The Hare and Tortoise running company held the Blackwater trail events on Saturday. This event ran three different distances along the River Chelmer from Chelmsford to the Blackwater estuary. Conditions were slippery underfoot after the prolonged rain. Bob Langley and Neil Poulter entered the marathon distance which actually ran at about 27.4 miles. Despite the slippery conditions Bob Langley smashed [...]
This Sunday saw the first big road race for a long time. 1384 participants took part in the Colchester Stampede 10k and Halstead Road Runners were out in force. The course starts in the zoo and then runs out around closed run coming back in through the zoo to finish. Michael Smith stormed home first for Halstead in a PB [...]
Some big races have been undertaken by Halstead Road Runners this weekend. Nathan Roulson took on the massive challenge of running the TP100. This is a 100 mile race along the Thames Path from Richmond to Oxford starting on Saturday 8th May. Nathan completed it in a time of 22:56:00. He came in 73rd place. 272 people started the race [...]
Halstead Road Runners have been back in action over the past couple of weeks running races. On Easter Monday, Dan Hollinshead and Steve May ran in the Easter Eggstravaganza trail run at Writtle. It was a 7.7 mile course. Dan finished in 1:03:26 coming 15th out of 147 runners. Steve finished in 1:05:42 coming 18th. On the 11th April Will [...]
Ben Brown took on the Stort 30m Ultra this Sunday. He completed it in 4:43:37 coming 28th overall out of 119 competitors and 8th in his age group. Ross Kemble and Phil Jeffries ran Craig's Layer trail event 10m. They completed it in 1:46:52.
The Essex Trail Events Toppesfield 7m self navigated trail event took place on Sunday. The weather was good although a bit damp underfoot. Steve May finished in an amazing 2nd place out of 95 competitors in a time of 0:51:49. Ben Brown, Michael Smith and Stephen Metson ran together finishing in joint 10th place in a time of 1:01:13. Gary [...]
The Ridley Round took place on 19th September. This is a 13 mile trail run which takes in five pubs. Several Halstead Road Runners took part in warm, sunny conditions. Paul Hinsley came home first for Halstead finishing in 17th position in a time of 2:32:28. Gavin Allen 2:53:10 Steve May 3:05:41 Phil Jeffries, Ross Kemble and Treena Carder 3:14:50 [...]
Ivan Filchev returned to his homeland of Bulgaria to compete in the Lionheart Triathlon on the 3rd September 2020 in Primorsko on the coast. This is an Ultra Cross triathlon consisting of a 3k sea swim, a 116k mountain bike and a 21k trail run. There is a lot of elevation and conditions were very hot and windy. Ivan had [...]
Phil Jeffries and John Warne ran in the Hare and Tortoises 12 hour event at Layer Marnay towers on Saturday 29th August. The race consisted of a 2.65 mile lap which could be run as many times as you wanted in the 12 hour period. Both Phil and John entered as individual runners but ran together for the majority of [...]
The SVP50/100 took place this Saturday 15th August. This is a 50/100km ultra run from Newmarket (100km Start) or Sudbury (50km Start) to Brantham along the Stour Valley Path. The course is pretty tough with the majority being off road and hilly. Halstead Road Runner Nathan Roulson undertook the 100km event. Nathan looked strong throughout and completed the race finishing [...]