Run in Ilkley with Run in England
Steve will now be leading a regular run through Ilkley under the Run in England program. In the shadow of Ilkley Moor, Steve will use his running experience and personal training expertise to guide joggers and runners for a weekly training session. It’s £20 to join Run in England and £2 per session, which allows [...]
Drugs Testing Introduced in Pie Eating Contest
As more and more sports are implicated in using drugs to enhance performance, I have just read an article that takes the biscuit (or the pie). Some may think that pie eating will never become a sport. By the 2020 Olympics it will be included along with Marathon TV watching. Please read on:- A Wigan [...]
Race Cancelled for Health & Safety Reasons
In this article H & S stands for Health and Safety (and related legislation). So what has this to do with my world of running some may ask. Well, the reason I have been prompted to put fingers to keyboard was because of a local race that has been cancelled. The race in question was [...]
Sri Chinmoy 2 Mile Race 24th June 2009: Meadows, Edinburgh
The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team organise races on the Meadows in Edinburgh most weeks. The races usually range from 1 mile to 10km and consist of laps of the park along footpaths. So on June 24th 2009, Rob and I trundled down to the park, where everyone was playing tennis, to take part in a [...]
Bupa Great Edinburgh Run 10k 2009
When my wife and I planned to spend a few days near Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago I didn’t envisage doing a race of any kind. The idea was to visit the city to see my daughter Linda and her partner Rob. Well I suppose one way of seeing a city is to run [...]
Steve Joins NHS in Red Nose Day Fundrasier
Steve Haywood joined up with the Wakefield District NHS to raise funds for Red Nose Day last week. The personal trainer from West Yorkshire donated a free personal training session as a prize for the fundraising events which took place on Friday 13th March 2009. So far, Comic Relief has raised a record £57 million, [...]
Old Races from 2009
Add your reviews, opinions and photos from races gone by this year in the comments box below: Thursday 1st January 2009: 11:15am CLEETHORPES NEW YEAR’S DAY 10K Cleethorpes Cricket Club, Chichester Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire DN35 0HZ PLEASE NOTE: if entries are received after December 19 then race numbers or details will not be posted out [...]
Race Calendar 2009 – North of England and Beyond
Here are races in Northern England and beyond for the rest of the year. We’ve omitted all those races that we found to be full, cancelled or closed to new entries. All of the local races are fairly close to Yorkshire with some of the larger races from further away also listed. We will keep [...]
Old Races from 2008 – North of England and Beyond
These are the races that have been – add your reviews and comments about them in the box below: Wednesday 4 June: 7pm SPENCER’S DASH (3.7 mile road race) (race 3 of 6) Spencers Arms, Barugh Green, Barnsley. Click here for more details. Thursday 5 June: 7.15pm BOWDEN 5K Race 3 in the Cheshire Grand [...]
Olympics Tickets – Beijing 2008
 Get in now for tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tickets come bunched with a group of various rounds and finals so choose carefully to get the events you want to see. An example that includes the Men’s 100m Final and more for only £124.99 is shown below. To see more options click on [...]
