North Belfast Harriers

It was London marathon time of the year and this year several harriers toed the line against Mo Farah as well as two on international duty in the mini marathon. First harrier across the line was Andrew Considine running just a minute outside his PB and making first NI finisher in 2:40:53. Jim Benson made […]

This week saw two of the biggest races in the country take place within Belfast in the form of the Queens 5k and the Titanic 10k both of which offer great PB potential. Queens 5k On Wednesday the 3rd of April the fast Queens 5k took place on the Lagan embankment. This race had one […]

This Saturday the Waterworks Parkrun was dedicated to the memory of long-time North Belfast coach Jimmy Nolan, who passed away in January. The Waterworks welcomed many of Jimmy’s family and friends, who were dedicating their morning run to Jimmy. Jimmy was a big part of the Waterworks Parkrun community and was responsible for encouraging many […]

It was the Larne half marathon at the weekend and with many Harriers using it as marathon prep and others racing it 46 took to the line. There were many standout performances with the men(top 4 to score) taking team honours, the women falling just short due to a registration “issue” and several age group […]

Four young Harriers made the long journey to Athlone at the weekend to compete in the All Ireland Indoor Championships. Three juniors had qualified for the 60m and first up was Caitlin Maguire who took a 10th of a second off her personal best to finish in 7th place in a time of 8.13 seconds […]

British Masters Cross Country On Saturday the British Masters Cross Country was held in Glasgow. The club sent over a top team in the form of Paul Elliott, Laurence Johnston and Jim Newberry and John Patience to compete in the M55 category and M45 categories of the competition. Laurence was the first of the M55 […]

It was a relatively quiet weekend for racing, although the Harriers were out hitting the roads and trails. Among the highlights were Simon Reeve’s first place finish at Sunday’s Resolution Run 10k in Craigavon Lakes and second place finish at Saturday’s well-regarded Roe Valley Trail race in Limavady. In Craigavon he ran 37.19 in the […]

Lough Fea Trail race At the Sperrin Harriers 10 mile trail race in Lough Fea Mark McKinstry continued his excellent early season form to finish 2nd in 57:44. This was enough to clinch the series for Mark. Albertville 5 mile Road-race season started in full at the weekend with the local Albertville 5 miler taking […]

Brooks Armagh International Road Race Thursday night saw no fewer than 37 juniors make the trip to Armagh for the annual road races. First up was Sean Neilan, who at just 7 years of age finished 8th in his first race for the club to claim the first trophy of the night. This was closely […]

Brooks Armagh International Road Race. On Thursday night a large number of Harriers made their way to Armagh for the prestigious Brooks event, which featured some of the best talent from across the UK. The first event of the evening was the Women’s 3K event. Claire Conner was the leading Harrier to cross the line […]