Another bank holiday weekend this time bringing some pretty BIG challenges! BURY TO CLARE CHALLENGE An 18 mile route through the gently undulating countryside of West Suffolk in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care. The challenge is to complete within eight hours. We had four roadrunners taking on the 18 miles and the recent wet weather meant the hills and [...]
The bank holiday saw lots of HRR headed out to race on both roads and trails. The weather was kind and there are some great shots of the runners in action …. Well done and thank you to all the photographers! NICE HALF MARATHON Caroliena Cameron headed over to the South of France this weekend, to take part in her [...]
Sunday saw the running of the 43rd London marathon. The first time since 2019 that the event has run in the spring after the COVID -19 Pandemic. HRR had 8 roadrunners out there on the course as well as a multitude of supporters along the way, sharing pictures and updates, with the rest of the team tracking and watching from [...]
Powered by the sunshine and running for chocolate, HRR had lots of runners out and about, making the most of the bank holiday! BARROW MARATHON Andy Wilmot was back at the Suffolk running centre completing his 830th!!! Marathon. He had a brilliant run and finished in 5:09.00, his fastest time in a long while. SUDBURY 5 MILE We had 6 [...]
CAMUL10kUNUM TRAIL The Camuplodunum was conceived in 1974 as a 25-mile walk encircling the town of Colchester. Company of runners decided to host it as a Camuplodunum Marathon route and decided to also stage a supplementary 10k race that same day. This followed the first three miles of the marathon route, then circled round and returned so nearly an out [...]
Rain, rain rain making for wet and muddy conditions! Perfect for those mud loving, trail crazy, roadrunners! PSUK XC Aidan Kelly was back out running on Wednesday at the PSUK (Police Sport) cross country championships in Cotswold Water Park. A flat but muddy 6.8mile course. Aidan finished 102nd out of 156 men in a time of 52:32. HARE AND TORTOISE [...]
After a cold, wet week thank goodness the sun came out for race day on Sunday. MILTON KEYNES 20 MILE The Milton Keynes Festival of Running took place on Sunday starting at the Xscape city-centre venue. Ian Wingrove, currently training for Manchester marathon was making the most of the 20 mile route, a mainly flat, fast course with PB potential. [...]
Wow oh wow!! What a weekend for racing!! With so many races taking place, Halstead roadrunners were here, there and everywhere at the weekend. Some were chasing PBs, some were in training and some were running to enjoy! CHAPPEL ALE TRAIL Kick starting the weekend of running were Treena Carder, Caroliena Cameron and Lisa Rodbourn taking part in the Chappel [...]
Some super running from Halstead roadrunners this weekend. With many training hard for spring marathons and other up and coming races there was some serious mileage going on. PARKRUN PBs Team Roughan were Parkrun tourists at the weekend taking part in Clacton Parkrun. Currently training for Manchester marathon, Dan is reaping the rewards of his hard work and achieved a [...]
Last Xc of the season held at Hadleigh. Extremely hilly!!! *JUNIORS OVERALL END OF SEASON RESULTS* Minimum of 4 races. U11 boys Toby - 5th Sam - 8th Jacob - 12th U11 girls - Hannah - 10th Evelyn - 17th U13 girls - Martha - 3rd Boys finished 7th overall, girls joint 5th with a combined finish of 6th! Fantastic [...]