It was a great turnout from Pickering Running Club for the Helmsley 10k, a popular race held on Easter Sunday each year. The multi terrain course has a tough start with a 2 mile road climb up Carlton Bank. Then the fun really starts as the route follows an off-road...

The weather was perfect for racing last weekend; clear skies, sunny with a cooling breeze. Shirley Tyrrell thoroughly enjoyed the Charm Bracelet Marathon, a 27.6 mile race along the Cleveland Way. The coastal scenery and the many climbs, totalling 2,583 feet, were breathtaking. Shirley did brilliantly to finish in 6...

On Saturday Simon Jones ran the LDWA challenge event, The Woldsman 30. This 30 mile route, based in Driffield takes runners over Wolds with some steep climbs and descents. Simon triumphed, finishing first out of 83 competitors in an amazing time of 4 hours 54 minutes. With some trepidation, Charlotte...

On Saturday Ben Myers and Paul Hickman competed in races organised by Evensplits on Rufforth airfield. Needless to say the course was completely flat but runners had a strong wind to contend with. Ben chose the 5 mile option and ran flat out to finish in a super speedy 30...

Saturday saw the running of the mighty Hardmoors 55. Yes, that’s 55 miles! And because that’s not tough enough it has over 7,500 feet of elevation as it follows the Cleveland Way from Guisborough to Helmsley. Technical terrain, a mixed bag of weather and tight time cutoffs all add to...

Sunday saw the running of Blakey Blitz, the 11th counter in the Winter Fell Race Series. While heat makes running difficult, competitors were hoping for something a bit warmer than 6c! Adding in rain and wind chill these were tough conditions. Also at 10.3 miles, with over 2,300 feet of...

It was another Sunday of dilemmas for the members of Pickering Running Club as the latest counter in the Winter Fell Race Series, Eskdale Eureka, clashed with the final race in the East Yorkshire Cross Country League held at Sewerby. For both races the weather was glorious, hardly a cloud...

An extremely windy Sunday saw the running of the annual Snake Lane 10 mile race based in Pocklington. This very popular, over subscribed event snakes its way along the foothills of the Wolds. This year as the 1575 runners headed back along the final 2 miles into Pocklington they felt...

Many runners from Pickering Running Club had to choose between the ‘At the Double’ in the Winter Fell Race Series on Saturday or the Sledmere Race in the East Yorkshire Cross Country League on Sunday, an especially difficult choice for those in line to win prizes at the end of...

On Saturday Alison Hyde took on the Punk Panther Harrogate Hustle challenge, a very friendly and well organised half marathon with 732 feet of elevation. Alison had a great run finishing in 2 hours 46 minutes placing her 3rd F60. The cheesy chips at the end went down well. Sunday...

Sunday saw a clash of local races but despite this it was a good turnout for PRC for the third race in the East Yorkshire Cross Country League. The weather was bitterly cold but dry with a gentle breeze making it perfect for running. The sun even made a brief...

Last Saturday Simon Jones ran the Kirkstall Calverly Cutter 16k, organised by Great Owl Running. The weather was ideal; crisp, cold and bright. Perfect for taking in the sights of the Leeds Liverpool Canal and River Aire. The route took runners through the brutal Calverly Cutting, or Honoria Drive, made...

On Sunday 1,711 runners shivered on the start line of the Brass Monkey Half Marathon. This annual race, organised by the Knavesmire Harriers, is very popular with club runners due to its fast, flat course along quiet country lanes offering half marathon personal best possibilities. The cutoff time of 2...

Runners in the LDWA Filey Flyer last Saturday were treated to a beautiful crisp, sunny morning for this stunning race across the scenic countryside around Filey with some wonderful seascapes from the coastal path sections. The runners had to don more clothes than is usual for running to cope with...