Powered by the sunshine and running for chocolate, HRR had lots of runners out and about, making the most of the bank holiday! BARROW MARATHON Andy Wilmot was back at the Suffolk running centre completing his 830th!!! Marathon. He had a brilliant run and finished in 5:09.00, his fastest time in a long while. SUDBURY 5 MILE We had 6 [...]
CAMUL10kUNUM TRAIL The Camuplodunum was conceived in 1974 as a 25-mile walk encircling the town of Colchester. Company of runners decided to host it as a Camuplodunum Marathon route and decided to also stage a supplementary 10k race that same day. This followed the first three miles of the marathon route, then circled round and returned so nearly an out [...]
Rain, rain rain making for wet and muddy conditions! Perfect for those mud loving, trail crazy, roadrunners! PSUK XC Aidan Kelly was back out running on Wednesday at the PSUK (Police Sport) cross country championships in Cotswold Water Park. A flat but muddy 6.8mile course. Aidan finished 102nd out of 156 men in a time of 52:32. HARE AND TORTOISE [...]
After a cold, wet week thank goodness the sun came out for race day on Sunday. MILTON KEYNES 20 MILE The Milton Keynes Festival of Running took place on Sunday starting at the Xscape city-centre venue. Ian Wingrove, currently training for Manchester marathon was making the most of the 20 mile route, a mainly flat, fast course with PB potential. [...]
Some super running from Halstead roadrunners this weekend. With many training hard for spring marathons and other up and coming races there was some serious mileage going on. PARKRUN PBs Team Roughan were Parkrun tourists at the weekend taking part in Clacton Parkrun. Currently training for Manchester marathon, Dan is reaping the rewards of his hard work and achieved a [...]
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, [...]
The sun has been shining and with a hint of spring in the air, there were a few roadrunners making the most of the pleasant running conditions. RUN LONDON VICTORIA PARK 10k Victoria Park is Britain’s oldest public park. Opened in 1845 it is known as “ The People’s Park” and it hosted the ‘Run London 10k’ event on Sunday. [...]
HRR had 9 runners in action at the fourth and final race of the Essex Cross Country League on Saturday at Hainault Forest Country Park. After recent dry weather the course was not as difficult as last year's mudfest but nevertheless quite challenging with some serious hills to negotiate. The senior women's race distance was 3.75 miles and Wendy Carter [...]
Ben Ryder and Aidan Kelly were at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic park on Wednesday evening for the RunThrough ‘Chase the moon’ event. A fast and undulating course around the London 2012 Olympic village. Running next to the famous Olympic Rings and the Velodrome, the course had huge PB potential. The HRR boys did not disappoint!! They were quite literally chasing [...]