It was another busy weekend for Halstead Road Runners, with club members taking on a real mix of events, from cross country and road racing to fitness challenges and an off road cycle. ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS The cross country season got underway at Chingford Plain in Epping Forest, with a small team representing Halstead Road Runners at the Essex [...]
It’s been a busy weekend for the club, with runners taking in everything from an ultramarathon to half marathons. There were some great PBs, a first half marathon, some tough challenges and, most importantly, lots of smiles and good experiences along the way. Well done to everyone who got out there and represented the club! The LAP A huge well [...]
It’s been a busy Sunday for HRR, with plenty of our runners out enjoying the sunshine and getting stuck into the racing. We had three teams taking on the Essex Way Relay, while others headed to Takeley for the 10K. Here’s how everyone got on. ESSEX WAY RELAY Today was Essex Way Relay day, with HRR out in force, fielding [...]
A weekend of running and cycling, with a long awaited sub 20 minute 5K, a first 100 mile cycling challenge and a humid trail run all featuring in the weekend’s activities. PARKRUN Laurence Gowers finally did it at Cornard parkrun on Saturday, breaking the 20 minute barrier he had been chasing for some time. Laurence crossed the line in an [...]
The Colne Valley Trail Self Navigation half and full Marathon is a challenging off road event where runners have to navigate their own way around the course. With a mixture of trails and the added challenge of finding your own route, it’s certainly not an easy race. Alice Ablitt and Penny Clarke took on the full marathon distance on Sunday, [...]
That’s a wrap on the 2026 Summer Series! Another brilliant series with some great performances, plenty of hard fought runs and, most importantly, lots of club spirit throughout. Massive congratulations to Josh Roughan, our 2026 male Summer Series winner! Josh improved on last year’s time by an incredible 12 minutes and 26 seconds, what an achievement! He truly embraced the [...]
It was a quieter week on the racing front, but there were still a couple of great efforts to celebrate. CHASE THE SUN 10K Simon Miller ran the Chase the Sun 10k on Wednesday night at the Olympic Park. Simon was very pleased with his run, finishing in 50:25. A great effort in an evening race and another solid 10k [...]
From fast 5Ks to battling through the heat to 100k, it was another busy weekend of running for HRR. COLCHESTER FRIDAY NIGHT 5k The Colchester Friday Night 5K provided a great opportunity for people to test themselves over the fast 5K distance, and there were some fantastic performances especially given the very warm evening conditions. Leading the way was Ian [...]
It’s been another busy week for HRR, with our runners taking on everything from evening 10Ks and marathon challenges to parkrun milestones and first races. There were some fantastic performances, PBs and plenty of reasons to celebrate. Well done to everyone who pulled on an HRR vest this week! CHASE THE SUN AT BATTERSEA Aidan Kelly headed to London on [...]
It was another weekend of racing for our runners, with members taking on everything from a first triathlon to a marathon and a local trail race. GOSFIELD TRIATHLON A huge well done to Ryan Miller, who completed his very first multi-sport event at the Gosfield Sprint Triathlon on Sunday. Ryan tackled the 750m swim in 17:15, followed by the 20km [...]