An exceptionally hot weekend made running that little bit more challenging, but that didn’t stop HRR. THE LAP This is a beautiful 75K/47 mile, fully signposted trail ultra marathon, around Lake Windermere. Keely Jordan, always up for a challenge, took on ‘The Lap’ on Saturday. A tough race with a lot of really steep hills. Keely finished in an incredible [...]
A bumper batch of results to report this weekend…. With so many races on and so many roadrunners rising to the challenge. MAN VERSUS MOUNTAIN First up this weekend was Man vs Mountain, a mountain adventure run in Snowdonia which returned on Saturday for its final outing. This legendary mountain adventure run starts at sea level in the stunning UNESCO [...]
HRR had one roadrunner taking on OUTRUN 24 at the weekend. A 24 hour event held within the grounds of Layer Marney Tower. A 2.5 mile loop of mixed terrain comprising footpaths, open grassed fields and woodland. Participants could complete a couple of laps and have a rest before continuing again or keep it going steadily for as long as [...]
And it’s a wrap! With true team spirit and camaraderie, HRR have completed a 24 hour run from 1pm Saturday until 1pm Sunday. Runners (and walkers) ran solo, in pairs and in groups to complete the 5.8 mile loop around Hedingham. The idea was that every 50 minutes a new set of runners would begin the loop. We had 39 [...]
Penny Clarke took part in Day 2 and day 3 of the Tour of Terling. Day 2 was the 5 mile navigators trail. Penny finished in 54.55 which included a 15 minute bonus taken off her time for finding all 5 clippers that were hidden in bushes ! Day 3 was a 4.5 mile run which involved wading through a [...]
The weekend saw 14 roadrunners taking on challenges of varying lengths. COLCHESTER FRIDAY NIGHT 5K Friday night bought us a 5k race at Northern Gateway in Colchester. This race was also part of the Essex County Championship series. An ideal venue to chase a fast time as the course is traffic-free, pancake flat and on smooth tarmac. 5k races are few [...]
Take a bow Joe Slee! Winner of the handicap series, beating last years time by a huge margin and also recording the fastest overall time. Fantastic running from Bec Gilroy, who took 2nd place and Jenny Smith 3rd place.
Triathlons are not for the faint hearted and always up for a challenge, HRR’s Neil Addington took on Outlaw Nottingham on Sunday, an award-winning long-distance triathlon event. Neil has completed the event on three previous occasions but this time took it on at very short notice. The first stage, a 2.4 mile swim took place in the Regatta Lake at [...]
The start of the summer holidays saw a very quiet weekend for racing… but HRR still had 5 runners sporting their club kit for various events. PARKRUN TOURIST Val Kerrison is holidaying at Wells Next the sea and completed Parkrun number 214 at Holkham park run on Saturday. A very impressive amount of park running… well done Val! MARATHON MARVEL [...]
This is the second part of report… a lot going on at the weekend PARKRUN FUN HRR were representing the club near and far on Saturday. We had 2 teams of park runners in club kit. The home team were at Markshall PR celebrating Ladies captain, Victoria Metson’s 100th Parkrun!! Having broken her ankle at Easter, Victoria is on the [...]