Sunday saw the last race of the Ness XC league race season at Hadleigh in Suffolk. A 2 lap course well known for its challenging hills was made even tougher by the constant rain turning the course into a mud bath in places and making running very difficult. Going into the race Halstead were in top spot in Pool B [...]
ESSEX LEAGUE QUAGMIRE Saturday 10th Feb saw the final race of the Essex Cross Country League and Halstead Road Runners had 11 athletes in action. The venue was Hainault Forest and after the heavy rain of the past few weeks and particularly the previous couple of days, this popular course was as wet and muddy as anyone could remember. In [...]
The popular Great Bentley Half Marathon took place on Sunday. Run mainly on country lanes it’s a fast, flat course, perfect for chasing PB's. HRR had a brilliant turnout of 22 runners making up the team. With spring marathons on the way, Bentley is often used as a training run for many. Although a flat course, strong wind made for a [...]
At the start of the NESS league race on Sunday, Halstead girls were placing 4th out of 11 teams and the boys 5th. Halstead junior team combined were placing 4th overall. A superb result so far from our juniors, especially when up against some much larger teams. Sunday’s race went a little bit wrong when some children in the mid [...]
12 Halstead Road Runners travelled to Wix near Harwich on Sunday to compete in round 4 of the NESS XC league. The race was run on a very flat course but the conditions under foot proved very challenging. Large sections of the route were either rutted ploughed fields or just energy sapping wet clay like mud which weighed your feet down. [...]
Halstead road runners has joined Essex County Council as part of the Active Essex Campaign aimed at getting more people active. HRR are running a couch to 5k programme over the next 9 weeks. They had a great turnout of 35 attendees for the first session last Wednesday. Couch to 5K is a running plan for absolute beginners. It was developed [...]
The Essex XC championship race took place on Saturday at Gloucester park in Basildon. A tough course at the best of times, the recent wet weather made for very muddy, slippery conditions under foot. We had three HRR tackling it, Matt Thomas, James North and Bradley Doe. It was a 12 km race for the men which meant three laps [...]
BOXING DAY 5 MILE HRR had three runners at the Witham Boxing Day 5 mile race. The route gently climbs for the first two miles before heading back towards Witham with a gentle downhill. Powered by Turkey and Christmas pudding they all ran well. Ben Ryder had yet another superb run finishing 13th place overall in 28:04. Chris Lloyd finished strong in [...]
A festive favourite in the HRR calendar saw faces new and old take on the Boxing Day Turkey Trot. The event involves a 5km dash around Halstead town where runners and walkers aim to finish as close as possible to their predicted time. This is made more tricky by a ban on wearing or taking along all timing devices. Participants [...]
The penultimate round of this season's Essex Cross Country League saw a return to Hilly Fields, Colchester where Halstead Road Runners had recorded a great result the previous week in the NESS league. On this occasion the Senior Women ran a 2 lap 4 mile route that included some tough climbs and the competition was even tougher with all of [...]