CHASE THE SUN 10k A fast and flat course at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park, HRR had 3 taking on the 10k last Wednesday evening. After his PB performance last Friday night, Chris Lloyd finished in 35:44, with yet another PB of 1 minute. He was 4th overall and 1st in his age category. Ben Ryder crossed the line in [...]
It was sunshine all round this weekend and HRR were making the most of it. FRIDAY NIGHT 5 The Friday night 5k hosted by ATW at Northern Gateway which incorporates the Essex 5k county championships was popular with HRR. With an anticlockwise, traffic free, tarmac course with no sharp bends, and a finish line at the end of the main [...]
Another sunshine filled weekend and HRR were out in force. SVP The SVP100 event covers almost the entire length of the well-marked stour valley path trail, and is one of the longest point to point races in East Anglia. HRR had four taking on the 50k, two taking on the 100k and a tail runner. Ross Kemble, Perry James, Sam [...]
A weekend of sunshine made for warm races. MARATHON MAN Andy wilmot kick started the weekend with marathon number 846 at Zigzag running. It was a trail route and Andy ran/ walked it in 5:30. IPSWICH TWILIGHT 10k Gary Wiles joined the club in January as part of the C25k program. He has certainly caught the running bug and ran [...]
OUTRUN 24 The course is on the footpaths and trails within the grounds of Layer Marney Tower. A 2.5 mile loop of mixed terrain comprising footpaths, open grassed fields and woodland. Runners can complete a couple of laps and have a rest before continuing again or keep it going steadily for as long as possible, it is entirely up to [...]
HRR were out in force this weekend taking on new challenges. THE PEDDARS WAY WALK Val Kerrison and Wendy Carter walked ‘The Peddar’s Way’ last week. The route runs through the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The weather was not kind but they enjoyed it nonetheless. They walked for 5 days; day 1, 15 miles, day 2, 13.5 [...]
Nathan Roulson took on yet another epic challenge this weekend. The SDW100 is a 100 mile non stop race taking in the entire South Downs way national trail. In order to enter participants must have completed a minimum of a 50 mile distance race within 15hrs, between 1st January 2020 and race day. Nathan had a tough but very positive experience [...]
WINDSOR SPRINT TRIATHLON Hayley Lamkin took on the Windsor sprint triathlon on Sunday. Starting with a swim in the River Thames, triathletes then rode a bike route that headed through the streets of Windsor, passed Windsor Castle, and then out into the surrounding countryside. To complete their challenge, participants then ran into Windsor Great Park and along the Long Walk. Hayley [...]
SUFFOLK BACKYARD ULTRA The concept is simple, runners start on the hour every hour and have to run and complete a 4.167 mile trail route in that time. They must run the loop and be back ready to start the next loop or they are out of the race, the race continues until there is only one person who can [...]
Another busy weekend for racing, we had two HRR in two of the Uks capital cities taking on very different challenges on Sunday and a team of 12 at an event closer to home on Monday. EDINBURGH HALF MARATHON Aidan Kelly headed to Scotland to take part in the Edinburgh half marathon on Sunday. Fast & flat, the Half Marathon [...]