Posted on December 22, 2015 by adrienneo
You lot were definitely stirring in spite of yet more appalling weather in the parks, zoos and on the fells. It’s almost Christmas and the festive spirit is certainly in evidence both in donning fancy dress and giving generously to our …
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Posted on December 15, 2015 by adrienneo
After another week of appalling weather and floods, and quite a few race cancellations, it was a welcome relief for our club members to let off some steam in fancy dress at the Hurst Green Turkey Trot. There has also …
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Posted on December 7, 2015 by adrienneo
Despite the devastating floods of the weekend and the cancellation of many events, there was still quite a lot of action to report on this week. Cross country has been the mainstay of the week, with record amounts of mud …
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Posted on November 30, 2015 by adrienneo
It was wild, windy and very wet this weekend. Yet another storm put you through the mill whether it was on exposed moorland and fells, muddy quagmires that used to be parkland,or wading through puddles that turned into mini lakes. What …
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Posted on November 23, 2015 by adrienneo
Another mudbath this week. After a rainy and wintry week it was a decidedly chilly and mucky affair at the Red Rose fixture in Bolton. There have been top five placings at the Todmorden 5k, FRA medals for the ladies and …
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Posted on November 16, 2015 by adrienneo
Storm Abigail did her best but it wasn’t enough to deter our hardy Harriers. You have been on the roads, fells and parks as always giving it your all. An international flavour again this week with Clayton Harriers popping up …
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Posted on November 10, 2015 by adrienneo
Mud, mud, mud and more mud. It’s been a bit of a dirty weekend for our hardy Harriers! A little bit of wind and rain doesn’t really get in the way of such a tough bunch. You’ve been ploughing through …
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Posted on November 3, 2015 by adrienneo
What a spooktacular weekend it was! Lots of fun was had dressing up and racing at the Hurstwood relays helping to raise money for the victims of the Nepal Disaster earlier this year. As well as road racing, fell racing and some …
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Posted on October 26, 2015 by adrienneo
Another amazing, action-packed week on the roads, trails, parks, fells and mountains. We’ve been out in force at the Mid Lancs cross country at Towneley Park, Accrington 10K and Bronte Way fell race, with some great individual and team performances …
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Posted on October 20, 2015 by adrienneo
Huge thanks to all of the organisers, volunteers and supporters who helped make this year’s British Athletics Hill & Fell Running Relay Championships go so smoothly on Pendle. As well as organising we put three teams into the event so read …
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Posted on October 12, 2015 by adrienneo
It’s been a bag of all sorts this week. There was another win for fast lad Dan Balshaw with Jordan McDonald snapping at his heels in second at the Autumn Breaker. You’ve been up in the high mountains, running long in full …
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Posted on October 6, 2015 by adrienneo
Running relays on the roads and in the mountains, tearing up trail races, going long distance in ultra races, winning 10k races and fun runs. As always you are a busy bunch. Race wins, our best performance in the mountain …
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Posted on September 29, 2015 by adrienneo
We get knocked down but we get up again! Cross Country season has kicked off with some great results for the club and there have a few bumps and bruises too. Also this week, you have been branching out into …
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Posted on September 21, 2015 by adrienneo
Another week of success! Kings of Lancaster Castle 10K and Half Marathon. Winner of the OMM Lite. Part of team GB at the World Mountain Running Championships. And not forgetting team competition at the Northern Road Relays, 10Ks galore, Lakeland & …
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Posted on September 15, 2015 by adrienneo
Blimey! Mountain masters, FRA Champions, BOFRA Champions; well done to all of our outstanding athletes. You’ve also been rubbing shoulders with Mo at the Great North Run, running really rapid relays, hitting the roads, fells, mountains and parks. Another action-packed …
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Posted on September 7, 2015 by adrienneo
Ben Nevis dominates this week with a good turnout of Clayton Harriers. What an adventurous bunch you are! I have spotted Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at fell races all over the place, super fast 10k races, track meetings, ultra distance events and parkruns. …
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Posted on August 31, 2015 by adrienneo
Some great racing at classic fell races this weekend in the Lake District, Yorkshire and ultra-distances events in Europe – still plenty of true fell runners at Clayton-le-Moors Harriers. But that’s not all; there have been 10K races, duathlons, track and …
