Harry Johnson on Saturday 9th obliterated his own 5K PB by an astonishing 31secs to finish 12th in the highly recognised Adidas Podium 5K at Barrowford.
Stacked full of internationals, Harry ran 14.03 ahead of Olympic gold medallist Jonny Brownlee and arch rival of fellow club mate of Max Burgin, Ben Pattison. The race was won in 13.36 by Belgian Ruben Hendrix with Leeds City's 2024 Marathon Olympian Phil Sesseman 3rd in 13.38.
Both Harry and coach Matthew Pierson are delighted with the fast progress, which has elevated Harry to elite status with 18 months of coaching.
Please find below a link the Santa Hat Dash Charity Run which is being held on Sunday 8th December and is in aid of the My Mito Mission charity.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/tdUJBYFhGgfo5rVD
Green is the new red! Join us on Sunday 8th December for our Santa Dash, raising funds and awareness for mitochondrial disease while having some Christmas family fun!
Tickets available now at just £15 for adults and £5 for kids, which includes your very own green Santa hat, a lapel pin & certificate to remember the day by.
Find out more & get your tickets now on our website: https://www.mymitomission.uk/santa-dash-2024/
As well as runners help is also required on the day. If you could give a little time to help then please contact Martin Haigh at martin@lattitude7.co.uk
Many thanks, Martin Haigh
Twenty young Halifax Harriers travelled to Berry Hill Park in Mansfield on Saturday 2nd November to compete at the iconic English Cross Country Relays. Although there were some incompete teams, the younger Harriers represented the club in the U13, U15 and U17 age groups, running against some of the best clubs in the country.
The U17 Men fielded two teams, with the A Team of Chester Gately, Eli Cattermole and Ben Slow (who was making a welcomed return to competiton) finishing 37th out of 92 teams. The B Team of Henry Hallam, Matthew Booth and Daniel Hord finished in 72nd place.
Two of the U17 Women, Nia Harrison-Sargent and Annie Thorp had strong performances and were placed well up the field in their incomplete team.
The U15 Girls Team of Kitty Harrison-Sargent, Alesha and Lily Atkinson finished 62nd team out of 89, with Kitty finishing a strong first leg in 24th place.
The U15 Boys A Team of William Pickering, Harry Booth and Beau Clark came home in 48th place out of the 91 teams, with Albert Jones running the first leg for an incomplete B Team.
The U13 Boys were 55th out of 70 teams with James Sutcliffe, Alexander Weatherby and Maximus Cooper. Fleur Parkinson ran leg 1 in the U13 Girls race.
Well done to all who made the journey. The next Cross Country race will be the 3rd race in the West Yorkshire League on Sunday 10th November at Middleton Park, Leeds. Entries are being taken up to 7th November (see calendar page for more details).