Autumn has definitely arrived this weekend but the sunshine did make an appearance on Sunday in time for some well known local races taking place. CHELMSFORD MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON This popular event takes runners through Central Park and into the Essex countryside in support of Havens Hospices. HRR had 7 runners taking part on Sunday. Jenny Smith has been [...]
LISBON MARATHON Paul Hinsley opted for sunshine this weekend in Portugal. He took part in the Lisbon Marathon, billed as the most scenic marathon in Europe. Paul was glad of the overcast conditions, making the race more bearable. Taking in the spectacular views he finished in a great time of 3:41. SOUTHEND 10k We had three HRR taking on the [...]
BERLIN MARATHON The Berlin Marathon is part of Abbott World Marathon Majors Series, one of the Big Six. This year was the 50th anniversary making it especially iconic to run. Tracy English was there enjoying the atmosphere. She finished in 3:40.58. Adam Hampton has been training hard and it paid off. He crossed the line in 3:49.18. Second claim member [...]
With so many races and events to choose from, HRR had another busy weekend. LUCKY HORSESHOE MARATHON Ray Sharman and Andy Wilmot ran the Lucky horse shoe marathon hosted by Zig Zag running on Saturday. It was a part road, part trail, out and back race, starting at Suffolk running centre and turning back at Newmarket. Having a great race, Ray [...]
SWIM SERPENTINE The sun was shining on Saturday for Jo Roulson and Alan Fancy when they took on the Swim Serpentine 2 mile challenge. Both Jo and Alan had already run London Marathon and taken part in Ride London so this was the final challenge to complete for their London Classics medal. Loving the experience they both had a brilliant swim and [...]
What a weekend for racing! We had HRR in club colours far and wide this weekend. NORTHSTOWE HALF MARATHON Jenny Smith represented HRR at the Northstowe half marathon, a multi terrain race last Friday. Jenny was hoping for a bit more road on the course but it was a great training run for chelmsford Marathon which she is running later [...]
ESSEX WAY RELAY Sunday saw the return of the annual Essex way relay. A great team event. This race covers the 82 miles of the Essex way from Epping Station to Harwich Old Lighthouse in 10 stages on a route that is mostly cross country.HRR had 2 teams out on the course among a record 76 teams entered this year. [...]
HRR’s men's captain, Perry James, embarked on an epic challenge starting at 10am last Saturday. Used to taking part in running races, this was a very different race, the "Trans European race" with 180 other people. Setting off from Trafalgar Square in London, he had to get to his final destination in Tirana (Albania) within 7 days. The first checkpoint [...]
CHASE THE SUN 10k A fast and flat course at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park, HRR had 3 taking on the 10k last Wednesday evening. After his PB performance last Friday night, Chris Lloyd finished in 35:44, with yet another PB of 1 minute. He was 4th overall and 1st in his age category. Ben Ryder crossed the line in [...]
It was sunshine all round this weekend and HRR were making the most of it. FRIDAY NIGHT 5 The Friday night 5k hosted by ATW at Northern Gateway which incorporates the Essex 5k county championships was popular with HRR. With an anticlockwise, traffic free, tarmac course with no sharp bends, and a finish line at the end of the main [...]