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Posted on August 24, 2015 by adrienneo
More summer series have come to a close and lots of you are racing at the summer shows. There’s action on the roads as well, with great results at Rochdale, Fleetwood and Pilling. Our juniors continue to race successfully at Horwich and Gargrave …
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Posted on August 18, 2015 by adrienneo
Yet more successes to celebrate. Bronze medals for our Vet40 Ladies team in the British Fell Championships and an individual Bronze LV50 medal for Wendy Dodds. Plenty of trophies at the Pendle and Burnley Grandprix and the Tywyn Steam Train finally …
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Posted on August 10, 2015 by adrienneo
Wins all over the place this week! Fells, parks, promenades, greenways; nowhere is off limits for racing as far as the tangerine army is concerned. Many summer race series have come to a conclusion and it’s time to celebrate our successes and …
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Posted on August 4, 2015 by jimh
‘I just caught a glimpse of Richard Briscoe heading off towards the Scree descent – I knew at that point that I’d catch him quite soon… Dave Bagot managed to go out for a training run the following morning – oh …
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Posted on July 28, 2015 by jimh
‘Not every day you can say you’ve run the country’s hardest half marathon….!!! Feeling so so sore but so so proud!!!’ Clare Wilson The march continues. Another busy week for Team Clayton, so read on! Hendon Brook Half Marathon – …
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Posted on July 20, 2015 by adrienneo
With it being the start of the summer holidays for quite a few people,you might expect a bit of chilling out and calming down to occur. Oh no, not you lot! It’s all record breaking challenges, championship winning and multiple race …
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Posted on July 13, 2015 by adrienneo
Plenty of great performances this week in a plethora of races in parks and along proms as well as the English Fell Championships. Some sad news too with the passing away of an honorary member – we reminiscence about one of …
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Posted on July 7, 2015 by adrienneo
What a winning week! Chris Holdsworth continues his recent excellent form winning both the Tockholes Evening and Trawden 7 Trail races this week. Briony Holt also continues her superb season winning another BOFRA race; the championship is surely in sight for her …
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Posted on June 29, 2015 by adrienneo
Racing in relays, running alongside trains and tackling hilly challenge routes, so many of you racing multiple times this week, there’s just no holding you back! It’s great to see some terrific turnouts at team events. The future’s most definitely bright! Welcome …
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Posted on June 22, 2015 by adrienneo
The summer solstice marks the longest day and some of you were running your longest races at the Trailblaster Event. But, as usual, that’s not all; there have been fell races, road races, trail races and muddy races. Making the …
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Posted on June 16, 2015 by chrish
Durisdeer Fell Race 2015 “We started outside the village church, with a mad dash through the parking field, and over a stream onto the hill – about a mile and a half of it to Black Hill, gaining about 300m …
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Posted on June 8, 2015 by adrienneo
Another action-packed week. Plenty of our members taking part in all kinds of events from 5ks to Ultras. We’ve won parkrun awards, ultra distance events and super steep fell races. Phew! I am feeling quite exhausted just from writing it all …
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Posted on June 1, 2015 by adrienneo
The days are long, the nights are short and there is an abundance of racing opportunities for our members to get their teeth into. It’s all been rather scenic this week with hills, parks, waterfalls and people dressed up as …
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Posted on May 26, 2015 by seniors
Another busy week and a treat for you as I’m the guest editor of the weekly roundup (just hope I do it justice). The week started with the 1st of the Clayton Summer series races . The Ogden Valley round a …
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Posted on May 18, 2015 by adrienneo
Teamwork was most definitely the theme this week with absolutely loads of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers taking part in relays on the fells and the British Masters Road Relays. We’ve also been representing the county at the FRA Inter County Championships and setting …
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Posted on May 11, 2015 by adrienneo
Spring is sprung, and our members are competing and being selected for a wide range of national and regional competition. This week you have been road running, track running, trail running, and scaling the fells with wins and PBs breaking …
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Posted on May 4, 2015 by adrienneo
After all the epic endurance escapades last weekend, you’d think our members would be taking it easy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Business as usual from the tangerine army! Competing, winning and cheering each other on as always! …
