We are pleased to announce the Chain Reaction Cycles Belfast Hills 10k 2013 is now open for entry. Entries can be made online at http://www.laganside10k.com/ps/event/ChainReactionCyclesBelfastHills10k The event will be sponsored by Chain Reaction Cycles (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/) and will be the third event in the 2013 NIMRA grand prix series. Competitors will receive a free buff with [...]
Hughes shows how it’s done – Roundup
Post Belfast Marathon there were a few taking the opportunity to rest legs but there was still some interesting runs on over the weekend including another fine run by Tommy Hughes. Termoneeny 10K Tommy Hughes arrived first 34:22 in Termoneeny as he continued his warm-up for the Walled City Marathon in June. He showed little [...]
Hughes and Hughes Lead the Way at Belfast City Marathon–Updated
Roisin Hughes and Tommy Hughes led a strong contingent of Harriers around the streets of Belfast on Monday at the Belfast City Marathon, with both finishing as the second local in Northern Ireland’s premier marathon event. Roisin had a tight battle most of the way with North Down’s Julie Balmer. Julie ran 3.00.29 to pull [...]

Jog Belfast graduate / Run Armagh 10k
With most harriers either resting up for Belfast or resting up from London it was a quiet weekend of racing for a change. The focus this week moved to the Jog Belfast group. Since February the group have been training twice a week at the Girls model track with the focus of the training being [...]

London Marathon/ Titanic 10K/ Super 5
London Marathon At the sunny course around the capital North Belfast Harriers joined the tens of thousands of runners and it was Breege Connolly and Gladys Ganiel that were the shining performances. Breege was 3rd female in the overall race in 2:39:23 and Gladys was 5th with 2:42:25. Gareth Grew was first male Harrier [...]
Rea, Reeve, McCourt and Cooke Earn Podium Positions – Weekend Roundup
There were Harriers in action over a variety of distances and terrains this weekend, with Marty Rea, Simon Reeve, Cathy McCourt and Eddie Cooke both achieving podium finishes. Marty was third in the South Downs Way 50 Mile Ultra-marathon, while closer to home Simon was third in the Castleward Challenge Half Marathon. Cathy and Eddie [...]

Double success at decathlon / weekend roundup
Decathlon half marathon It was a successful day for the men at the Decathlon half marathon and 10k races with Alan O’Hara having a facile victory in the half marathon and Andrew Considine winning the 10k comfortably. In the 10k Andrew Considine had a strong race to break 34 minutes for the first time in [...]

Avalanche of Running
After the quiet weekend of running last week came an easter feast of races of various distances. North Belfast were at the front of the action including Queen’s 5K on Wednesday, Omagh Half Marathon and today’s Whitehead race: Whitehead 5 Mile Great results all round for North Belfast Harriers today in the 5 mile road [...]
Rea 5th in Ultra & Blaney Top at City Parkrun as Snow Stops most Weekend Action
The snow put a stop to most of the weekend action across Northern Ireland, with all of the Belfast Parkruns cancelled as well as the much-anticipated Larne Half Marathon. But the Wicklow Way Ultra Marathon (51km) went ahead, with the Harriers’ Marty Rea braving the tough conditions to finish fifth in 4:58:08. The course, which [...]

Dominant weekend for girls & 4th for Alan / Adam 2nd in Dundalk
Last weekend provided the first “major” road race of the season, the Barcelona marathon, various road races and the usual parkrun activity. The highlight of these races was the continued dominance of the girls scene with 1st, 2nd and team prize at Jimmys coupled with a win at Altamuskin 5 miler. Jimmys 10k Jimmys 10k [...]

The Hague/ Addiction/ RoundUp
Den Haag Half Marathon Just like back home, there was no respite the bad weather in the Netherlands. That didn’t stop 2 local runners from impressing in the field. Gladys Ganiel ran well at the competitive international race and was 5th in the half marathon 1.15:51; which was just outside her personal best. At the [...]
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- My UK School Games Experience 2012 May 11, 2012
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Athletics NI Fixtures
- Ulster-Schools-Athletics-Championships-2013 July 19, 2013
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- Bann-10K--Fun-Run May 22, 2013
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