TOM Adams shone on the global stage last weekend in the grand final of the Golden Trail Series in the Azores.

Having won the UK Series in fine style, Adams earned his spot to take on the best mountain runners from around the world.

And he showed he very much belonged in that select company as he was to the fore in a challenging series of three races on different islands.

He was 13th out of 112 in the overall standings, finishing strongly with his highest-placed finish on the third stage.

That day saw the runners faced with a 35km route featuring nearly 2,000 metres of elevation, and Adams was ninth in three hours and 26 minutes.

His focus now switches to the World Trail Running Championships in Thailand in mid-November following his selection for the Great Britain team.

Adams' performance wasn't the only one of note for the Harriers last week as the club's runners competed across a wide range of distances.

No one topped the 100km racked up by Helen and Dick Waddington in the Yorkshire Trod 100.

This 24-hour challenge is based in the Yorkshire Dales, starting and finishing in Grassington.

The route ticked off Threshfield, Weets Top, Malham, Arncliffe, Litton, Buckden, Starbotton, Kettlewell, Buckden Pike, Burnsall, Simon's Seat, Barden Tower and the Cracoe War Memorial before heading back to Grassington!

And the Waddingtons ran it together, stopping the clock in 17-and-a-half hours.

Also on the ultra front (which is any event over the marathon distance), Jann Smith was the first lady at the Nidderdale Way Ultra.

The 29-mile route with over 3,000 feet of climbing started from Pateley Bridge and included landmarks such as Ripley Castle, Brimham Rocks, Gouthwaite reservoir and How Stean Gorge.

As well as being the first female finisher, Smith's time of five hours and 36 minutes also placed her in the top-10 overall.

It was 'just' a hilly marathon for another Harriers ultra star in Colin Williams, albeit one dubbed 'the toughest road marathon in the UK'.

That was the Langdale Marathon, with 3,400 feet of elevation and some ascents as steep as 1:3, which Williams took in his stride to dip under four hours and take 41st place.

Jane McCarthy has been tackling - and often winning - a variety of long-distance races this year.

But she stepped right down to 10k at the weekend and duly landed the first female prize at the Old Mother Shipton's Shuffle from Knaresborough.

Her time of 42:48 was also good enough for fourth place out of the 50 runners overall.

On the fell race front, there was Harriers success at the Great Whernside - Here We Go Again - Yorkshire Fell Championship.

On a breezy and windswept autumn day in Kettlewell, juniors and seniors tackled various routes up Great Whernside, and in the U17 race Emily Gibbins was second girl and Archie Budding third boy - both earning Yorkshire medals in the process.

A little further afield in the Lakes, Alison Weston was fourth in her FV50 age category at the 7.3-mile Hutton Roof Crags Fell Race in a time of 1:16:22.

Back on the road and the popular Abbey Dash 10k took place in Leeds on Sunday.

Twelve Harriers took part and they were led home by Jemima Elgood in a time of 34:21, which saw her finish 18th lady (out of 1,162).

Rob Cunningham was the first male Harriers to finish in 36:28, with Michael Abrams-Cohen next as he just beat his previous personal best with 37:44.

Abrams-Cohen had also been in action the day before when he finished second in the Roberts Park parkrun, a place ahead of Ilkley clubmate Steve Gott.