Athletes from Hambleton Athletics & Running Club have started 2024 with a bang.
Team HARC has taken on a wide variety of events since the start of January.
Victoria Maidwell took part in the Shakespeare Marathon, earning her a PB of 03:56:55.
Team leaders say Victoria shows incredible commitment to her training, working hard to push herself for every new challenge.
Joanne Sinnott has continued her passion for ultra-distance events with a 50-mile run from Manchester to Liverpool.
Organisers say there was a great HARC turnout for this year’s Thirsk 10-mile and Lightwater Valley 10k events, which fell on the same day.
The Lightwater Valley team faced cross-country terrain and some gruelling hills, whereas the Thirsk cohort endured the extra four miles, including a brutal out-and-back section which presented an interesting psychological challenge. Well done to both crews.
- Lightwater Valley 10k – Liz Haresign, Becky Williams, Mike Hollinshead, Nige Haresign, Michelle Slade and Richard Slade; and
- Thirsk 10 Mile – Luke Allen, Andrew Garner, Mary Gregory, Jane Kirk, Gemma Wardle, Ruth Hancock, Sara Sherwood, Victoria Maidwell, Nick Wilson and Joanne Sinnott.
Ally Brown took on the Leap Year Challenge on February 29 and although she set out to run 5km, she accidentally smashed out a very muddy half marathon and earned a medal.
Tracey Wise and her dog, Jake, took on the Dalby Forest Canicross event and were presented with a lovely keyring medal.
Ruth Hancock and Joanne Sinnott had a great morning out at the Spring Canal Canter along Leeds Canal.
Over 20,000 runners took part in the London Winter Run for Cancer Research UK, raising over £700,000 for charity, and Mary Gregory was among them.
This was Mary’s second 10k medal of the year, having already conquered Newcastle 10k.
Also making the trip to London was Harriet Holmes who completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon.
She grabbed herself a PB and raised £530 for JDRF, a diabetes research charity.
Jane Kirk took on the Hardmoors Saltburn 10k, part of the famously tough series of events across the trails of the North Yorkshire Moors. Jane was treated to some spectacular views along the way to reward her determination on this punishing route.
Harvey Wilkinson has continued his amazing progression through the ranks of UK junior shot putters.
Harvey qualified to compete against the best in the country at the National Indoor Championships.
Since January, Harvey has won six and finished second in three of the ten competitions he’s entered.
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