Don Wilson kick started the weekend of races on Saturday with ‘The Great Barrow challenge’. This takes place in the heart of the beautiful Suffolk countryside just a few miles from Bury st Edmunds. Running with two of his sons, Don completed the Barrow ‘Windmill Way’ half marathon in a time of 1.51, his first half marathon event for a [...]
Saturday saw the running of the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields in London. The day long event saw runners from clubs all over the country, aged under 11s to seniors, competing over different distances on a very challenging course. By the time 6 Halstead ladies took to the course of approximately 4.8 miles, in the [...]
JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRY!!! Never mind the big road runners….!!Halstead had 4 juniors out on the Hadleigh Hares XC course on Sunday..! Braving the wind, rain and hills Martha May came in 10th place for the girls. Running for the boys we had Toby Metson in 31st place, Sam May in 41st and Jacob Root in 43rd. Brilliant running from Halstead [...]
ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE. Well that's another cross country season almost over, just the National Champs at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath next Saturday and after recent weather that will be a mud bath, bring it on! Here's a summary of our Essex Cross Country League season after Saturday's 5th and final race at Writtle. Twenty seven clubs were involved [...]
A fantastic turn out by HRR on Sunday morning at Great Bentley half marathon . We had no less than 20 road runners out on the course! The Great Bentley Half Marathon is run mainly on country lanes in rural Essex. It is a fast, flat course, perfect for attaining PB'S. The conditions were challenging with heavy rain showers and [...]
HRR had 4 runners out flying the flag on Sunday at the ‘Benfleet 15’ race. The Benfleet 15 is a challenging 15 mile multi terrain course which takes in sections of the Canvey Island Sea Wall, and the Hadleigh Downs. Representing the ladies was Keely Jordan and Lisa Rodbourn. Keely had an outstanding race finishing in 9th place out of [...]
Sunday 28th November 2021 Halstead Road Runners hosted the next race in the NESS Cross Country League sponsored by Eyes Rite. The race HQ was at Gosfield School and the course took in Broaks Woods and part of the motocross track behind. This made for a very gruelling course for the competitors with copious amounts of mud to wade through [...]
Darren Powell completed his 100th Park Run at Clare Castle Park Run on Saturday accompanied by his friends and family and a contingent of Halstead Road Runners. Ironically he came in 100th place. He will now take a few weeks out of running the Park Run to volunteer to give a bit back to the Park Run movement. Sunday saw [...]
After a year off due to the pandemic, the NESS cross country league got back underway with its first fixture at Writtle Agricultural College, hosted by Springfield Striders. Ideal weather conditions were welcomed by the runners. Teams from all across North Essex and South Suffolk compete in this league and it was fantastic to reunite with the rival clubs. A [...]
The biggest event in the UK running calendar, The Virgin London Marathon, finally returned this weekend. All Halstead Road Runners taking part performed really well and the weather conditions were good for the event if not a little windy. Nathan Roulson came in first for Halstead in 3:00:09. Stephen Metson 3:19:51 Gavin Ripton 3:35:42 Rachael Roughan 3:36:29 Michael Smith 3:39:48 [...]