Gade Valley Harriers

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and last night we presented Herts Mind Network with a cheque for £1,000 from the funds we raised from our Marathon Training Runs. Thanks to everyone who took part and made this possible. They said "Herts Mind Network is really grateful for such a generous donation from the club. This will help us to put on a group for a year at our Dacorum Wellbeing Centre which will be of great benefit to our clients in the Hemel and wider Dacorum area. The donation will give people a space to make friends and receive support from our team. It is great to see a local club committed to promoting better mental health - it goes a long way to reducing stigma in our community."

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Gade Valley Harriers were in action up and down the country once again for another busy weekend of racing, with Saturday’s cool showers and sunny spells giving way to hot sunny conditions on Sunday. It started with a 50km ultra-marathon around some of Hertfordshire’s most challenging countryside for Chris Dowling and Rob Humphreys as they took part in the Chiltern Ridge Ultra Marathon. The route started in Wendover Woods and then wound it’s way through rugged woodland paths ...onto the historic Ridgeway National Trail up to Ivinghoe Beacon, before descending back down towards Tring to pick up the Chiltern Way and return to Wendover. Dowling finished in tenth place, despite a few wrong turns, in 5:05:02 with Humphreys just behind in 5:49:09. The Wheathampstead 10k took place on Sunday and seven Harriers took on the challenging off-road course around nearby beautiful countryside to enjoy some outstanding scenery. David Goodman led the team to the finish line, clocking in at 42:31. Teresa Reason was third female to complete the course, in a time of 44:35, ahead of Trevor Normoyle (47:10), Tracey Cotton (49:52), Kirstie Hardiman (55:22), Helen Heathcote (1:03:01) and Lisa Pinder (1:09:20). Vicky Crawley-Wise, Joanna Kidd and Helen Terry all competed in the Halstead and Essex Marathon which sends athletes on an undulating course around country lanes and picturesque villages near Braintree. Kidd endured the 26.2 miles of hills and clocked a time of 4:42 and Terry had to fight through the pain after suffering from a hip injury but still managed a commendable time of just under five hours. Wise also completed the course. Tom North was competing in multiple challenges near Market Harborough in Leicestershire over the weekend. On Saturday he started with the Trail Mix Challenge - a different 5km course on the hour every hour for five hours - and ended with the Headlight Hop 10k which snakes along multi-terrain tracks across farm land, over rolling hills and through forests. He followed all that up on Sunday with the Thump Half, a challenging 13.1 mile two lap trail run. The three events combine to make up the Run Rabbit Trail Festival. Peter Tucker was the third Vet 65+ at the Loseley Breakfast Run. He completed the hilly 11.4 km road race which starts and finishes in the gardens of the scenic Loseley House in Guildford in 1:23:03. Meanwhile in south Buckinghamshire Paula Cook and Tina Searle were participating in the town based Marlow 5 mile race. Cook clocked a time of 46:16 with Searle finishing in 47:34.
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It’s time to think about Autumn racing.... well it’s not, but this is a good run anyway

Another bank holiday weekend meant an extra day for members of Gade Valley Harriers to compete in races and running events of various distances in locations all around the UK. It started on Saturday morning at ParkRuns around the country, especially at Gadebridge Park which was celebrating it’s fourth birthday, and ended on Monday evening at the Pednor 5 in Chesham. In between were a host of other events from 10k runs to multi-day races, in a weekend that saw all four season...
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We look forward to starting our Learn to Run course tonight. We have 20 trainees signed up with ambitions of running a 5k in ten weeks. Good luck to them all.

Well done to Al Flowers for completing the Watford 10k today after smashing out a (27 mile!) marathon over rugged terrain yesterday

Well done Anita on completing 97 tough miles through the South Downs this weekend. You’re a star ⭐️

Good luck to Anita as she is a third of the way through the Devil’s Challenge. 97 miles in three days!

Good luck to Mary and Peter who ran 10 miles yesterday and have 10 more to do today and then a 10k on Monday. All part of the Mid Sussex Marathon Weekend.