A week of sunshine ☀️

A week of sunshine ☀️

This week brought more sunshine and humidity which can make running much harder. It didn't stop the HARC team though. Intervals, longer and shorter social runs, parkruns, marathons, and Race for Life 10k. The coaching team met up on Saturday to keep up to date with their coaching skills and discuss future routes/training warmups. Busy, busy, busy - just the way we like it!...
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LonDONE Class of 2024 Run Report

LonDONE Class of 2024 Run Report

by Ruth Hancock, recipient of our club place for the 2024 TCS London Marathon It’s taken a while to process what happened on 21st April, I’m not going to lie. What an absolutely fabulous experience! From the moment my name was announced at Awards Night, to crossing that illustrious finish line, London Marathon surpassed every expectation. And I cannot be more grateful for the opportunity – I am extremely lucky. As an event, the TCS London Marathon is exceptionally well organised – the most difficult thing was having to visit the Excel in advance of the race itself to collect my bib number and t-shirt. But that passed without a hitch and I managed to meet up with Jo to do a little shopping and continue the carb-loading process over lunch. The HARC cheer squad (Gemma, Katy and Sara) were treated to cocktails at Searcy’s champagne bar before they went off to meet Shalev and deliver his HARC hoodie. I started Race Day...
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Team HARC started 2024 with a bang!

Team HARC started 2024 with a bang!

Our athletes have started 2024 with a bang! Team HARC have taken on a wide variety of events since the start of January and we are proud of every single result. Firstly, a special mention to Victoria Maidwell for her fantastic performance at the Shakespeare Marathon, earning her a PB of 03:56:55. Victoria shows incredible commitment to her training, working extremely hard to push herself for every new challenge. Huge congratulations on breaking through the sub-4 hour mark, Victoria – we look forward to seeing you smash your next targets! Joanne Sinnott has continued her passion for ultra-distance events with a 50 mile run from Manchester to Liverpool. Jo relishes the kind of distances most of us only dream of… or perhaps have nightmares about! Huge well done, Jo – you are a machine! There was a great HARC turnout for this year’s Thirsk 10 Mile and Lightwater Valley 10k events, which fell on the same day. These are two very different events...
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Wet and Muddy Week

Wet and Muddy Week

We endured lots of rain and mud for our sessions this week. ☔️ There was a good turn out - both adults and juniors - for a tough but enjoyable intervals session in the pouring rain on Tuesday. Our two Thursday groups were well-motivated with the prospect of our monthly ‘run and pub’ awaiting them. Those who chose the longer route received the added bonus of mud… LOTS of mud! At least the sun came out for our parkrunners! ?...
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Weekly Update

Weekly Update

You may well ask 'What goes on at HARC, aside from intervals and the regular Thursday social runs?" The answer is: C25K support runs and graduation, parkrun milestones, marathon/ultra training runs, competing at Lightwater Valley 10K and Thirsk 10 miles, and the NYSD relays at Darlington South Park to finish off the Xcountry season. Phew! Aren't you glad you asked?...
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HARC Angels 5k for Lucie’s Animal Rescue

HARC Angels 5k for Lucie’s Animal Rescue

We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in the HARC Angels 5k for Lucie's Animal Rescue in December. We hope you had lots of fun completing the challenge and that you love your medals. ?? We raised £375 to help care for animals in need of Lucie’s support.? HARC’s Lucy Allen and Gemma Wardle visited the rescue centre to present a cheque to Lucie, Rascal and Pepper. ?? Both club representatives were tempted to smuggle the pups out and bring them home! Special shout out to Alverton Press who very kindly printed the ‘big cheque’ for us free of charge – thank you Peter and co! ?...
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