\n The marathon drew over 4,000 participants, with 10 Harriers taking on the 26.2-mile course.\n<\/p>\n
\n Geoff Howard set a new MV80 club record with a time of 4.37.29.\n<\/p>\n
\n Harriers\u2019 Geoff Howard climbing Otley Chevin heading for a new club record (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Gawain Moore finished 16th overall and third M40 with a time of 2.45.48, and Rachel Carter was second F50 with a time of 3.36.25.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Harriers also had nine runners in the Leeds Half Marathon.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jack Cummings finished second overall with a time of 1.09.35, and Jane McCarthy was second F50 with a time of 1.34.25.\n<\/p>\n
\n Earlier in the week, 19 Harriers took part in the Dick Hudson’s Fell Race across Ilkley Moor and back.\n<\/p>\n
\n Oli Murphy was the first finisher, followed by Harry Brook-Dobson in third, Forrest Hamilton in fifth, and Dan McKeown in sixth and first MV40.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the age categories, Matthew Kennedy took first MV50 and Bob Hamilton first MV70.\n<\/p>\n
\n John Hayes was second MV50, David Rees third MV40, Adrian Hall third MV50, and Becky Taylor third LV50.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Harriers also participated in the Ripon 10-Mile race.\n<\/p>\n
\n Matt Newell claimed fifth place with a time of 1.01.18, followed by Jaysson Sawyer in ninth and third M40 with a time of 1.05.44, and Steve Newell third M60 with a time of 1.14.25.\n<\/p>\n
\n They also won the second team prize for the Harriers.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the Fairfield Horseshoe Fell Race, Alison Weston claimed first in the F60-69 category with a time of 2.12.54.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kelly Wilby was tenth in the F40-49 category with a time of 2.41.33, and Nea Weston was 12th in the F23-39 category with a time of 2.12.16.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dave Robson took third MV50 in the Yorkshire Veterans Athletics Association Grand Prix Series 2026 Race 1, with a time of 44.29.\n<\/p>\n
\n George Whittlestone won the OU21 category in the Coiners Fell Races with a time of 57.05.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the juniors races, Isobel Moore was 11th in the U12 Girls Race, Michael Moore fourth in the U14 Boys Race, and Ollie Holder fifth in the U18 Race.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ruth Kitchen secured fifth female and third in the Senior (20-34) category in the Alderley Edge 10k with a time of 37.49.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the Howgills Fell Race, Oscar Shinn was seventh in the U20 Race with a time of 43.11, and George Whittlestone was 11th with a time of 48.22.\n<\/p>\n
\n Joseph Bentham was 13th in the U18 Race with a time of 40.46, and Olly Brooks was 34th in the U14 Race with a time of 32.41.\n<\/p>\n
\n Junior Harrier Heather Crolla was named Yorkshire U16 Girls Discus Champion in the Yorkshire County Track and Field Championships, with a personal best throw of 25.34m.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Harriers also participated in various 5k parkruns.\n<\/p>\n
\n Matthew Thackwray was first at The Cinder Track with a time of 15.37, and Samesh Chotai was first at Brueton with a time of 16.16.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sarah Marsden was fourth female at Fleetwood Promenade with a time of 23.47.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sisters Nura and Mariam Allen both ran Lister Park, with Nura finishing fifth female with a time of 23.48 and Mariam eighth female with a personal best time of 24.47.\n<\/p>\n
\n At Cliffe Castle, Joseph Morris was seventh and first JM11-14 with a personal best time of 23.22.\n<\/p>\n
\n At Myrtle, Heidi Hoad was seventh female with a time of 27.04, Lucy Lowe eighth female with a time of 27.05, and Daisy Lowe ninth female and first JW11-14 with a time of 27.47.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rob and Nicola Budding both ran Armley, securing tenth male with a time of 22.05 and tenth female with a time of 26.00.\n<\/p>\n
\n Daniel Paterson achieved a personal best time of 22.48 at Bramley.\n<\/p>\n
\n Finally, at Ilkley\u2019s own East Holmes Field, John Hayes was sixth with a time of 20.41, followed by personal best times from Jacqui Foster with 26.56, Dawn Turner with 28.22, and Ruth Jones with 33.42.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The marathon drew over 4,000 participants, with 10 Harriers taking on the 26.2-mile course. Geoff Howard set a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-956084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}