Last Xc of the season held at Hadleigh. Extremely hilly!!! *JUNIORS OVERALL END OF SEASON RESULTS* Minimum of 4 races. U11 boys Toby - 5th Sam - 8th Jacob - 12th U11 girls - Hannah - 10th Evelyn - 17th U13 girls - Martha - 3rd Boys finished 7th overall, girls joint 5th with a combined finish of 6th! Fantastic [...]
The final race of the NESS XC League took place on Sunday at Holbecks Park in Hadleigh, Suffolk. In beautiful, sunny conditions 19 Halstead Road Runners tackled the undulating 2 lap course around farmer's fields. First home for Halstead once again was Wes Atkins in 14th position. Right on his tail, having lead Wes for the majority of the run, [...]
HRR had 9 runners in action at the fourth and final race of the Essex Cross Country League on Saturday at Hainault Forest Country Park. After recent dry weather the course was not as difficult as last year's mudfest but nevertheless quite challenging with some serious hills to negotiate. The senior women's race distance was 3.75 miles and Wendy Carter [...]
There was glorious sunshine and blue skies on Sunday, resulting in perfect race conditions. GREAT BENTLEY HALF What an impressive turnout for HRR at Great Bentley half marathon!! The sun was shining on no less than 27 roadrunners dressed in yellow and ready to take on the 13.1 mile challenge. Run mainly on country lanes Bentley half is a [...]
Making his return on Saturday, was Halstead roadrunner’s Keith Thorogood. After a long break from racing, Keith headed over to Suffolk running centre for the ‘Windmill Way Wander’. This race offered a number of distances to choose from- 5k, 10k, Half, Full, or Ultra. Keith opted for the half marathon distance. The route was all road and passed through the [...]
The juniors were back out racing on Sunday at the fourth XC event in the NESS league. Hosted by Harwich at new venue, Wix equestrian centre, it was typical cross country weather…cold, dull and windy! Martha May finished first for the girls, Hannah Root was next to cross the line with Evelyn Roulson not far behind. First home for the boys [...]
Three roadrunners were keeping busy with races this weekend….while one race was closer to home and a little on the chilly side the other was slightly further afield and with a lot more sunshine! DUBAI CREEK STRIDERS HALF MARATHON Men’s captain Ross Kemble is currently on day 26 of his Run Every Day (RED) challenge, very impressive that he’s [...]
A very wet Saturday leading to some very muddy conditions… it didn’t stop HRR. So many dedicated runners out doing their weekend running, well done to all those who didn’t let the rain stop them doing park run, long runs, XCountry or just runs in general!! We had two roadrunners out competing … RAYNE TWISTER Phil Jeffries, (warming himself up [...]
The junior squad were out in force on Sunday at the 3rd Xcountry event in the NESS league. Held at Writtle college it was bitterly cold and windy. As usual they did us all proud finishing strong with big smiles. After some well deserved cake they were ready to cheer the adults on for their 5 mile race. What a [...]
Sunday saw the next fixture in the NESS XC League at a bitterly cold Writtle University College. A good turnout saw 21 runners competing for Halstead Road Runners over the 2 lap course, which was fairly flat but some sticky mud and a strong crosswind in parts made conditions challenging. Of the 161 runners competing Wes Atkins was first home [...]