On a weekend that Great Britain’s professional athletes won silver in both the male and female 100 metre relay races at the World Championship in the hot and humid climate of Qatar, Gade Valley Harriers took to the streets of Abbots Langley in pursuit of silverware of their own, in somewhat cooler conditions. Four of the first finishers at the …
This week marked the end of the 2018-19 season for Gade Valley Harriers and on Thursday they looked back on a successful year of running, both competitively in races and in making improvements in their general running. Over the last twelve months, club members have competed in 1,175 races covering almost 3,000 miles, with 57 members reporting personal bests (PBs), …
Most people find running a marathon hard enough but on Saturday Gade Valley Harriers had one member who took on a mammoth swim and bike ride before he ran the 26.2-mile distance, two others who competed in longer running races, one that took part in a long distance bike ride, and another who completed a half marathon the day after …
It was a day of half marathons for a small number of Gade Valley Harriers on Sunday, with club members taking part in four different 13.1-mile events around the country. Julian Smith and Leona Flaherty were in action at the Great Bristol Half, Rich Coles competed in the Harrow Half and David Thompson participated in the Run Reigate Half. The …
A wine tasting tour doesn’t usually involve breaking into a sweat, but when you have to run a couple of miles between each drinks station, in fancy dress, it becomes a whole different experience as nine ladies from Gade Valley Harriers discovered on Sunday when they travelled to England’s largest vineyard in search of one of the year’s more fun …
I’ve been asked to waffle on a bit about last month’s 100 mile jog round Wendover Woods. This one-off event was dreamt up by the always brilliant Centurion Running in response to popular demand (Facebook) calling for a 100 mile version of their regular Wendover 50 mile race. Centurion ultras always sell out (sometimes within hours) so it was worrying to see only 45 entrants out …
After the majority of Gade Valley Harriers took a much needed break from racing for the bank holiday weekend, it was back to business as usual this weekend with a large number of club members competing in local events, with athletes securing category position wins and picking up PBs (personal bests). A huge contingent of Harriers took part in the …
Well done to Andy Cook, Helen Cook and Gareth Tucker for completing your 100th ParkRun this weekend, and to Bill Hawes who broke his own Gadebridge Park ParkRun MV50 club record at the same event. Also to Teresa Reason who was first female at the South Downs Midnight Marathon last night. ParkRuns are timed 5km events which take place every …
Another weekend of unsettled weather was not going to dampen the spirits of the handful of Gade Valley Harriers that had planned to compete in races. Dave Goodman, Susie Ivin and Helen Heathcote have amassed 90 marathons between them and on Sunday they were taking part in the 5,4,3,2,1 trail runs in Wiltshire – a series of events which offer …
Gade Valley Harriers had a large turnout at a local 10k event on Sunday and also had members competing in the UKs biggest mass-participant cycling event, and a long distance triathlon. The main action was at the Aylesbury Rugby Club for the Bearbook 10k, which treated runners to almost perfect race conditions – the polar opposite to recent weekends of …