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 [...]
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 [...]
Halstead Road Runners were in action last Saturday, competing in the first of five Essex League Cross Country events. On a beautiful sunny day with light winds, the course at One Tree Hill near Basildon was in perfect condition. In the senior Women's race, there were no fewer than 10 Halstead runners lined up to tackle the hilly 4.1 mile [...]
XC Relays @ Weald Country Park, Brentwood. Saturday saw the running of the Essex cross country relays at Weald Park in Brentwood. On an unseasonably hot September day Halstead fielded 6 teams, 3 ladies & 3 men, over the 2 lap 6k course. The blazing sun and rock hard ground made the conditions much different to what is normally expected of cross [...]
Last Xc of the season held at Hadleigh. Extremely hilly!!! *JUNIORS OVERALL END OF SEASON RESULTS* Minimum of 4 races. U11 boys Toby - 5th Sam - 8th Jacob - 12th U11 girls - Hannah - 10th Evelyn - 17th U13 girls - Martha - 3rd Boys finished 7th overall, girls joint 5th with a combined finish of 6th! Fantastic [...]
The final race of the NESS XC League took place on Sunday at Holbecks Park in Hadleigh, Suffolk. In beautiful, sunny conditions 19 Halstead Road Runners tackled the undulating 2 lap course around farmer's fields. First home for Halstead once again was Wes Atkins in 14th position. Right on his tail, having lead Wes for the majority of the run, [...]
There was glorious sunshine and blue skies on Sunday, resulting in perfect race conditions. GREAT BENTLEY HALF What an impressive turnout for HRR at Great Bentley half marathon!! The sun was shining on no less than 27 roadrunners dressed in yellow and ready to take on the 13.1 mile challenge. Run mainly on country lanes Bentley half is a [...]
The juniors were back out racing on Sunday at the fourth XC event in the NESS league. Hosted by Harwich at new venue, Wix equestrian centre, it was typical cross country weather…cold, dull and windy! Martha May finished first for the girls, Hannah Root was next to cross the line with Evelyn Roulson not far behind. First home for the boys [...]
Sunday saw the penultimate race of the NESS XC League, hosted by Harwich Running Club at a new venue, Wix equestrian centre. It was a flat course that featured a bit of everything, strong winds, long grass with boggy mud underneath, ditch jumps in and out of the woods & even a horse jump. It was another strong team event [...]
The junior squad were out in force on Sunday at the 3rd Xcountry event in the NESS league. Held at Writtle college it was bitterly cold and windy. As usual they did us all proud finishing strong with big smiles. After some well deserved cake they were ready to cheer the adults on for their 5 mile race. What a [...]