Round Two of the Essex Cross Country League took place at Gloucester Park, Basildon. The very popular venue saw 139 finishers in the women's 4.4 mile race and 267 in the men's 5.2 mile race. In perfect weather and ground conditions both races got off to a fast start until the runners got to the second part of the lap, [...]
Weather conditions were challenging for anyone racing this weekend. ABINGDON MARATHON The Abingdon Marathon was first held in 1982 and celebrated its 40th edition this year. The course is flat and fast, almost all on roads, and is a great race to go for a personal best time. However, on Sunday the conditions were far from ideal. Having trained hard, Matt Thomas [...]
Saturday morning saw the running of the Essex cross country relays at Weald Country Park near Brentwood. Halstead had 13 runners taking part in 4 teams over the 2 lap 6k course which had a couple of long, slow climbing hills on each lap. In near perfect weather for running with the ground soft underfoot there were good performances all round. [...]
LISBON MARATHON Paul Hinsley opted for sunshine this weekend in Portugal. He took part in the Lisbon Marathon, billed as the most scenic marathon in Europe. Paul was glad of the overcast conditions, making the race more bearable. Taking in the spectacular views he finished in a great time of 3:41. SOUTHEND 10k We had three HRR taking on the [...]
BERLIN MARATHON The Berlin Marathon is part of Abbott World Marathon Majors Series, one of the Big Six. This year was the 50th anniversary making it especially iconic to run. Tracy English was there enjoying the atmosphere. She finished in 3:40.58. Adam Hampton has been training hard and it paid off. He crossed the line in 3:49.18. Second claim member [...]
With so many races and events to choose from, HRR had another busy weekend. LUCKY HORSESHOE MARATHON Ray Sharman and Andy Wilmot ran the Lucky horse shoe marathon hosted by Zig Zag running on Saturday. It was a part road, part trail, out and back race, starting at Suffolk running centre and turning back at Newmarket. Having a great race, Ray [...]
SWIM SERPENTINE The sun was shining on Saturday for Jo Roulson and Alan Fancy when they took on the Swim Serpentine 2 mile challenge. Both Jo and Alan had already run London Marathon and taken part in Ride London so this was the final challenge to complete for their London Classics medal. Loving the experience they both had a brilliant swim and [...]
What a weekend for racing! We had HRR in club colours far and wide this weekend. NORTHSTOWE HALF MARATHON Jenny Smith represented HRR at the Northstowe half marathon, a multi terrain race last Friday. Jenny was hoping for a bit more road on the course but it was a great training run for chelmsford Marathon which she is running later [...]
ESSEX WAY RELAY Sunday saw the return of the annual Essex way relay. A great team event. This race covers the 82 miles of the Essex way from Epping Station to Harwich Old Lighthouse in 10 stages on a route that is mostly cross country.HRR had 2 teams out on the course among a record 76 teams entered this year. [...]
HRR’s men's captain, Perry James, embarked on an epic challenge starting at 10am last Saturday. Used to taking part in running races, this was a very different race, the "Trans European race" with 180 other people. Setting off from Trafalgar Square in London, he had to get to his final destination in Tirana (Albania) within 7 days. The first checkpoint [...]