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Andy Wilmot has edged ever closer to 700 marathons as he ran in Sunday's Chelmsford Marathon to make his tally 698. Making light work of the 26.2 mile course finishing in 4:15:23.
Great South Run
Lizzie Griffiths and Nicole Smith travelled down to Portsmouth for the annual Great South Run. The fast flat 10 mile course takes you through the iconic sights of Southsea and Portsmouth, including the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, home of HMS Victory, past Spinnaker Tower, and finishes on the seafront with beautiful views of the Isle of Wight. Nicole who has been [...]
Marathon Debut
Richard Candler completed his first marathon in Sunday's popular Abingdon Marathon. The Oxfordshire marathon now in its 35th year attracts a sell out field of 1,200 athletes, with the 26.2 mile course notoriously fast. Richard's lack of marathon running experience didn't affect him as he ran a faultless race, running consistent splits throughout. The debutant was delighted to finish in [...]
Latest Weekend Results
Halstead's reigning World Duathlon Champion Maurice Young competed in Sunday's European Qualifying Sprint Duathlon event at Bedford Autodrome. Maurice's qualification is by no means guaranteed as he faced fresh age group competition along with difficult conditions with heavy rain and strong winds throughout the race, which was ran over distances of a 5k run, 20k bike and 2.5k. Despite all [...]
Welcome back to the Essex Cross Country League
The Cross Country seasoned kicked off on Saturday with Halstead Road Runners fielding full scoring men's and ladies teams in their return to the Essex Cross Country League after a break of several years. The Essex League is the biggest league which Essex clubs compete in and is used as a way of selecting runners to represent the county in [...]
Bronze For Mike At Tiptree
Mike Grealy secured an age group bronze in the Essex County Championship in Sunday's Tiptree 10 road race. The bright, breezy conditions suited Mike who frustratingly missed the silver by just 1 second, however Mike is on course to take the overal championship, subject to ratification. There were great performances also from the in form quartet of Tom Porter, Richard [...]
HRR Awards Evening
A truly fantastic evening at Gosfield Lake Golf Club for our annual Club Presentation evening. A huge congratulations to all our award winners. Here's a full list of who won what. Club Person Of The Year - Don Wilson Male Runner Of The Year - Jim Clark Female Runner Of The Year - Nicole Smith Most Improved Male Runner - [...]
PB’s Tumble
10 Yellow vests of Halstead competed in Sunday's Pleshey Half Marathon. Perfect weather conditions for running meant for some very quick times over the 13.1 mile course. Mike Grealy's performance secured him 1st place in the Essex County Grand Prix series, which will be confirmed next week at the Tiptree 10. There were PB's for several including Jon Greenley who [...]
Weekend’s News
Halstead's Adam Buckle made it 2 successive weekends of competition over the 13.1 half marathon distance as he followed on from last weeks Ipswich Half Marathon by completing Sunday's Bristol Half Marathon. Having started strongly Adam was well on track for a PB with less than 3 miles to go, however it wasn't to be and he finished an agonising [...]
Personal Best For Porter in Copenhagen
Tom Porter jetted off to Denmark for Sunday's Copenhagen Half Marathon. Having taken up running less than a year ago, Sunday marked his second race over the 13.1 distance with a previous best time of 1:45. However months of training over the summer months paid off as a delighted Tom Porter finished in 1:33:32. Karl Hillman, Adam Buckle and Danni [...]