On a much colder day than we've recently experienced, we had 8 runners in action at the Essex Veterans Cross Country races today at Writtle Uni. Three races all followed the same 2 lap course which measured just over 5 miles. First up were the 50+ men with HRR represented by Don English who placed 111th in 43 minutes 30 [...]
Chelmsford AC hosted round 3 of the Essex Cross Country League at Writtle on Saturday with Halstead Road Runners amongst the 33 clubs represented. After several races for the younger age groups, the penultimate race of the day was for Senior Women. The 4 mile race saw 8 HRR amongst the 141 finishers. Keely Jordan had a great run, crossing [...]
Sunday saw Halstead Road Runners host their race in the NESS cross country league at Gosfield School. With the race starting with a lap of the school field before heading through Broaks Wood, which had a fair few boggy patches hidden away under the fallen leaves, then out on to the farmer's field beyond where the runners from 11 different [...]
A 6 hour timed event within the grounds of Horseheath race course. Runners could run as many laps as they wanted to on the out and back, undulating, picturesque course. There are long slopes rather than hills and it is known to be a challenging course. Aidan Kelly took on the challenge and came 3rd place overall in a time of [...]
Now I know I’m biased… But this little team are just fantastic!! Running in our own HRR XC event, the junior team aced the Gosfield course! Running in the rain through woods, jumping logs, through muddy puddles and more mud they all finished with smiles on their faces. Crossing the line first for the boys team was Henry Stokoe in [...]
AUTUMN RACING Near and far we had 2 runners out road racing this weekend giving brilliant performances, achieving goals and personal bests!! We also had 4 of our trail loving runners out enjoying the wet and muddy conditions! VERONA MARATHON Held annually in the autumn in the city of Verona, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the Verona Marathon. Starting [...]
CROSS COUNTRY SENIORS Sunday saw the 1st race of the season in the NESS cross country league at Hilly Fields in Colchester, hosted by Great Bentley Running Club. Conditions proved challenging due to the recent rain which continued to fall throughout the race providing the runners with lots of puddles and mud to contend with, with many downhills and corners [...]
Don Wilson kick started the weekend of races on Saturday with ‘The Great Barrow challenge’. This takes place in the heart of the beautiful Suffolk countryside just a few miles from Bury st Edmunds. Running with two of his sons, Don completed the Barrow ‘Windmill Way’ half marathon in a time of 1.51, his first half marathon event for a [...]
Saturday saw the running of the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields in London. The day long event saw runners from clubs all over the country, aged under 11s to seniors, competing over different distances on a very challenging course. By the time 6 Halstead ladies took to the course of approximately 4.8 miles, in the [...]
JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRY!!! Never mind the big road runners….!!Halstead had 4 juniors out on the Hadleigh Hares XC course on Sunday..! Braving the wind, rain and hills Martha May came in 10th place for the girls. Running for the boys we had Toby Metson in 31st place, Sam May in 41st and Jacob Root in 43rd. Brilliant running from Halstead [...]