The headline this week goes to our ladies team who secured bronze medals at the Stebbing 10 race today. Although he didn't race today our amazing veteran Andy Wilmot was announced 2nd in the MV70 category in the overall Essex Grand Prix Championship for the second year running. Report below. It was the final road race of the Essex Grand [...]
It was a beautiful morning for the second race in the 53-12 Cross Country League with bright sunshine and a slight chill in the air. The venue for the fixture was East Newhall Farm in Harwich with a change of race route from previous years meaning runners had an uphill start before navigating a succession of fields. Despite Saturday’s rain [...]
The cross country season got off to a cracking start with a double header this weekend. Saturday saw the first Essex League fixture at Horseheath Point to Point racecourse. In this league the ladies and men race separately over different distances – approximately 6k and 8k respectively. This is a tough league with new clubs joining this season to increase [...]
Saturday's Blackwater marathon at Maldon marked Dan's 100th marathon, a milestone he's had his sights on for a few years. Dan's first marathon was London in 2011 and at that point he never planned on running 99 more. However, he was so overwhelmed by the buzz during those 4 hours and 55 minutes that, along with the memories of watching [...]
Storm Brian may have done his worst on Saturday but he was still causing extremely windy conditions for runners on Sunday. The autumn marathons continued with the 35th running of the Abingdon Marathon. This race is known for its mainly flat course which starts and finishes on the Tilsley Park athletics track. The race is the County marathon championship for [...]
It’s been a bumper weekend of running with some fantastic personal bests and feats of endurance. On Saturday it was the Essex Cross Country Relay Championships with Halstead fielding a Ladies and a Mixed Team. The event took place at Stubbers Adventure Centre in Upminster in typical cross country weather conditions. The Ladies team consisted of Caroliena Cameron, Melanie Candler [...]
Halstead Road Runners were honoured to be among only a handful of clubs invited to take part in Ipswich JAFFA’s 40 lap track race on Monday 2 October as part of the club’s 40 years in running. The event took place at Northgate Sports Centre and saw teams of 6 runners made up of a junior, 2 ladies and 3 [...]
Thanks to Jenn for organising a great evening at The Kings Head in Gosfield last night and to everyone else involved in the awards presentation. Here's a list of the nominees and the winners: [one_half last="no"] MALE RUNNER OF THE YEAR Bob Langley (winner) Mike Grealy Andy Owen [/one_half][one_half last="yes"] FEMALE RUNNER OF THE YEAR Leigh-Anne Porter (winner) Caroliena Cameron [...]
The AGM will be on Wednesday 4th October 2017 at 20:00. The club house will be open from 18:30 if anyone would like to go for a run beforehand.
The Autumn sunshine made for warm conditions for runners this weekend. A large number of Road Runners were at the Springfield Striders Pleshey Half Marathon which once again played host to the Essex Half Marathon Championships. Andy Owen was first back for the club in 1 hour 28 minutes. Jon Greenley finished in 1 hour 37 minutes. Steve May (1:41:46) [...]