Ilkley Trail Race

[Trimm Trab]

Just out of curiousity, could anyone point me to a map or a description of the course for this race? I ask because I live in Ilkley, and really wanted to do this race, but Sunday was the only chance I had to recce the route of the upcoming Wharfedale Off Road Marathon. I go up Beamsley Beacon/Round Hill/Middleton Moor all the time so I may well have run the route before without knowing!

Cheers,
TT

[Glass Ankles]

TT there is a map of the course on this page

http://www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk/trail/index.html

If you are running it the turn left across the moor is about 20 metres after a stile on your right, turn off the main track onto a kind of cart track that goes across the moorland.

Leeds Rhino, that stile was our biggest concern.....next year we will make it clear that climbing the fence leads to disqualification I would have thought after the first hill most people would be ready for a breather by then!

[Leeds Rhino]

yes ! I was certainly ready for a breather at the first stile, and also at the second stile not much further on !!

well done for organising it anyway Mr.Glass Ankles.

[randomcaller]

I really enjoyed the Ilkley Trail Race. I've only been running a couple of months and so am pretty new to these races. Just wondered if anyone knew of any similar races within about an hours drive or so of Leeds?

[Trimm Trab]

Cheers for the map Glass Ankles; as I suspected I'm very familiar with all the paths along the way, and it does seem a great route for a race - I'm seriously impressed with the winning times too! I'll definitely be there next time, and hope to get myself down to a Harriers Saturday training sesh soon.

[Multiterrainer]

I really enjoyed the Ilkley Trail Race. I've only been running a couple of months and so am pretty new to these races. Just wondered if anyone knew of any similar races within about an hours drive or so of Leeds?

A couple up and coming both well within an hour of Leeds are the Otley Chevin fell race 3.5 miles 900ft (from town centre to top of Chevin & back) on Wednesday 4th June at 7.30pm & the easier Bingley St Ives trail race 4 miles 450ft, the following Tuesday 10 June also at 7.30pm - I'm hoping to be fit enough for this one.


Shame I couldn't make this GA, & it looks as if no-one from the club appears to have run either despite my email reminder

[randomcaller]

Thanks very much for that. I'll certainly be at the Chevin fell race and will try to make Bingley too. Even if i'm last I'd rather run than not

[Glass Ankles]

I'll definitely be there next time, and hope to get myself down to a Harriers Saturday training sesh soon.

TT.... better off trying to make the Tues or Thurs night sessions, more folk attend these.

GA

[Multiterrainer]

I've already promised GA I'll be there, so I'll be there!!

...well only a year late.

As I've entered this year's race (and its in our Runner of the Year series) I promise I will be there!!

Its on Sunday 24th May this year - anyone else doing it?

[egor]

does anyone know if its full yet?