On a cool evening at Whitworth nr Littleborough, Harry Johnson led from start to finish at the Cowm Reservoir 5k. He shot off and by the end had nearly a 2 1/2 minute winning margin to complete the 5K in 15.52 ahead of 150 runners.
It was a double celebration for Harriers as April Stewart was 1st lady in 11th place overall with a fast time of 19.52. Sandwiched in between in 6th place was husband, Will Stewart, with a time of 19.20.
A fantastic photo from last night's Bunny Relays at Haworth where team Cattermole finished 4th overall and won the Family Team prize. The relay baton is a raw egg, which must survive all 3 legs (each team member runs 1.5 miles), hence the study in concentration on Lee's face. (Will Cattermole, Lee Cattermole and Eli Cattermole.)
Our "senior" ladies also had a team; Jane Hobson, Andrea Ackroyd and Stef Dickinson ran (in Tutus).
A brilliant end to the series ... and lots of age group overall series prizes won: Eli 3rd U17, Will 5th overall senior man, Stef 4th FV40, Andrea 3rd FV50 and yours truly 2nd MV60.
Chocolate, beer and a tremendous time had by all at the presentation.
Four Halifax Harriers were amongst the 50,000 runners at this weekend’s London Marathon. Lucy Quemeneur led the quartet home, finishing in 3:07:26. London regular, Angela Clarke, was just outside the four hour mark in 4:00:33. David Ingle and Martin Haigh completed the 26.2 mile course in 4:33:38 and 5:44:22 respectively.
Further afield, Hanni Maeer, represented the club at the Leipzig Marathon in Germany on Sunday. Hanni, who was using the race as a training run for some upcoming longer distance races, finished in 4:10:18.
Ryan Barker also took on the marathon distance this weekend, but away from the roads. Ryan ran the Tissington Trail Marathon in the Peak District along the dismantled railway, finishing in eighth position in 3:20:17 and was second in the MV50 category.
Meanwhile nine Harriers took part in the Leeds Running Festival at Roundhay Park. Eight were competing in the 5k event and were earning points in the club’s Road Race Championships. Stephen Rainbow took second place overall in 19:43 with James O’Rourke close behind in third (20:00). Steve Fitz-Costa also came in the top ten, taking sixth place in 23:05. All three were first in their age group with Sharon Cousen also winning her age group (F50) in 26:41. Indeed, all eight Harriers finished in the first three in their respective age categories. Other Harriers results; Nigel Jamieson (25:35), Deborah Kirkbride (31:12), Chris Kirkbride (31:12) and Steve Denniss (31:46). Clare Fountain completed the 10k race in 1:17:10.
Last weekend, Will Carver and Rachael Beaumont both put in very strong performances at the Manchester Marathon. Will finished in 3:12:42 whilst Rachael completed in 3:33:42, setting a new club record for the F55 age group.
Congratulations to all our runners!
Photo of Martin Haigh, David Ingle and Angela Clarke at the London Marathon