A two day festival of running hosted by It’s Grim Up North running, in the form of their famous quarterly canal series, starts off the year with the Spring Canal Canter Day 1. Distances on offer range from 5k right … Continued
Hosted by Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers the Thirsk 10 mile has been run for over 30 years and in the early days it was run from Northallerton to Thirsk. However, with the passage of time and the increase in road … Continued
Rounding off a busy weekend of racing was the North Lincolnshire Half Marathon. Hosted by Tape2Tape events, this flat, fast and friendly race has a fabulous finish with a lap inside the local running track. No doubt adding to the … Continued
Sarah Rawlings travelled to Retford, also known as East Retford, a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire for the Retford half marathon. Organised by Retford Athletics Club, the route has many flat sections, offering runners the chance of … Continued
Eccleshill’s David Goodyear visited Lightwater Valley Family Adventure Park which is a theme park in North Stainley, North Yorkshire for this popular 10k race. Established for well over a decade, the Lightwater Valley 10k is a picturesque, fun-packed road race with … Continued
The final race in this year’s PECO XC League wrapped the 2022/23 season up with today’s race at the stunning venue, Roundhay Park. Hosted by Chapel Allerton Runners assisted by Roundhay Runners, the (just short of) 5 mile senior course … Continued
Hosted by Crazylegs events, the Stockport Trail half marathon is billed as perfect training for that Spring marathon. Visiting his old stomping ground Daniel Jenkins travelled over to Stockport for this race in the industrial town in Greater Manchester. Now … Continued
Hosted by The Fix Events this event is multi distance with a choice of 5k, 10k or half marathon. Eccleshill’s Sarah Rawlings decided on the 10k distance. Billed as a hilly, multi lapped 5k course the challenging route throws a … Continued
The Bingley B*ll*cks is hosted by ‘It’s Grim Up North Running’ and started and finished on the canal at Bingley next to the Fisherman’s Inn. On a picturesque and much quieter section of the canal, the race then ventures out … Continued
A 13.1 mile road race, starting and finishing on the Commonside in Roberttown, the Liversedge half is a tough hilly course through some rural areas in places. The Commonside is closed to traffic before and after the race. Notably, there … Continued