Great running by the Harriers at the London Marathon! Well done Philip Bridge on his 2.33 clocking; and to Harrier Life member Elspeth Turner, 1st F50. Remember: Pub Run this Wednesday 26th
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What a great day for running last Sunday (23rd April) when 9 current members of the Harriers plus one of our Hon Life members toed the start line at the London Marathon! u23 athlete Philip Bridge, currently studying at Exeter University, ran a great even paced race for his 106th position and time of 2.33 - not bad out of 40,000 finishers! Also having a pb experience was Elspeth Turner, one of Honorary Life members for her contribution to Somerset Athletics, who finished 1st F50 overall in a nippy little time of 2.57. Elspeth now lives down in Sussex and competes for Horsham Blue Star Club.
Deb & Craig achieve pbs at Easter Bunny whilst a large group of Harriers take on the Shapwick Trail Challenge! Plus this month's 'Blast from the past'
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Deb Glover & Craig Foley were the only Harriers to run at the Yeovilton Easter Bunny 10k and in what seemed like perfect conditions in a big 'race-full' field they both achieved personal bests. Deb home in 43.14 and Craig back in 44.25. Meanwhile at the Shapwick Trail race over approximately 7.5 miles Oli Frost was first Harrier in 8th place in 48.05.
Harriers compete hard at SW Road Relays, Budapest Half marathon; and then stacks of personal bests at Yeovilton 5k! Ed, Dylan, Lilly, Toby, Bernard, Arthur, Oli
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Wells City Harriers sent two teams to compete at the South West Road Relays last weekend, (8th & 9th April) whilst a number of other members were racing at the Budapest Half Marathon. The trip to Exeter was, ironically, more difficult due to traffic problems which meant that half of the men’s team only just arrived in time and one member of the women’s team was unable to arrive in time. Nevertheless, the teams performed really well. Sam Somerville, for the men, and Caitlin Carnegie for the women had the best times. On Wednesday night (12th April) there was a host of personal bests for Harriers competing at the Yeovilton 5km race, with Ed Stahl leading home the 20 Harriers competing. Berni Mundy goes top of the national V70 5k rankings! (Photo below from the SW Road relays)
Top 20 UK ranking performances at Track & field season opener! Whilst others compete hard at road, fell running, or multi-terrain races
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There were some great early season marks by Wells City Harrier members at the track & field Open meeting at Yeovil and some impressive running by Harriers at the Manchester Marathon, whilst others competed at the Exe to Axe, Penselwood 10k or Combe Gibbet XC. Talented u17 athlete Elise Thorner ran her first ever Steeplechase event and finished 5.07 for the 1500m. Elise goes top of the UK 2017 u17 rankings for the event, and 16th on the all-time records for u17 women.
Luke runs at the World Cross Country Championships in Uganda; other Harriers in action at Yeovil!
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Wells City Harriers were represented at the World Cross Country Championships this past weekend when Club member, 19 year old, Luke Prior was selected as part of the TeamGB junior men's team. The World Championshps were being organised and hosted in Uganda for the first time ever, with a relatively flat and fast course engineered adjacent to the Parade ground in the capital city of Kampala.. Luke was part of a 6 strong junior men's team selected following his 3rd place finishing in the national inter counties Championships a fortnight ago. Meanwhile we also had Harriers out competing at the yeovil half and at the first round of the English Fell Running Championships.
- Great running by Harrier juniors at the English Schools XC Championships & by senior Harriers at the local Butleigh multi-terrain race. Watch Luke at World XC on BBC!
- Up & Running ! Couch to 5k programme starts Wednesday 5th April - sign up now!
- Luke Prior selected for Team GB to compete at World XC Championships & host of great performances at XC, Bath Half, Grizzly and elsewhere
- 28th Street Series draws to a close – great night for racing by all; New V70 course record.
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