Another great fun night out on Tuesday at Bunny Run 2 in Haworth with an excellent turnout of a dozen Halifax Harriers. Joshua Hall-Brown overcame his, shall we say "adventurous" footwear choice (spikes!!) to finish 8th in 17:09, just sprinting past Alex Franklin in the closing metres, which was a bit harsh as Alex had run very well and shown Josh the way round. Will Cattermole improved significantly on last week's run to finish 20th and 3rd U17 Boy in 18:39, just behind Liam Parkin, who had a great run on his fell racing debut (despite wearing Josh's hopeless Hokas).
Nigel Crossfield had another stormer in 41st, picking up the 2nd MV50 prize along the way in 20:25. Lee Cattermole didn't manage to win the family battle, but did finish in 48th (20:57), having slid his way around in less than ideal footwear (there's a theme here). Jayde McGregor wasn't far behind in 54th (21:29), picking up a deserved Easter egg for being 3rd U17 girl, to add to the one she won last week.
Jane Hobson led the senior ladies home in 24:52, also winning an Easter Egg for placing third in the FV50 category. Nigel Jamieson was close behind in 25:47. Andrea Ackroyd (26:06), Martin Ellis (28:08) and Jenny St Romaine (33:02) rounded off a really heartwarming show from Team Halifax.
Bunny Run 3 is next Tuesday with the Bunny Relays the following Tuesday. The Relays are a mad dash around the 1.5 mile large Bunny Run loop and will be a fun alternative to Tuesday night road/track sessions if anyone fancies it.
On a beautiful sunny morning three Harriers ran in the fun seaside city of Brighton.
The marathon and 10k both start in beautiful Preston Park nearby and finish on the glorious promenade, though they take quite different routes.
Tom Paget gained a personal best in the marathon with a time of 3.14.20 Credit to Tom!
The Cumbers ran the 10k and were curious to find the course had been changed this year to a much hillier version!
Geoff still managed to win the V75 age category in a time of 48.29 and even beat the V70 and V65 categories.
Sarah Louise Cumber was 2nd in the V50 category in 39.37. Note: the first V50 lady ran 37.07, which is amazing and shows anything is possible!
Ice creams were high on the agenda that afternoon.
Max Wharton set the fastest time at any Parkrun in the country on Saturday, clocking 15:03; more than 10 seconds faster than anyone else. Max set his Parkrun PB at Bushy Park in southwest London, the birthplace of Parkrun.
Erawan Wanithanont finished sixth in Sunday's Big Flat Runway Half Marathon at Elvington near York. Erawan ran a PB of 1:25:34 and was first in his age group (M40). Wayne Stevens completed the course in 1:53:22. Meanwhile, John Moore ran the 10k event at the same venue, finishing in 57:43.
Closer to home, three Harriers participated in the Flat Caps 10k on Sunday. This challenging, hilly road race is organised by Sowerby Bridge Snails. Gareth Burrell led the trio home in 44:21, finishing 11th overall. Paul Hopkinson and Chris Burrell recorded times of 53:57 and 59:56 respectively.
Also on Sunday, Will Carver ran the Leamington Spa 10k in 40:27 to finish 49th in a field of more than 1,300 runners. Son, Fred, representing Warwick University Athletics, was 39th - and third male junior - in 39:26.