marks.............1:55:41
Laura de Graff............2:02:20
Carmel Duffy..............2:03:42
William Mallioux..........2:05:04
Richard Kavanagh.......2:07:13
Valerie Anne Slawson..2:18:49
Nigel Dobson.............2:20:38
Michelle Walton.........2:20:38
Susan Bartle.............2:38:19

October 5 - Harewood 10 Mile Trail Race - Results - 505 finishers

October 5 - Shaun Lee Johnstone Memorial 10 Miler - a wet and muddy afffair, all for a good cause...Pat Brew (14th, 1:18:37), Tony Essex (15th, 1:18:53), Tim Pocock (19th, 1:23:07), Stephanie Byrnes (41, 1:33:21), Gerard Byrnes (42, 1:33:22) - 64 runners - Results

October 5 - Lafarge Helwith Bridge Duathlon, nr. Settle - 4m run, 23m ride, 4m run. Tim Broomfield - 1st place M50, 18th overall; Steve Trudgeon (30th), Anne Scaife (44th), Jacke Buxton (56th) - Results

October 4 - Foston and Thorton Le Clay 10K - Sue Simpson took 1st place in the F45 category (50th overall, 45:52) and Coralin Harrison took 2nd in the F60 category (118th, 1:02:29). 125 finishers - results

September 28 - Duathlon World Championships - Rimini, Italy - Richard Hamilton took 37th in his age group and finished an excellent 149th out of 677 starters - read his account here. Results

September 28 - Sutton Seven - Sutton-on-the-Forest, nr. York - Sue Simpson took 1st place in the F45 category (48th overall, 51:16) while John Richardson took 3rd place in the M45 age group (34th, 48:42). Also running was Coralin Harrison in the F55+ category (1:12:09). Results

Coralin Harrison, John Richardson and Sue Simpson at the Sutton Seven

September 28 - Harrogate Charity Race - Chris Miller 1st place in 35:31 - Results

September 21 - Kirkstall Valley Trail Race - John Richardson (43rd, 51:32) - Results

September 21 - Ryedale 10.75, Malton - Sue Simpson (35th, 1:18:56), Martyn Price (40th, 1:20:39), Helen Price (61st, 1:25:37), Nick Swearman (66th, 1:26:10) - Results

September 14 - Wetherby 10K - Richard Hamilton led the Harriers home in a fine time of 36.58, good for 15th place out of 532 runners. Details to follow - full results courtesy of John Schofield.

September 7 - Leeds Half Marathon - full results

August 31 - Escrick 10K, York - Stephen O'Neill - 1st place - 34:03. Also, Philip Sagar (55, 45:09), Martin Hirst (68, 46:51), Paul Baxter (162, 57:20) - Results

August 31 - Staveley Stampede - A ten miler that, due to a marshalling error, turned out to be closer to 11.5 miles. Brian Miller and Fred Hicks, both in the M50 category, were the first to cross the line for the club. Full results

August 12 - York Millennium Bridge 5K - Richard Hamilton (17:40), Dan Cheeseman (19:06), Katherine Copeland (21:08), Philip Sagar (21:22), Kirstie Hamilton (25:53) - results

August 3 - Idle Trail Race - Sue Simpson takes 1st place in the F45 category (82nd, 49:07), Nick Swearman (119th, 52:22) - 305 finishers - results

July 27 - Harrogate Town Centre 10K - Results here

July 20 - 29th Northumberland Coastal Run - 800 runners took part in this run from Beadnell Bay to Alnmouth including sixteen from the club. First Harrier to finish was Steve Trudgeon in 60th place (1:32:00) followed by Tim Haas in 71st (1:33:02) and John Richardson in 110th (1:37:44). Anne Scaife was the first female Harrier to finish in a time of 1:42:27 followed by Wendy Marks (1:50:42) and Helen Price (1:54:26). Full results here

Place Name Time 60 Steve Trudgeon 1:32:00 71 Tim Haas 1:33:02 110 John Richardson 1:37:44 154 Mick Shakespeare 1:41:04 171 Anne Scaife 1:42:27 333 Wendy Marks 1:50:42 372 Martyn Price 1:52:57 398 Helen Price 1:54:26 423 Rosalind Emslie 1:56:19 598 Fiona Smith 2:06:43 599 Jane Robbins 2:06:55 600 Sophie Milson 2:06:55 603 Kathy Brady 2:07:07 660 Jane Rowbotham 2:11:29 661 Rona Bradley 2:11:30 662 Richard Smith 2:11:30

Harrogate Harriers at the 29th Annual Coastal Run - 20 July 2008

Sue Dolan finished 3rd woman overall and 1st in the F45 category with a time of 41:31. Sue Simpson followed in 45:06 (4th F45) ahead of Jean Croft in 49:06 (6th F45).

Ripon 10 Miler - May 11, 2008 (picture courtesy of Coralin Harrison)

April 20 - Rothwell 10K - Tim Pocock led the Harriers home in 43:21 in Sunday's 10K at Rothwell. Not far behind him, Sue Simpson finished 7th out of 40 in her category. Martin Hirst also ran an excellent race, finishing in 45:00, good for 9th place in the M60 category. 668 finishers - full results here.

March 30 - Wakefield Hospice 10K - Chris Miller (15th, 35:07), Graeme Kilvington (273rd, 43:59), 1260 finishers - Results

March 9 - East Hull 20 - Three Harriers made the trip to Hull for the East Hull 20 miler. Tom Denwood finished in 2:15 (45th) followed by Tim Haas in a PB of 2:23 (68th) and James Hawkins, also running a PB (2:50). East Hull Harriers website.

March 2 - Norton 9 - Congratulations to Sue Simpson, who captured the F45 title at the Norton 9 by over four minutes. Her time of 66:16 (a nine-mile PB!) put her ahead of the 31 women in her category. Also running were Tim Pocock (64:53) and Nick Swearman (72:04). 429 finishers - Results

March 2 - Liverpool Half Marathon - Nigel Dobson, who will be represnting the club in the Flora London Marathon, set a PB on Sunday in the Liverpool Half Marathon with a time of 1:58:28. Well done to Nigel for getting under two hours and we wish him all the best as he prepares for London! Results

February 24 - Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon - As an awardee of one of the club's three places in the 2008 Flora London Marathon, Kathy Brady prepared by running a 1:53:25, 762nd place out of 1361 runners. Results

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February 24 - St. Wilfrids Muddy Boots 10K, Ripon - Sixteen Harriers took part in the second running of this race led home by Matt Hallam who finished in 5th place; Stuart Johnstone followed close behind in 7th place. Issy Rowe was first female for the club. 242 finishers - Results on Ripon Runners website.

February 3 - Tough Guy - "Tough Guy 2008 was a great obstacle course and had about 8 miles of
running mixed in with all the mud, walls, water, fire and tunnels. The race is held in the winter in Wolverhampton, near Birmingham. Managed to place 548th out of almost 3,000 finishers in 91 minutes,
34 seconds. It was fun, but not something I plan to do again. Thank goodness it was a nice and sunny day!" Tim Haas

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January 7, 2008 - Ringway Relay - Results - The Harriers' elite team won the race while the ladies team (Harrogate Hogmanay Harriers) also did well knocking 13 mins off last year’s time.

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