What a great week in the life of Blackburn Harriers athletes competing in Europe, the US and here in England. Where do we start. Well on Friday December 12th, David Holman was at the ‘Twas the Meet before Christmas’ in Winston Salenm (NC). The week before...
The Leeds Abbey Dash 10k took to the streets again on Sunday November 30th with thousands of runners signed up for the Run For All Race – won by St Albans James McMurray in a time of 28.52, followed in by Aldershot’s Joshua Grace in 2nd (28.56) and Leeds...
The day before the National 6 & 4 Stage Road Relays in Birmingham, along with the Junior Relays, the airwaves were filled with gloom – horrendous wind, rain and pretty pessimistic forecast all round. Yes the wind was there, but the rain held off and the day...
Saturday September 20th was a tough day for road running. Arriving early Saturday morning, it looked as though the weather forecast might be wrong. Club tent and flag went up in the dry, everything looked dark but amiable. Then it started to rain and it rained and...
The projected wind and rain wasn’t as bad as first expecteed as a large number of athletes from clubs around the North West, lined up for the North West Road Relays at Birkenhead Park on Sunday September 14th. Blackburn Harriers had teams out in all age groups,...
The track & Field season is gradually coming to an end for athletic clubs as they complete their league committments and participate in a number of opem meetings up and down the country. The World Athletics Champion ships will be on us shortly and all athletic...