Andy Wilmot has been running back to back marathons this weekend at the Suffolk Running Centre. On Saturday he completed in 5:02:00. On Sunday he completed in 4:53:00 and this completed the immense total of 800 marathons!!! This makes him 10th in the UK and 72nd in the world for most marathons completed. Halstead Road Runners are hugely proud of [...]
A new running route has been established that follows the River Colne from its source to the sea. Nathan Roulson of Halstead Road Runners planned the route over several weeks and completed the epic 52 mile run on 7th July, in a time of 8 hours 24 minutes. The little known sport of FKTs (Fastest Known Times) has taken off [...]
Halstead Road Runners were out in force on Sunday at the Essex Road Relays event. Teams had to run 5km laps. The Senior Mens teams had to run 4 laps and all other teams had to run 3 laps. Due to a few Team changes on the day some team members stepped up and ran two laps. The Senior Mens [...]
Andy Wilmot has been out running double marathons again at the Cherry Blossom Marathon. On Saturday he did 5:03:00 and on Sunday ran 5:01:00. Sunday saw the last cross country fixture of the season in the Ellisons Solicitors cross country league. Halstead had a low turn out but managed a full womens team with Rachael Roughan finishing in 9th position, [...]
Fifteen Halstead Road Runners completed the penultimate race of the Ellisons Solicitors Cross Country League. Harwich Runners hosted the event using a new venue at Ardleigh car boot sale site and the adjoining quarry! The race should have been 5 miles but was actually exactly 4 miles but nevertheless it was still a tough course. Leading Halstead’s men home looking [...]
Andy Wilmot has been out running marathons again with the Suffolk Running Centre. On Saturday he completed in 4:49:00 and on Sunday in 4:57:00. Both were road marathons in breezy conditions. Andy Carter ran the Clare parkrun on Saturday and completed it in 0:23:56 which gave him a first position in the MV60 category. Great Bentley Half Marathon was the [...]
Thousands of athletes converged on Hampstead Heath, London on Saturday for the South of England Cross Country Championships with more than 150 clubs represented in 10 age group races. Weather conditions were ideal with light winds, no rain and around 7 degrees but the races were the toughest for several years as the soft ground became like a quagmire in [...]
HRR had a cross country double header this weekend with an Essex League race at Hilly Fields, Colchester on Saturday and an Ellisons Solicitors League race at Writtle University on Sunday. Six of the runners in action on Sunday had also run the previous day so well done to them! In Saturday’s 6k women’s race Halstead placed 3rd in Division [...]
Halstead Road Runners hosted their annual Turkey Trot on Boxing Day which sees participants run or walk a 5km route, estimating their finish time and trying to complete the course as close to their predicted time as possible. Fancy dress is encouraged and participants rose to the challenge. Steve and Martha May won the Turkey Trot running the course within [...]
This weekend Sam Hillyard travelled to Malaga to take on the marathon there in warm conditions. She completed it in a time of 3:55:32. The next fixture in the Essex Cross Country League took place this weekend at Writtle. The Women fielded a strong team of eight with the first four finishing to score for a team. The Men fielded [...]