Nidd Valley parkrun takeover – Saturday 13th October

So here were go, the time has come, For another write up of parkrun, Your weekly tour each Saturday, Round the four sides of the Stray. And what a delight it was to see, The motley crew from Nidd Valley! Today’s run was number three-five-four, And there you were, with points to score, Lined up […]

The Week Ahead – Monday 15th October 2018

Evening Nidders, Hope you all had a good weekend, firstly well done to everyone completing ‘The Yorkshire Marathon’ yesterday. I know lots of you got together to train over recent months, so I really hope all the hard work has paid off. Also a big thank you to everyone who helped out at Parkrun on […]

The Week Ahead – Monday 8th October 2018

Evening Nidders, After a couple of weeks away – watching Spurs and helping out down at the Juniors – I’m back at the club on Tuesday night this week. I’ll hopefully see some of you there, I’ve a feeling it could be a quiet week with lots of you resting before the Yorkshire Marathon on […]

Results Roundup – Tuesday 25th September 2018

Good evening, Here are the latest batch of club results, everyone has been really busy again over the last few weeks producing great results. In the highly unlikely of me missing somebody out or not mentioning a race that occurred, please send me the appropriate feedback so I can rectify any issues………. Tadcaster 10 This club […]

The Week Ahead (24th September 2018)

Evening all, I’ll apologise now for tonight’s email being a bit later than usual, I’ve got a good excuse though – I’ve been down helping out with the Juniors. It’s not too different from running with us seniors really, other than there’s a bit more talk about ‘Fortnite’! Anyway, it’s late so I’ll not go […]

PECO Cross Country 2018/19 Series

Hi All, Yes, it’s coming up to that time of year again when thoughts turn to the x-country. Below are the dates for the PECO x-country league so pop them in your diaries now. Anyone new to the club? YES these are for you too!! These are great events and all members are encouraged to […]

Results Roundup – Thursday 13th September 2018

Good afternoon, here are the latest club results. Wetherby 10k A popular local race attracting up to 1000 runners, the Wetherby 10k this year was challenging due to the warm weather. NVRR managed to have a good turnout, 24 in total! Adam Kirk 37:28 Andy Todd 40:12 (1st M55) Martin Lofthouse 40:58 Jane Evans 47:50 […]

The Week Ahead (10th September 2018)

Evening Nidders, After our little mid-year interval sessions, with Martin and David from UK Athletics, we’re almost back to normality with two clubs runs this week. I’m a little bit out of the loop on club runs, but I don’t think we ran towards Hookie Woods last week, so lets do that on Tuesday. If […]

The Week Ahead (3rd September 2018)

Evening Nidders, It’s September already! We’ll soon be digging out the hi-viz vests and long sleeve training tops, and the ‘hottest summer since records began’ will be a thing of the passed. I won’t mind too much though, I do like the sun but I’ve found it really hard to run in it! Anyway lets […]

Results Roundup – Tuesday 28th August 2018

Good evening, it’s been a busy few weeks with lots going on, people on holiday etc, but fear not – the kids will be back at school soon and the days will be getting shorter. It’s nearly time to dig out the hi viz and head torch! In the mean time, feel free to peruse […]

Results Roundup – Wednesday 9th August 2018

Good evening, here is a quick round up of all the latest race/parkrun results from the last couple of weeks. James Herriot This 14k trail race is classed as a ‘road’ event in the club championships, but in reality the road part lasts for about 100m. Castle Bolton in Wensleydale makes for a usually glorious […]

Results Round Up – Tuesday 17th July

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the club so here is a roundup of all the recent results. On the last batch, I forgot to include Andy Harris in the Staveley Stampede results, he finished 6th overall and in a time of 39:07 – sorry Andy! Please let me know if you raced […]

Results Round Up – Wednesday 27th June 2018

This is a big one! Parkrun At Fountains Abbey on Saturday 16th June, Andy Todd ran his 199th parkrun and a got a new PB of 18:37, finishing 11th out of 343 runners. At Harrogate, there were PB’s for Jon Beaumont 20:58, Alex Leslie 23:46, James Barnett 23:53, Jane Wilkinson 27:58, and Lisa Clipston 33:39. […]

Results Roundup – Tuesday 12th June 2018

Good evening, here is the latest batch of results from NVRR for you to peruse at your leisure. I’ve tried to make sure that I’ve included everyone who has ran over the last few weeks, but please let me know if your event or race hasn’t been mentioned…… Parkrun On Saturday 2nd June, at Fountains […]

Results Roundup – 1st June 2018

Edinburgh Marathon Festival Early weather reports for Scotland’s capital didn’t look too promising for the NVRR contingent heading north of the border for the Marathon Festival, with the forecast predicting strong sunshine and mid 20’s temperatures on race day which were less than ideal for running 13.1 or 26.2 miles. Luckily, the sun was hidden […]

Results Roundup – Monday 21st May 2018

Here are some results from the last couple of weeks, apologies if you didn’t get a mention. Ripon 10 The sun was out once again for this popular 10 mile race organised by the good people of Ripon Runners. Despite a few people taking a tumble, everyone crossed over the finish line. Here are the […]

Results Roundup: Thursday 10th May 2018

Parkrun The glorious bank holiday attracted 500+ runners to take part in parkrun at Harrogate on Saturday. There were PB’S for Matt Wilkinson, who finished 2nd overall in 17:43, Ben Baird in 19:05, and Brian Hainsworth in 19:58. Nidd junior Jessica Beaumont achieved her fastest time yet, finishing in 29:12, while Claire Simpson also got […]

Results Roundup – 1st May 2018

Good evening, the weekend just gone was another busy one of running and produced another batch of great results. Parkrun We’ll start at Harrogate as Nigel Scaife and Mike Benson both got themselves pb’s – Nigel finished in 20:07, while Mike crossed the line in 23:18. At Fountains Abbey, Ben Baird was the first Nidd […]

300 x 200 Challenge

Many thanks to everybody who turned out at Fountains Abbey this morning to support the Nidd Valley 300 in their bid to achieve an aggregate time of under 2 hours. We did it! Official times are: Dave Seaman 24:23 Robert Hill 24:58 Tony Ledwaba-Chapman 27:24 Alan Harby 36:01 Total time 1:52:46 I think we are […]

Results Roundup – Thursday 26th April

Here’s a quick look at last weekend’s efforts from Nidd Valley. The unseasonably warm weather played a huge part in making it more difficult than usual for our marathoners in London on Sunday, but thankfully everyone made it over the finish line safely! Parkrun There were some new PB’s achieved this weekend at various parkrun’s […]