It was clear from looking at the weather forecast earlier in the week, that this year’s Coltishall Jaguar’s Mad March Hare 10K was going to be a breezy one and it didn’t disappoint! There were 8 BVH team members on the start line, ready to take on the flat course around the ex-RAF Coltishall base, which, for the first time,…
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Inter-Counties Cross Country 2019
Faith Viney and Ryan Davidson wore their county vests for the first time by representing Norfolk in the Inter-Counties at Loughborough. The weather conditions could have been better as they had to endure high winds plus the tough cross country 6.66 mile course made the going even harder. Neither were detered by the condiitons, running hard from the gun and…
Cambridge Half Marathon – 2019
It might have been a cool, damp morning in Cambridge for the 2019 Half Marathon, but the streets were blazing hot, streaked with green and a tinge of blue. By the first timing point, at 3.8K, the leader and eventual winner, Michael Kallenberg from Cardiff had a sizeable lead, that certainly took the crowd by surprise as he went through.…
Thetford Forest 10k & Tarpley ’20’
At the Thetford forest off road 10k Jack Noble ran his first race for BVH finishing 9th overall in 39.16. Sabina Spence, in her build up to the Milton Keynes Marathon on May 5th, ran the Tarpley 20 miles finishing 3rd lady overall and 1st 45+ in an excellent personal best and diamond standard time of 2.25.48. This was also…
Valentine 10K – 2019
It was another fantastic morning for Bure Valley Harriers at the 10th Norfolk Gazelles’ 2019 Valentine 10K, with members walking away with several prizes, personal bests, club and age group records. There were 25 BVH runners on the start line for this year’s race, despite some suffering from persistent illnesses over recent few weeks, which has kept them off the…
Buller Gorge Marathon 2019
Colin Robilliard was first 60-69 and 35th overall in the Buller Gorge Marathon in a diamond standard and club 65+ age record of 3.34.20. Great running Col. What a star !!
Scottish Masters X/C Championships
Frank Gribben had an excellent run in the men’s 65+ age group in the Scottish Masters Cross Country championships at Hawick today. In a highly competitive field Frank finished 5th in a time of 29.23 and wasn’t too far behind the leaders. The ground was rock solid which made the going extremely tough. Along with a 1000 metre hill at the start…
Freethorpe 10 Mile 2019
What a superb morning for BVH at The Freethorpe 10 miler with numerous awards, first timers and personal bests. The predicted rain held off but the strong winds didn’t, which made the race pretty tough in places, especially the last two miles which were into a head wind. No one let the conditons affect them and all finished strongly. It…
Snetterton 5k
In the icy cold and freezing cold conditions at the Snetterton 5k Simon Partridge, who is back on the road to recovery following his navicular break, finished 3rd overall in 17.38. This is just a minute short of his personal best time of 16.40. A few more months of consitent training and I’m sure he’ll be back to his best. Laurie…
Norfolk Cross Country Championships
The weather was pretty perfect for our 15 members taking part in the annual cross country champs at Thetford. The senior and veteran men ran 10.8k, the under 20 men 8.4k and the senior and vet ladies and under 20 ladies 6.8k. We came away with 3 individual county medals and one team medal. Medal winners were:- Scott Walford 1st…