On Saturday Andy Wilmot ran in the Blackwater trail marathon which was an off road run with a course description. He completed it in a time of 5:23:00. Nina Powell ran in her first park run at Clare since recovering from surgery and completed it in a time of 0:38:00. The second fixture of the Essex Cross Country League also [...]
Halstead Road Runners fielded a Men's and Women's Team for the first race in the Ellisons Solicitors Cross Country League on Sunday at their home race in Gosfield. Conditions were extremely muddy. The Men's Team came in first place and the Women's Team came in fourth place. Tony Rivers ran the Great Cornard Park run in 0:32:32 on Saturday. There [...]
On Saturday Mike Grealy ran the Great Cornard Park run and did it in 0:22:15 coming in first place in his age category. The Essex Cross Country Relay Championship also took place on Saturday. This is a Team race with laps of 5k, three ladies to a team or four men to a team. Halstead Road Runners fielded two [...]
Another Halstead Road Runner has joined the 50 marathons club. John Warne completed his 50th marathon on Saturday at the Suffolk Running Centre. The centre was running a marathon on Saturday and Sunday which consisted of a 6.55 mile loop to be completed 4 times for the marathon distance. John completed Saturday in 5:19:00 and then went on to do [...]
Rosie Atkins ran the Dedham 10k in 0:49:04 which is a new PB for her. Nicole Smith ran in the Sunset Chase 10k which is an off road race in the grounds of Ickworth House. She ran it in 0:56:33. The Pleshey Half Marathon took place on Sunday in very warm conditions; Gavin Allen came in 18th place in 1:17:18 [...]
Andy Wilmot ran Leilas Marathon which is an off road course in 4:57:00. A few HRR members took on the Mersea 5 and 10 races in extremely hot conditions. James Smith came second in the 10 mile race in a time of 00:59:58. Sam Hillyard finished the 10 mile in 1:31:58. John Warne completed the 10 mile in 1:37:23. [...]
James Smith took on the Compton 20 mile Downland Challenge this weekend which is a long running marked trail event with 2000ft of ascent in Berkshire. Conditions were tricky but James managed to stay in the lead group and came second overall in a time of 2:22:10. Conditions in Clacton were mixed for the half marathon and 10k events with [...]
Rob Frost took on the Stour Valley Path 50k race and completed it in 5:30:44 coming in 27th place. A group of Halstead Road Runners attended the Mid Essex Casuals trail run, Scouting for girls and boys. There was a choice of 3 distances, 3.6m, 7.1m and 13.2m. 3.6 Miles Don English came in 2nd place in a time of [...]
After much deliberation the club committee has decided on the nominations for this years awards. Now it’s your chance to decide who you think is worthy of such an accolade! Please click the link below to place your votes, all votes must be in before the end of August. All votes will be directly sent to Diane and she will [...]
This weekend Stuart Ellis took part in the Velopark 10m race at the Olympic Park. The course is a 1 mile undulating circuit and conditions were wet. Stuart completed it in 1:05:19 coming second overall. John Warne, Bob Langley and James Smith took in the Writtle Wround 50k trail race. James Smith ran with Anthony Goodall and they completed it [...]