This Sunday several Harriers travelled to Alicante in Spain to participate in the oldest half marathon in the world.
A few thousand runners twisted and weaved through Elche's undulating, but mainly flat city centre route, which culminated in a very colourful and packed finishing area.
In good cool conditions and sun shining, Hazel Berrett fantastically brought home the silverware by winning her age group category and, cheered on by her teammates and the big crowd, she duly collected her winning trophy on the podium.
Harriers results (chip times):
105th Simon Johnson 1-25-03 2nd V55
369th Ryan Barker 1-34-46
640th Will Stewart 1-40-17
641st April Stewart 1-40-18
1097th Paul Hopkinson 1-49-03
1099th Hazel Berrett 1-49-09 V60 1st
1546th Mark Crabtree 1-56-56
2063rd Fiona Murphy 2-12-59
Well done to all the Harriers that took part in this morning's very wet and very muddy Keighley 5k. Considering the conditions, there were some excellent results with the Harriers taking 8 of the first 20 places.
This was the latest race in the Harriers Race Challenge. The full results can be found on the Recent Races tab of the Harriers website and the current standings in the Race Challenge can be found on the Club Races - Harriers Road Race Challenge tab, link below. Next up in the Challenge is the Leeds Roundhay Park 5k on Sunday 21st April.
https://www.halifaxharriers.co.uk/club-races/harriers-race-challenge/
A great night was had by all on Friday 23rd February at Southowram Cricket Club for the Pig Racing evening. A fantastic £206 was raised for the club including a very generous donation by Will Stewart of his winnings in the grand final race. Thanks to Angela Cowton for organising, and to Peter and all the team at Southowam for making us welcome and putting on a great evening. We will be running this ever popular event again.
More photos can be seen on the Gallery page following this link Halifax Harriers