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🏃‍♂️ Tuesday — Club Night: 400m Efforts

Tuesday’s session was all about 400m efforts. The evening turned out warmer than we expected, but everyone knuckled down and put in some brilliant work. Strong pacing, good form, and a great atmosphere across the group.

🏃‍♀️ Thursday — Tempo Session

Thursday was our tempo night — usually a slightly smaller group, but always a committed one. Plenty of focused block running and solid consistency from everyone who came along.

🏞️ Saturday — parkrun Highlights

A few of our runners headed out to parkrun this week, with some great performances:

Giles Hawthorne – Bedworth parkrun in 26:52

Alison Burton – Rutland Water parkrun in 35:48

Michael Gilbert – Rutland Water parkrun in 24:51 (Course PB!)

Richard Burton – Rutland Water parkrun in 31:35


Fantastic running from all of you, especially with that course PB from Michael.

🏃 Sunday — Easy Miles & Own Training

No races on Sunday, so most people headed out for their own steady miles. A nice way to round off the week and keep the legs ticking over.

🟣💙 Bourne Town Harriers – Weekly Roundup

Here’s a look at what’s been happening this week at BTH…

Tuesday Night – 1K Efforts

The colder weather didn’t stop us this week, and everyone who made it down put in some brilliant work on the 1K efforts.
A few members were caught up in travel issues, but it was great to see people still getting out for their own runs when they could. Commitment like that really shows!

Thursday – Tempo Session

Thursday’s tempo run was another strong session in the bank. Great pacing, great energy, and solid teamwork all round.

Parkrun Saturday
A few Harriers were out and about at parkrun:

Ferry Meadows
Michael Gilbert – 31:28
Richard Burton – 32:29
Alison Burton – 36:23

Pocket
Giles Hawthorne – 22:21 (15th place!)

Well done to everyone who got their Saturday miles in.

Sunday – Hereward Relay

On Sunday, we had four teams out at the Hereward Relay — such a fantastic event and brilliant team atmosphere as always. Amazing running from everyone involved.

We then rounded off the day with a lovely social at The Sugarmill to celebrate the relay.

And a huge congratulations to Gillian, who was announced as the recipient of our London Marathon club place for 2025!

Another cracking week for BTH — well done everyone

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This week delivered another strong block of training for the Harriers, starting with a brilliant turnout on Tuesday night for an 800m effort session. The squad showed real consistency and resilience across every rep.

Thursday shifted the focus into a tempo-style workout, working through bigger, sustained blocks of running to build strength and rhythm. A solid performance all round with great commitment from everyone who attended.

It was a quieter weekend on the racing front, with most members following their own training plans — but we still had some fantastic representation at various parkruns:

🌳 Ferry Meadows
• Michael Gilbert – 30:27, Position 242, Gender 179
• Richard Burton – 30:59, Position 248, Gender 184

🌳 Rutland Water
• Simeon Adams – 22:29, Position 30, Gender 26

🌳 Thonock Lane Farm
• Giles Edward Hawthorne – 23:42, Position 6

Fantastic running from everyone who laced up this weekend — great variety of courses and strong performances across the board.

Another productive week in the bank. Let’s keep pushing forward, team! 💪🟪🔵

Continuing our run reports, this week saw our Harriers enjoying a relaxed Sunday Social Run 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ — the perfect way to wrap up the season with good company, steady miles, and plenty of smiles. 🌳☕

We also celebrated our Summer Inter Club Champs Awards, recognising some brilliant performances across the series. ✨

🏆 Matthew Bellis — Male Club Champion and Age-Graded Winner
🏆 Laura Bailey — Female Club Champion
🏆 Michael Gilbert — Handicap Club Champion for his strong run at the Thurlby 10K

A huge well done to all our winners and everyone who took part throughout the series — your hard work, consistency, and team spirit shine through every week! 💜💙

Thank you all for supporting, running, and cheering — and thank you for following along with our run reports. 👏

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This week kicked off with our Tuesday Run Club, where the group smashed out 200m efforts with 45-second recoveries 🔥. A brilliant turnout and fantastic work rate from all involved 👏.

Through the week, members kept building their fitness with individual training runs 💪.

At the weekend, we had plenty going on:

✨ On Saturday, our parkrunners were out in force:

Simeon Adams headed to Belton House 🏞️

Richard Burton and Michael Gilbert ran together at Ferry Meadows 🏃‍♂️

Giles Hawthorne took on Oaklands College parkrun 🎉


✨ Meanwhile, a huge shout-out to Matthew, who took on the incredible challenge of a 100-mile ultramarathon around Snowdonia 🌄. An absolutely outstanding achievement – a true display of endurance and determination 🙌.

✨ On Sunday, three Harriers took on the Sawtry 10 Miler.

Laura and Vaughan proudly represented Bourne Town Harriers 💙💛

Maria Merriden was also there, running in her first-claim club colours 👏


Another fantastic week – from short sharp speedwork to ultramarathons and road races, the Harriers spirit continues to shine across every distance and terrain 💛💙.