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Posted on April 27, 2015 by jimh
As always achievements galore this weekend! The cold, rain and snow on Saturday didn’t deter our members from a massive turnout on a busy weekend. Three Peaks Fell Race Our first placed finisher, Christopher Holdsworth, in 37th reported on his …
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Posted on April 20, 2015 by adrienneo
On the countdown to a few biggies; London Marathon, Yorkshire Three Peaks, the Fellsman and no doubt many more, you’d expect a quiet kind of week in the run up wouldn’t you? Absolutely not! Team Clayton is at large, in …
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Posted on April 13, 2015 by adrienneo
From fast and furious 200m at the track to long and steady ultra distances, our club members have been out in all weathers in all kinds of places. There have been personal bests, and the odd personal worst, but as …
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Posted on April 6, 2015 by adrienneo
It’s a cracking roundup this Easter weekend. No eggs, just wins! You lot have been busy, many running more than once and in different disciplines. We’ve had some great results. There’s been fell, trail, road and lots and lots of tangerine. …
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Posted on March 30, 2015 by adrienneo
Wild, wet and windy; it’s been grim at times but you have been making your presence felt this weekend. Our younger men made their mark at the Ron Hill 10k on Sunday, but this weekend it’s really been all about the girls! …
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Posted on March 23, 2015 by adrienneo
It’s been all about awards, accolades and achievements this week. We’ve had wins and top placings in many different events and a packed house at our club presentation evening. It was great to reflect on the successes of last year and …
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Posted on March 16, 2015 by jimh
We could be forgiven to think that the weekend of Mothering Sunday would be a quiet one. Not at all! There’s lots to find out from Junior cross-country to fells and roads. This week’s compilation is care of Irene Roche. …
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Posted on March 9, 2015 by adrienneo
Well, it may be a tad early for the tulips but this week you have been fell running at Flower Scar, touring Pendle on the Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round, Doddling with Daffodils, Rolling at Roddlesworth, finishing the cross country season in Lancaster, …
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Posted on March 1, 2015 by adrienneo
Well, it’s March already. The first lambs are in the field, daffodils are sprouting, and spring is on the way. This week you have been on the roads, the trails, the fells, cross country courses as well as orienteering, adventure racing and …
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Posted on February 23, 2015 by adrienneo
Only soft people! As tough as ever, a bit of weather can’t stop our hardy members getting out and about, competing in all kinds of events; day and night, sometimes sporting bin bags, sometimes braving it out in just a club vest …
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Posted on February 16, 2015 by adrienneo
In amongst the romance of Valentine’s Day weekend, our members have been getting downright dirty! Muddy shoes, cross country fixtures, tackling Hills and Mountains in England, Ireland and Scotland. It’s definitely been 50 Shades of Mud for our adventurous club members! …
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Posted on February 9, 2015 by adrienneo
You’ve been trogging in Yorkshire, ripping along in Licolnshire, orienteering, cross country running and foggy winter road racing. Vets, seniors, juniors and lots of new faces all getting stuck in and representing their club with gusto. Just another busy weekend for …
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Posted on February 2, 2015 by adrienneo
It’s oh so quiet, it oh so still. You’re all alone, and so peaceful until… you dig a bit deeper and find that, as always, our members are out and about! This weekend may have been short on events but …
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Posted on January 26, 2015 by adrienneo
Sad News Sadly, two long-standing club members have passed away recently. John Amos Richard Lawson writes; our members will be sad to hear of the death of John Amos in Pendleside Hospice. Born in Gt Baddow in Essex in 1938, …
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Posted on January 19, 2015 by seniors
Christmas passed with not a sight of the white stuff and then the skies opened this weekend, which in the end caused a little disruption to the racing. A number of races were cancelled or postponed this weekend including the …
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Posted on January 12, 2015 by adrienneo
And the wind did howl, and the wind did moan… but it still doesn’t deter Clayton-le-Moors Harriers. We are a hardy bunch and a bit of a breeze and a nip in the air isn’t going to get our way! Out in force …
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Posted on January 5, 2015 by adrienneo
Happy New Year! Here’s to the new year ahead of us and all the challenges that it may bring. Our club members will no doubt have a huge range of events lined up, fast as lightning road running, technical fell …
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