Club records fall as Harriers runners enjoy trip to Trafford 10k
HALIFAX HARRIERS’ Josh Hall-Brown followed his victory in the Great North West Half Marathon with a personal best and club record time of 31:47 at the Trafford 10k on Sunday.
Sarah Cumber was second in her age category (F50) in 39:01, lowering her own club record while Geoff Cumber clocked 48:29 to come home first in the M75 category.
Elsewhere, Marc Rocheteau competed in the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday, recording a time of 1:45:13.
Nigel Jamieson took on the 42-mile Welcome Way ultramarathon on Saturday, finishing in 10:17:10. The trail race starts in Otley and follows the Welcome Way, taking in Otley Chevin and Baildon Moors, with a total climb of 6,000 feet.
The club was also represented at the Ilkley Moor Fell Race on Sunday. Ned Hughes raced in the senior race over the fivemile course with 1,300 feet of ascent.
Five juniors also competed with James Neil taking third place in the U11s.
A trio of Stainland Lions put their navigational skills to the test in the Saddleworth Ten
Reservoirs race. Runners must navigate and visit checkpoints over the challenging 26-mile, high level moorland route and James Penson (5:27:39), Jim Harris (6:33:08) and Helen Hudson (6:44:42) all made it round.
Two Lions headed to Congleton to run the Cloud 9 Hill Race, a scenic and challenging, mostly off-road, nine-mile race.
Ray Mooney clocked 1:32:21 and Rikki Hammond finished in 1:39:27.
The Ilkley Moor Fell Race may be only five miles long but it has more than 1,300 feet of climb.
Lions’ Damien Pearson dug in to finish in 59:52.
Queensbury Running Club’s Dylan Naylor was 113th in the Trafford 10k thanks to a run of 32:46. He was followed by clubmates Jonathan Mason in 345th (39:53) and Stephen Brook in 584th (48:55).
Elsewhere, Andy Dovernor ran 1:25:04 and finished 93rd in a field of 716 taking on the Retford Half Marathon.