North Belfast Harriers Race Report 04-10 March 2024

Derry City 10-miler This popular race, part of the Derry City Marathon series of races took place on Saturday morning with a sell-out field of over 500 runners. Starting in St Columb’s park the route took the athletes along the south bank of the Foyle to a loop of Gransha before crossing the river and returning along the north bank, crossing the peace bridge and finishing back at St Columb’s park. Four harriers made the trip and their results were: Pos Athlete …

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North Belfast Harriers Race Report 29 Jan – 04 Feb 2024

Rabbit Run (Saturday 03 Feb) The Rabbit Run, promoted by We Run Wild NI, consists of three races, the marathon, half marathon and 10k all run on a mix of terrain following the trails around Woodburn forest. In the half Robbie Speers completed in 4:17:21 while in the marathon Simon Reeve ran 4:09:50. CBS Omagh 10k/5k (Saturday 03 February) A good field of just over 100 athletes ran the 5k race, among them and first female to cross the line was Fionnuala …

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North Belfast Harriers Race Report 25-31 December 2023

Christmas week afforded plenty of racing opportunities for harriers with races far and wide, while dedicated parkrunners were able to avail of the extra Christmas Day events as well as the traditional Saturday parkruns. CIYMS Boxing Day Fun Run – Orangegrove AC This race was promoted by Orangegrove AC and held in support of the NI Hospice. They were rewarded by 155 runners working off the previous day’s excesses on a 2 and a half lap course around Belmont Park in East …

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North Belfast Harriers Race Report 20th-26th November 2023

Lough Fea 5k The second race of the Sperrin Harriers winter trail series took place on Saturday at Lough Fea near Cookstown. The route took the 124 runners on an anti-clockwise loop on the trail around the banks of the lough. Sandy Carr was the only harrier who made the trip, finishing in 86th place in a time of 25:31. Clive Nesbitt 60th Birthday Marathon There was an early start in Armagh on Saturday morning for the marathon to celebrate the upcoming …

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North Belfast Harriers Race Report 23-29 October 2023

Enniskillen Spook-tacular 5k (Fri 27th Oct) This popular evening race which starts and finishes in the centre of Enniskillen attracted a capacity entry of over 1,300 runners on Friday night, many dressed in Halloween fancy dress. Two harriers concentrated on the racing with Conán McCaughey taking 2nd place overall in 15:30 and Colin McDowell ran 17:28 for 22nd place overall and 1st in the M50 category. Dubai Half Marathon (Sun 29th Oct) The Mai Dubai City half marathon celebrated it’s 5th anniversary …

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NBH Race Report 11-17 September 2023

Belfast Half Marathon Heavy overnight rain had left a lot of puddles on the course and the rain continued for most of the race, though with little wind conditions were good for the runners, less so for the spectators ! The club was well represented on both fronts however with 50 running and many supporters on the course cheering the runners on. At the sharp end of the field there were 2nd place finishes for both Gladys Ganiel (1:16:16) in the ladies …

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