The main event of the weekend was the annual running of the Essex Way Relay starting in Epping and finishing in Harwich some 81 miles later. The route is split into 10 sections of varying distances with 10 runners to a team. It is a fantastic event and there were over 70 teams participating this year from clubs across the [...]
Monday (27th August) morning at Gosfield School pavilion if anyone wants to run the 5k XC relay course. The Essex AAA XC Secretary wants to recce the course and may bring other Witham RC runners. 9:30am run at 8:00 to 8:30 pace then 10:00am run at 9:00+ pace for slower runners or anyone who wants to go round again? Feel [...]
Sarah Frost did the Clacton Half Marathon today – she didn’t just run it she did so pushing daughter Alice in a buggy. They weren’t last despite some stops for Alice to be carried a few times including over the finish line. They finished in 2 hours 24 minutes and Sarah commented on how nice and friendly the race was [...]
It's been a while since we've had any significant results to report so we're making up for it this week. The SVP 100 has been on the ultra running circuit for a few years now and due to its popularity this year offered a 50k option for the first time. The 50k started in Sudbury and then followed the Stour [...]
Halstead Road Runners returned to the Spitfire Scramble 24 hour event this weekend at Hornchurch Country Park. The club fielded a ladies team of 5 runners, 2 men’s teams of 8 runners and 2 solo runners. Many of the team members have participated in the popular event in previous years. However, there were also several trying it for the first [...]
Andy Wilmot completed The Barrow 10 in 10 Challenge on Saturday, persevering despite suffering from hamstring problems. His times were: Day 5 5:32 Day 6 5:03 Day 7 4:58 Day 8 5:37 Day 9 5:50 Day 10 5:46 Caroliena Cameron did the popular Great Bentley Friday 5 in 37.44 placing 3rd in the FV45 age category. On Saturday Rob Frost [...]
The Barrow 10 in 10 Challenge started on Thursday. Anyone contemplating running a single marathon in the current heat wave would find it gruelling let alone to run on consecutive days. This year’s Challenge was particularly notable for Halstead’s Andy Wilmot who, at 74 years of age, completed his 750th marathon on day 2 of the series. He was accompanied [...]
James Smith completed an amazing feat of endurance at the weekend having been selected to take part in the West Highland Way race starting in Milngavie on the outskirts of Glasgow at 1 am Saturday morning and finishing 95 miles later in Fort William. The terrain is extremely rocky underfoot and naturally includes scaling some high peaks (14,760 feet of [...]
Tom Porter ran his first trail marathon, the Orwell Challenge, finishing in 3 hours 39 minutes (photo attached). Sam Wolton travelled down to Devon for the Hope 24 hour race and managed to cover 50 miles in 23 hours and 40 minutes. Nicole Smith did the Hampshire Hoppit trail half marathon in 2 hours 16 minutes. The course included 1,000 [...]
A small contingent of Road Runners did the Chicken Run on Sunday, organised by the Company of Runners, starting and finishing at the Five Bells in Colne Engaine. The 5 mile scenic trail was apparently named after the chickens in one of our club member's garden which runners went past en route. The reward at the finish was sausage and [...]