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This week has been packed with brilliant efforts from our Harriers across training, parkrun, and races. 👟✨

🌲 Tuesday Training

Our run club session took us to the woods this week with 1-mile efforts. Everyone dug deep and put in some cracking performances — a strong session to build stamina and speed. 💪

🏃‍♂️ parkrun Highlights

Richard Burton ran at Ferry Meadows finishing in 31:37.

Cayden Mackay (one of our juniors) ran Rutland Water for the first time and stormed home in 18:28 👏.

His brother Ciaran Mackay wasn’t far behind with a superb 19:17 — great times for both brothers! 🔥

Giles was on a bit of parkrun tourism, heading over to Zuiderpark, where he clocked 26:43. 🌍

🏅 Sunday Racing

On Sunday, Michael Gilbert and Alison Burton represented BTH at the Newark Half Marathon, which was also the final race of the Summer Club Champs. A full run report is on the way soon, so watch this space! 📖✨

💜💙 Well done to everyone training, racing, and keeping the Harriers spirit strong! Whether it’s parkrun, long runs, or club sessions — every effort counts.

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It’s been another great week for the Harriers, with training sessions, races, and parkruns keeping us all moving!

Tuesday saw our regular club night meet, where the session was a challenging 8 x 600m efforts with 2 minutes of recovery between each rep. While the group was a little quieter than usual, we still had a solid turnout from our seniors — and plenty of determination on show. 💪

Wednesday marked the final race of the Grand Prix series — we’ll have a full run report coming soon, so watch this space!

Saturday brought another round of parkrun action for our members:

Simian Adams took on Belton House with a buggy and still flew around in 22:03!

Giles Hawthorne ran at Great Denham, clocking 20:58.

Michael Gilbert, Alison Burton, and Richard Burton all headed to Snowdon Field. Michael bagged a course PB with 28:08, Richard finished in 33:54, and Alison came in at 36:45, incorporating her run into an interval training session.


Alongside these events, several of our members have been keeping up with their own training plans — fitting in long runs, speed work, and strength sessions to keep progressing.

Well done to everyone who got out there this week, whether in a race, training session, or parkrun — it all counts towards those goals! 🏅

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Bourne Town Harriers were back in action for Race No. 4 of the Peterborough Grand Prix Series – with strong representation, fantastic efforts, and one more race to go in the 2025 series 💙💜

👟 Junior 3K Report:
A huge well done to Oliver Lloyd, who proudly represented the BTH Juniors in the 3K event. Great to see our young athletes stepping up and gaining valuable race experience – well done, Oliver! 👏
🔥 Senior 5K Results:
🔹 18th – Matt Bellis – 17:21
🔹 125th – Carl Cocking – 20:50
🔹 107th – Laura Bailey – 22:53
🔹 174th – Jak Chambers – 23:04
🔹 220th – Michael Gilbert – 24:41
🔹 269th – Richard Pearson – 26:43
🔹 310th – Alison Burton – 29:26
🔹 316th – Maria Merridan – 29:37
🔹 336th – Richard Burton – 30:52

⚠️ Note: The course did come up a little short of 5K, so while we saw some fantastic times and a few unofficial PBs, they won’t count as official.

🏆 Series Update:
With one race remaining, Matt Bellis is still holding strong in 8th place overall in the league standings – a superb and consistent showing throughout the series!

📆 Eyes now turn to the final race of the series – let’s finish strong, Harriers!

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The BTH seniors pulled out a huge team for this year’s Thurlby 10K, and what a day it turned out to be! A fantastic local race with big club energy, impressive individual results, and some serious silverware brought home 💙💜

🌟 Highlights:
🥉 Matt Bellis stormed into 3rd place overall with a superb time of 38:30, earning both the Third Place Trophy and the BTH Club Champs Trophy! 🏆🏆

Even better – thanks to the strength across the team, Bourne Town Harriers took home the Team Trophy, too! 🥇💪

📊 Full Senior Results:
🔹 3rd – Matt Bellis – 38:30
🔹 25th – Del James – 48:33
🔹 26th – Carl Cocking – 48:45
🔹 34th – Jim Sands – 49:45
🔹 36th – Jak Chambers – 50:13
🔹 43rd – Laura Bailey – 51:32
🔹 56th – Victoria Cocking – 54:15
🔹 58th – Michael Gilbert – 56:20
🔹 59th – Gillian Pryor – 57:11
🔹 85th – Alison Burton – 1:11:09
🔹 90th – Richard Burton – 1:11:40

👏 A massive well done to all who raced – brilliant running, brilliant support, and brilliant team spirit all round!

🎉 Our Juniors also did us proud in the Fun Run – with some fantastic performances and more trophies on the way! 🏅
📸 Keep your eyes peeled for the Juniors’ recap post – coming soon!

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