ESSEX LEAGUE QUAGMIRE Saturday 10th Feb saw the final race of the Essex Cross Country League and Halstead Road Runners had 11 athletes in action. The venue was Hainault Forest and after the heavy rain of the past few weeks and particularly the previous couple of days, this popular course was as wet and muddy as anyone could remember. In [...]
The popular Great Bentley Half Marathon took place on Sunday. Run mainly on country lanes it’s a fast, flat course, perfect for chasing PB's. HRR had a brilliant turnout of 22 runners making up the team. With spring marathons on the way, Bentley is often used as a training run for many. Although a flat course, strong wind made for a [...]
At the start of the NESS league race on Sunday, Halstead girls were placing 4th out of 11 teams and the boys 5th. Halstead junior team combined were placing 4th overall. A superb result so far from our juniors, especially when up against some much larger teams. Sunday’s race went a little bit wrong when some children in the mid [...]
12 Halstead Road Runners travelled to Wix near Harwich on Sunday to compete in round 4 of the NESS XC league. The race was run on a very flat course but the conditions under foot proved very challenging. Large sections of the route were either rutted ploughed fields or just energy sapping wet clay like mud which weighed your feet down. [...]
The Essex XC championship race took place on Saturday at Gloucester park in Basildon. A tough course at the best of times, the recent wet weather made for very muddy, slippery conditions under foot. We had three HRR tackling it, Matt Thomas, James North and Bradley Doe. It was a 12 km race for the men which meant three laps [...]
BOXING DAY 5 MILE HRR had three runners at the Witham Boxing Day 5 mile race. The route gently climbs for the first two miles before heading back towards Witham with a gentle downhill. Powered by Turkey and Christmas pudding they all ran well. Ben Ryder had yet another superb run finishing 13th place overall in 28:04. Chris Lloyd finished strong in [...]
The penultimate round of this season's Essex Cross Country League saw a return to Hilly Fields, Colchester where Halstead Road Runners had recorded a great result the previous week in the NESS league. On this occasion the Senior Women ran a 2 lap 4 mile route that included some tough climbs and the competition was even tougher with all of [...]
Two roadrunners had the right idea this weekend, jetting off to Spain to escape the wet weather and to take part in the Malaga half marathon and marathon. The relatively flat course of Malaga marathon takes runners through some of the most beautiful parts of the city. Mary took on the half and absolutely smashed it! Taking 15 minutes off her [...]
Hilly Fields in Colchester was the venue for Round 3 of the NESS XC league hosted by Great Bentley RC on Sunday. The race took place in near perfect running conditions with decent temperatures and the ground underfoot firmer than expected after the previous day's downpours. Halstead had 20 runners out tackling the 2 lap, 5 mile course. First home for [...]
The HRR juniors were on top form at the third XC race in the NESS league on Sunday. Showing the adults how it’s done, they all raced brilliantly. Ben Martin was our first boy home in 28th position with Felix Whale two places behind in 30th. Toby metson crossed the line in 51st place followed by Jacob root in 56th. Amalie [...]