The 2025 series of the Darlington Monthly Mile hosted by Darlington Harriers began on March 27.
The single-lap certified course is an evening race held at Darlington South Park with the best 3 out of 6 races counting towards age category prizes with the final race being held in September.
Ken Harker (MV50) finished 17th overall, 2nd in age in 5m47s and Lauren Eadon (FV60) 44th overall, 1st in age in 6m31s.
More than 1200 runners took part in the Coniston 14-mile road race on March 29, with a route that takes participants around the scenic Coniston Water in Cumbria and with over 1000ft of elevation, a challenging course that provides stunning scenery in the Lake District.
Huw Morgans had a strong run and finished 70th overall in 1h33m25s.
The same day but out on the trails this time was the DR20 (20km) near Reeth, an exciting introduction to the DalesRunner series with some tough ascents and fast technical descents in spectacular Swaledale.
There was amazing running from the men, with Jake Stephenson finishing 2nd overall in 1h32m18s, Elias Dexter 3rd in 1h35m20s, Ruari Williams 4th in 1h35m57s and Jonathan Simpson 43rd in 2h05m36s.
There was also a shorter 11km Fremington Frenzy race with the same start and finish.
A roundup of the parkruns and on March 22 at Northallerton: Amy Hartley was 3rd overall, 1st female in 19m56s (PB), Pauline Whittaker 52nd in 26m43s and Elaine Watters 62nd in 27m33s.
At Thorpe Perrow Mark Forrest was 2nd in 19m and Anthony Jefford 4th in 21m57s.
At Darlington David Hack was 7th in 18m22s, Jonathan Simpson 10th in 19m26s, Gail Smith 75th in 24m18s, Peter Richardson 109th in 25m47s, Ian Hepworth 255th in 32m05s and Diane Adkins 266th in 32m49s and at Tooting Common Thomas O'Mahoney was 1st in 17m16s.
On March 29 at Northallerton, Peter Allanson was 2nd in 19m53s, Ken Harker 4th in 20m18s, Anthony Jefford 5th in 20m42s, Peter Richardson 49th in 25m27s and Elaine Watters 57th in 26m17s.
At Darlington, Nev Graham finished 1st overall in 18m37s, Paul Simpson was 5th in 19m10s, Rebecca Smith 21st, 1st female in 20m49s, Nicola Simpson 22nd in 20m52s, Gail Smith 103rd in 24m26s and at Tooting Common Thomas O'Mahoney was 6th in 18m57s.
Further information on the club and training nights can be found on the website www.richmondzetlandharriers.co.uk
