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Chicago Marathon 2025

Beth King finished her third marathon of the year in 4.47 after having, what seems like, a wonderful time. This year has not been about times but achieving her “Stars” but having said that the time is brilliant and once again she finished strong. Here is Beth’s wee story. It was the loudest marathon I’ve done The crowd support was…

Dovedale Dash 2025

Steven Cannell, Krysia and Sam Smith tackled the infamous 5 mile Dovedale Dash (wow does this bring back some great times and lovely memories). Steven Cannell had an exceptional run to finish 7th overall in 30.52. They all ran the Ashbourne parkrun the day before so all in all a great training weekend. Well done all. The record for this…

Cambridge 10k 2025

Joanne Watkins and Amy Balaam had a lttile trip down to Cambridge to run the 10k. This is a lovely run through the town and is usually a fast course but the windy conditions weren’t very helpful. Joanne, recovery from Covid, still decided to keep Amy company finishing 8th 40-44 in 43.18 Amy Balaam was 10th 40-44 in a gold…

Berlin Marathon 2025

Beth King was using this race as a last long run before the Chicago marathon in 2 weeks times. That will be Beth’s 3rd marathon of the year. The conditions proved very hard as it turned out to be a really hot day but she got round unscathed and felt strong at the end. I do remember her saying to…

Harling 10k & Marriotts Way 10k

Harling 10k. This is multi terrain which is run on tarmac and through woodland so not a very fast course. Considering this our members ran some great times Leanne Finch 7th overall and 1st lady in course record 37.55 Matt Stone improving all the time was 2nd V50 in 39.43 Joanne Watkins 3rd 40-44 in 44.35 Amy Balaam not far…

Round Norfolk Relay 2025

What a superb haul of trophies for Bure Valley Harriers at the Round Norfolk Relay. Harly Moon 1st lady stage 3 Leanne Finch 1st lady stage 4 James Reed 1st overall stage 5 Billy Eccles 1st overall stage 7 Rebecca Moore 1st lady stage 9 Steve Elvin best age graded score for male master Best Small Club. Best family team

Run Norwich 2025

Well done to our 24 members running on this no so fast course and on a very hot today. It was tough out there today. Billy Eccles Diamond standard pb 34.53 Leanne Finch 4th lady in 37.33 Tom Jordan 38.33 Steve Cannell 38.52 Simon Bales 39.42 Frazer Heasman 42.45 Thomas Abbs 43.00 Harly Moon 44.29 Joanne Watkins 44.40 Declan Nicol…

Home Counties 5k Championships 2025

Wales’s reputation for being a tad wet was certainly proved right tonight as the heavens opened with a heavy downpour making running difficult but that didn’t stop Billy Eccles enjoying his first outing in an England Vest. His time of 15.32 put him 4th in the U/20 England team and 12th U/20 overall. He was 110th out of 275 finishers.…