Brass Monkey Half Marathon:- Times are:- Leaving Blue Flame at 6.30am Leaving York Racecourse at 1pm Budget just less that 2 hours to return.   Northern Cross Country Championships (Pontefract):- Times are:- Leaving Blue Flame at 9am. Bus will be there for 8.45am Leaving Pontefract at approx. 4.30pm Budget approx. 2 hours 30 mins to return. (Taking into account service station stops).   On both buses you are reminded that no glass bottles are allowed on board. Any questions please let me know asap.  

A big congratulations is in order to our honorable membership secretary who yesterday completed 242 parkruns and 600 days consecutive running. An amazing achievement and is richly deserved. Well done sir.

For the first time in this season’s cross country season the sun didn’t shine, but the calm, relatively mild weather offered good running conditions. The course was certainly a breeze compared to last week, though there were a couple of tricky narrow sections to negotiate which made overtaking challenging. First counter for Heaton Ladies was Katie Maxwell who is getting increasingly stronger in cross country; Katie gained promotion to medium pack-well done! The other counters were Kelly, who had a great run, and Nadia, who despite not being particularly chuffed Continue Reading →

It was another mild Autumnal day that greeted our youngsters at the new Harrier League venue near Durham city centre. Most runners seemed to agree that this was a “proper” cross country course, with lots of mud, some steep descents, plenty of twists and turns and of course a couple of nasty climbs. After record numbers in the opening Under 11 races of the season the League made the sensible decision to split the race into separate girls and boys races. First to sample the new format and the new Continue Reading →