Due to the weather conditions the decision has been taken that all training will be cancelled tonight.
Halifax Harriers took part in a Food Bank Run on the evening of Tuesday 6th February. Setting off from Spring Hall, they ran to Sainsbury's as part of their normal weekly training runs where they stopped off to donate food to the Halifax Community Fridge and then continued their run.
The Halifax Community Fridge, is open daily enabling residents and businesses to share surplus food and for anyone to help themselves to quality food that would otherwise be wasted. Unlike food banks, the Halifax Community Fridge is not means-tested - it is available to anyone. It is also discreetly situated and mostly unmanned, to avoid any stigma its users may otherwise feel.
The Food Bank Run is a nationwide campaign gaining pace and created off the back of a run started in 2018 by Fareham Running Club in Hampshire.
February is a key time of the year where families are hardest hit. Christmas has come and gone, a time where families feel the pressure to put food on the table and spend money on their children, plus there is a pause on some household bills.
Then February arrives and suddenly the bills arrive at a time when cash is even harder to come by. This is why the month of February is such an important time of the year and why we’re focusing on supporting Food Bank Runs.
The Harriers felt that as a club we had to do something, and decided to take part in this initiative.
A trio of Harriers ran the Meltham ‘tough’ 10k this morning in a field of 318. Living up to its name, the race climbs nearly 700ft in 4.5 miles, but then the runners are rewarded with a very fast last mile - the race is renowned for many runners setting their fastest ever mile, and this year on Strava it appears no different!
The conditions were perfect today and not TOO windy for this course - it’s been a lot worse! The views from the top were lovely as always. Will was first home for us, with a time of 41:33. Sarah Cumber was next (3rd lady overall!) in 42:28 and finally April Stewart in 44:13.