Mallusk Harriers Club Report: March 5th 2017. Wednesday just past was the 1st March, the end of the metrological winter and as they say in these parts; the day the crows build their nests. Spring is upon us and the Carlingford Half Marathon traditionally kicks off the official start of the half marathon season. However…
Mallusk Harriers Club Report: February 27th 2017 To Dare Is To Do. A rather arduous weekend for our dedicated Harriers, as they had to endure a deluge of rain and gales, as winter tightened its grip. In between the double act of storms’ Doris and Ewan, club members participated in local parkrun’s and other events…
Mallusk Harriers Club Report: 19th February 2017 While you were sleeping…. Every morning my alarm goes off. My body still aches from yesterday’s run. I’ve a long day ahead, but still I get up and run. Through the pain, self-doubt, the rain, or sleet and sometimes snow. Freezing temperatures, head winds, and up the hills;…
Mallusk Harriers Club Report: February 13th 2017. Mallusk Cross Country : So cold blows the chill of winter wind. The trees that branches bare The slightest blink of the season sun, its rays once more so rare. And so again they gathered, with the threat of snow they dared. In the footsteps of Olympians they…
Mallusk Harriers club report: February 5th 2017. Time taken to improve oneself is time well spent…. Last Friday, it was 50 days to the Larne Half Marathon, 7 weeks until race day. Some may not need reminded, others may not want reminded, but as anything that is worth doing, having the correct mental ethic will…
Mallusk Harriers Club Report: January 29th 2017. If Carlsberg did running clubs….. They would probably model it on Mallusk Harriers. It may not have been the temperature of North Africa, as it was for Sir John Mills, Sylvia Syms and company in this wartime movie classic, but the weather was ice cold in Antrim for…
Resting on a crest of a wave… The opening round of events over the previous two weeks took place at Stormont estate with the Run in the Dark 5km & 10km races, with quite a few of the Mallusk Harriers taking on the folks on the hill and certainly laid down the law with a…
Superman eats kryptonite for breakfast… Many thanks to all the Harriers out running and volunteering at the events over the last few weeks… Honestly have been totally blown away this past week and lost for words, so no holding back and straight into the results… Parkruns 5th November Waterworks – Danny Donaldson 19:53, Robbie Gould…
Don’t half make it tough… With over 1,000 ladies taking part in the Runher event, 16 of our very own athletes took on both the 5k and 10k distances with many of our runners recording new Personal Bests for the distances. First up for the 10k saw Deborah Ewing cross the line in 50:27, Tina…
Slacking, me not you… Apologies I haven’t kept on top of the report over the last few weeks, no excuse, irons in to many fires, if truth be told. Anyway rewinding a few weeks previous the club had the luxury to progress from the previous year to enter an additional 2 teams in this year’s…
