It was a chilly start to the HRR cross country at Gosfield on Sunday with the junior team running first. As usual they did us proud, finishing with smiles and ready to cheer the adults on! First to cross the line for Halstead boys team was Ben Martin in 24th place, closely followed by Felix Whale in 28th position. Toby metson [...]
More motivational running from HRR members this weekend, two running for county and one qualifying for the England team. TATTON PARK HALF MARATHON Ian Sutcliffe ran the Run Tatton half marathon at Tatton park in Cheshire on Sunday. The course headed through the park with a short section on closed roads once outside of the park. It was mainly on [...]
A busy weekend of races for HRR and some great medals up for grabs! ATW REMEMBRANCE RUNS HRR had a small team over at carver barracks on Saturday taking part in the remembrance runs. A bright, sunny day but absolutely freezing with the wind chill. There was a choice of 5k, 10k and half marathon distance. A flat and [...]
One of the six marathon majors and regarded as one of the world's greatest road races, the TCS New York City Marathon has seen more than one million runners cross the finish line in Central Park since it began in 1970. HRR had Paul Hinsley taking on the challenge at the weekend. With fantastic scenery it was an amazing experience. Although [...]
The 3rd event in this season's Essex Cross Country League took place on Saturday at Writtle University. Thankfully the heavy rain relented just in time for the mid-day Women's race and although the 4.5 mile course was flat for the most part, it was certainly challenging as the ground was waterlogged in several places. With 174 finishers in total it [...]
A very wet and muddy weekend for those out running. A tough muddy cross country course on Saturday followed by an array of more mud filled events on Sunday. MARKSHALL PARKRUN Who doesn’t love a Parkrun…?! Millie Felstead was at a very wet Markshall Parkrun on Saturday. She had a great run finishing 2nd lady with a new PB of [...]
HRR didn’t only have XC on our radar this weekend, we also had some of our finest, long distance loving runners doing their thing! DUBLIN MARATHON Ian Wingrove ran a very VERY wet Dublin Marathon on Sunday. Starting and finishing in the heart of Dublin city, the marathon features a fast and flat course. Ian had a phenomenal race and [...]
ESSEX XC LEAGUE ROUND 2. Saturday saw Round 2 of the Essex XC league being held at Gloucester Park in Basildon. The venue is well known for having some challenging hills and even with the new route they still managed to squeeze 3 climbs in on each lap.The weather conditions were perfect for running and the recent rain meant conditions [...]
The club were thrilled to be invited along to the Braintree District Volunteer and Active Braintree awards evening yesterday. The club was shortlisted into the top 3 for the Sports or Physical Activity Club award and although we weren’t the overall winners, we did receive a Highly Commended award. A brilliant evening hearing about all the fantastic clubs, coaches and [...]
Another sunshine filled day, great running weather for those taking on challenges. LAST MINUTE TRAIL FELSTED It was the perfect morning to run a trail at Felsted with plenty of water to splash through after all the rain over the past week. There were two distances to choose from and we had 6 HRR taking on the 8.5 mile route. Out [...]