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 [...]
HRR are an all round active lot and it was a weekend that included more than just running for some of our members. OLYMPIC PARK 10K Amy and Jordan Palmer have definitely caught the running bug. They headed to The Queen Elizabeth Olympic park on Saturday to take part in the 10k event. The hot weather made it a tough [...]
A real assortment of running challenges this weekend, undertaken in some seriously wet and challenging conditions. RUNNING OUT OF TIME CLIMATE CHANGE RELAY Team Roulson kick started the weekend of running when they headed to London to take part in the final few stages of the relay. The relay Launched from Ben Nevis on June 6th and covered an impressive [...]
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 [...]
Making the most of this glorious weather, from Portugal to Northern Irelandand and then a little closer to home. HRR were busy racing! LISBURN HALF MARATHON This event is now one of Northern Ireland’s largest running events. Ian Wingrove was proud to have run the mid week half marathon back in his home town of Lisburn. He crossed the line in [...]
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 [...]