Sunday saw the running of the 43rd London marathon. The first time since 2019 that the event has run in the spring after the COVID -19 Pandemic. HRR had 8 roadrunners out there on the course as well as a multitude of supporters along the way, sharing pictures and updates, with the rest of the team tracking and watching from [...]
So today was all about what HRR does best…. Being part of the TEAM! We had the road relay team over at Northern Gateway in Colchester. We had the Manchester marathon team at the start line in Manchester, and we had two slightly smaller teams at the Boston Uk marathon and Little Bromley 10k. The sun was shining, the conditions [...]
Making his return on Saturday, was Halstead roadrunner’s Keith Thorogood. After a long break from racing, Keith headed over to Suffolk running centre for the ‘Windmill Way Wander’. This race offered a number of distances to choose from- 5k, 10k, Half, Full, or Ultra. Keith opted for the half marathon distance. The route was all road and passed through the [...]
Mersea Round The Island race is an approximately 13 mile trail run following the sea wall and beaches around the island. Five Halstead Road Runners undertook the race in warm conditions. Gary Freear completed it in 1:38:00 Caroliena Cameron finished in 2:05:00 Nick McKean came in at 2:18:00 Anthony Denton and Kris Bell ran together finishing in 2:20:00 A [...]
The Halstead & Essex Marathon organised locally by members of Halstead Road Runners has been voted the 3rd best UK Marathon in a recent UK Runners World Poll. The marathon has consistently been voted inside the top 10 over recent years and has once again out performed the iconic London Marathon and all other UK City marathons. The poll is [...]
Thank you too all runners who entered this years marathon! We appreciate your continued support for our race, the runners, supporters and especially the marshals make for a fantastically friendly marathon atmosphere. As our race director, Keith Thorogood, says "it's a race for runners, put on by runners" The feedback has again been great, here is an example of what [...]