Sat 22 May 2021, Rydal Hall, Ambleside The classic Fairfield Horseshoe Fell Race made a welcome return to the fell running calendar, still missing most races due to the pandemic. 218 runners were on the start line, with some still missing due to traffic congestion on the Windermere – Ambleside road, despite the start being delayed by 15 minutes. Two runners from Preston Harriers made the start line for the 14.5km race with 914m of climbing, on a cold, windy day promising rain

Sat 15 May 2021, Threlkeld, near Keswick On Saturday the 15th of May 2021, the two Lake District mountains – Clough Head and Great Dodd- welcomed fell runners from all over the North of the country at a friendly but rather competitive race organised by Kong Racing of Keswick. The race was approximately 9 miles long with nearly 3000 ft of elevation. Seven Preston Harriers fell runners were thrilled to finally take part in a proper mountain race after such a long time of lockd

All clubs have been notified by the Chair of the Mid Lancs League, Nick Hume, that Dawn Lock, Secretary of the Mid Lancs Cross Country League has announced her retirement from the post with immediate effect. Nick advises that Dawn would be willing to assist a new Secretary during their first year with her invaluable advice and guidance. Dawn has been Secretary of the Mid Lancs Cross Country League for many years and Preston Harriers offers huge thanks for Dawn’s hard work. Sh

Sat / Sun, 8/9 May 2021 Crorken sets new club record at British Milers Grand Prix The first BMC Grand Prix of the year was staged at Trafford on May 8th, bringing together some of the top middle distance runners from across the country with Preston Harriers represented by five athletes. First up was Tiarnan Crorken who ran a new 800 metre PB of 1:47.22 to place 4th in the men’s 800 metres A race and place him first on the Harriers all-time records. Next, it was the turn of th

Sat / Sun 14/15 May Dever and Coleman break records and Bernstein close to GB selection Preston’s Patrick Dever was in dominant form winning the 1,500m and 5,000m events at the American Athletic Conference Championships on Sunday at the USF Track and Field Stadium in Tampa, Florida. He set new conference championship records for both distances in the process, running 3:41.18 for the 1500m and 13:41.68 in the 5000m. Alex Bernstein is edging closer to team GB selection in the

30 April / 1 May 2021, USA Preston Harriers are fortunate to have several athletes on sports scholarships over in America and last week Kian Davis, Nathan Dunn and Byron Sowerby were all in track action. On April 30th Dunn ran an excellent 5000m PB of 14:10.95 at the West Coast Relays 5000m invitational race, finishing in 5th place. That same day, Sowerby was in action, in very windy conditions, at the Kentucky Invitational 3,000m, finishing in a time of 9:01.63 and 13th posi

Fri 30 April 2021, Kingsley Never failing to attract a strong field, the Mid-Cheshire 5k is one of the region’s top 5k races and as such it always features a couple of Preston Harriers. This latest meet was no different with Steve Hallas competing in the A race and Dougie Potter featuring in the B race. Veteran Hallas is in fine form at the moment and clocked a very impressive 17:42, which was good enough for 219th position on the day, which highlights just how competitive t

The race will be held on 3rd October 2021. The club has been allocated 2 places for this race. Members can apply for a club place by contacting the Endurance committee representative Kari Edwards. The deadline for applications is Friday 28 May 2021. To qualify for a club place you will need to have entered the 2021 ballot which was only open from 4 October to 9 October 2020 and been a fully paid up member of Preston Harriers at that time and still be a member now. Priority wi