From wind and rain in Essex to sunshine and perfect running conditions in Spain, our runners have delivered brilliant performances this weekend. HARE AND TORTOISE EVENT A marathon held on the flat, traffic‑free trail along The Flitch Way at Rayne, with multiple loop options to make up the marathon distance. Tough conditions made it a grind from start to finish. [...]
Last Saturday saw the 5th and final round of the Essex XC League and HRR had three women and one man tackling the challenging Gloucester Park course in Basildon. The recent heavy rain made the going very soft and slippery, especially up and down the steep hills that runners had to overcome on each of the three laps. In the [...]
A quieter weekend of racing for HRR, but there were still strong performances across both marathon and half marathon distances to celebrate. GOODWOOD MARATHON A flat, traffic free course made up of 11 laps of the iconic Goodwood Circuit, offering ideal conditions for marathon running. Simon Miller completed his 21st marathon in a time of 4:19:57, a fantastic achievement and [...]
The very popular, very flat Great Bentley Half Marathon delivered another great day of racing, with plenty of strong performances across the board. From training runs to PBs, it was a strong show from the club on a fast, friendly course. First HRR runner home was Matt Thomas, stopping the clock at 1:21:42 to place 35th overall. Not far behind, [...]
Round 4 of the Ness XC league took place on Sunday at a new venue of Thorrington Scout Camp hosted by Braintree & District Athletics Club. Halstead Road Runners had 14 runners competing for them. The 3 lap course was slightly shorter than the expected 5 miles but each lap provided a challenge for the runners with a fast downhill [...]
We had a few HRR out and about this weekend running a range of distances. BENFLEET 15 A challenging 15 mile, multi-terrain course with plenty of mud and a lot of hills! Definitely one of those races that reminds you how important specific training is! Our Ladies captain, Bec Gilroy had a great run finishing in 2:34.03. This was her [...]
It was a weekend of chilly racing conditions as two of our runners took part in separate 10k events, with cold weather very much a theme. QUEEN ELIZABETH 10k Nathan McGregor completed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10k on Saturday in temperatures around -1°C. He finished in a time of 54:36, placing 130th out of 301 runners overall, 104th of [...]
Essex Trail Events organised a very well attended event on Monday 29th December with several Halstead Road Runners taking part. All distances required competitors to follow a written route description that took them along quiet country roads, public bridleways and footpaths in the beautiful countryside around Felsted. 55 runners completed the half marathon distance with Caroliena Cameron 22nd, in 2 [...]
The annual Boxing Day 5 Mile in Witham took place on a flat, looped road course, providing ideal conditions for strong performances and end-of-year racing. HRR were represented by Stewart Ellis, Jenny Smith and Laura Smith. It was a strong run from Stewart. He finished in 29:42, in 18th place and 6th in his age category. Laura had a fantastic [...]
Now in its 38th year, 59 walkers and runners participated in this year's Turkey trot. Congratulations to our winners: -1st place: Andy Carter -2nd place: Penny Clark -3rd place: Andrew Livermore Fantastic fancy dress outfits this year. Ryan Miller won the fancy dress prize as Olaf the snowman, with highly commended to Bec Gilroy with her duck costume and Emily [...]