Summer petered out last weekend with a chilly Bank Holiday, before September arrived. The extended weekend gave members of Gade Valley Harriers one last chance to try to beat their Virtual Summer Handicap times of the last few months. Some of the quickest runners at the club left it until the last minute to do battle. Matthew Watt held …
Since restrictions on large groups of people were introduced in March virtual racing has become standard for thousands of runners around the world. So when Active Training World announced they were holding a 10k in St Albans this Sunday after a relaxation of restrictions, a small number of members from Gade Valley Harriers decided it would be a good opportunity …
After a 22 week hiatus from racing because of the coronavirus pandemic, members of Gade Valley Harriers finally got back to racing in August. There was no surprise that the first two club mates to pin on running numbers were the two members who had raced almost every weekend between them prior to lockdown – Dave Goodman and Phil Mercer. …
Considering there were no physical races in June, it was a pretty busy month for members of Gade Valley Harriers, as virtual races became more and more popular. The summer solstice is usually marked by a Friday evening race along the Alban Way in St Albans. For the last couple of years it has been hugely popular for club members, …
Over the last six weeks Gade Valley Harriers’ Teresa Reason and Chris Dowling have been taking part in the Ultra X Virtual Race World Series. The event started with three qualifiers throughout May. Participants had to run a set distance wherever they wanted on the given dates and points were awarded based on the percentile in which they finished …
Alongside the GVH Virtul Relay on Sunday was the Junior Virtual Relay, which saw six teams of three or four children go head to head to complete ten miles between them. The rules were simple – run from home, run with a parent or responsible adult and only one member of each team can run at a time. With a …
On Sunday the hotly-anticipated, inaugural GVH Virtual Relay took place in a bid to replace a lack of official races and club meets. Club members were placed in evenly matched teams of four and had to complete a total of thirty miles between 5:00 am and 8:00 pm. Only one member from each team could be running at any time …
Since the middle of March there have been no official races pretty much anywhere in the world, due to the coronavirus outbreak. However there have been plenty of virtual events and challenges, and on Saturday Gade Valley Harrier Alistair Flowers hosted the Lockdown 24-hour Virtual Race. The event gave entrants the opportunity to complete as many five mile “laps” as …
Marathon training can be tough, Ok it’s always tough. And Marathon training can make you or break you and for our boys Member of the Month for March I think the former applies. Gareth’s recent performances have confirmed this, not only has he performed amazingly in races but his training paces have shown a new level of fitness achieved when …
For March there are two winners of the ladies’ Member of the Month award and they are… Kim Morgan and Sam Raffety! Kim had a place for VLM on April 26th and Sam had entered Manchester Marathon scheduled for April 5th, and their training had been intense and fruitful. It was due to be the first marathon for both of …