THE PATAGONMAN The PATAGONMAN is an extreme triathlon which takes place in the Aysen Region of Patagonia, Southern Chile. The race is one of the toughest challenges in the triathlon world, as it puts the athletes up against the grueling tests of nature which are the ultimate commander in that raw part of the planet. It is a small event [...]
Two of our trail loving members took on ‘The East Hanningfield trail marathon’ on Sunday, a narative trail race which followed a circular route arround the village of Danbury. It was a 95% off road route on a wide variety of terrain. The course was very muddy but the rain held off, and there was even a little sunshine for [...]
Saturday saw 6 HRR members compete in the Essex XC Champs being held at the hilly Gloucester Park in Basildon. The ladies were first to race over the distance of 8k. Luckily the forecast rain held off, leaving just a strong crosswind for the runners to battle. 1st home for Halstead was Rachael Roughan, whose legs were still tired from [...]
What better way to see the old year out and start the new year off…. (if of course you’re a runner!!). We had a team of long distance lovers at the Flitch way half and full marathon on New Years Eve. Taking on the full marathon for the ladies were Penny Clarke and Rachael Roughan, a tough race and great [...]
More running for team Humm on Thursday at the 5 Gold Rings, self navigating, 7mile trail event in Rickling green near Stansted. They were joined by Jane Roach and were running to celebrate Joby’s Birthday on the 29th December and Mandy's birthday which was on the 28th December. They ran together and completed it in 1:17 and finished off with [...]
More post Christmas racing… We had 4 more roadrunners out flying the flag over the festive period. ACTIVE TRAINING WORLD Taking place at Northern gateway in Colchester on Tuesday, this traffic free, tarmac course with no sharp bends, provided a great opportunity for PBs. Chris Lloyd not only secured himself a PB in the 10k race but also a podium [...]
METROPOLITAN POLICE XC Aidan Kelly was out at the weekend this time representing the Met Police in the Metropolitan Cross Country league. He clocked 38.03 on a tough 5 mile course helping to get the vets men’s team to finish in 1st place. RAYNEDEER RUN Hare and Tortoise returned on Sunday with a 6 hour challenge event. Taking place on [...]
On a much colder day than we've recently experienced, we had 8 runners in action at the Essex Veterans Cross Country races today at Writtle Uni. Three races all followed the same 2 lap course which measured just over 5 miles. First up were the 50+ men with HRR represented by Don English who placed 111th in 43 minutes 30 [...]
A 6 hour timed event within the grounds of Horseheath race course. Runners could run as many laps as they wanted to on the out and back, undulating, picturesque course. There are long slopes rather than hills and it is known to be a challenging course. Aidan Kelly took on the challenge and came 3rd place overall in a time of [...]
Now I know I’m biased… But this little team are just fantastic!! Running in our own HRR XC event, the junior team aced the Gosfield course! Running in the rain through woods, jumping logs, through muddy puddles and more mud they all finished with smiles on their faces. Crossing the line first for the boys team was Henry Stokoe in [...]