It’s been a bumper weekend of running with some fantastic personal bests and feats of endurance. On Saturday it was the Essex Cross Country Relay Championships with Halstead fielding a Ladies and a Mixed Team. The event took place at Stubbers Adventure Centre in Upminster in typical cross country weather conditions. The Ladies team consisted of Caroliena Cameron, Melanie Candler [...]
Halstead Road Runners were honoured to be among only a handful of clubs invited to take part in Ipswich JAFFA’s 40 lap track race on Monday 2 October as part of the club’s 40 years in running. The event took place at Northgate Sports Centre and saw teams of 6 runners made up of a junior, 2 ladies and 3 [...]
Thanks to Jenn for organising a great evening at The Kings Head in Gosfield last night and to everyone else involved in the awards presentation. Here's a list of the nominees and the winners: [one_half last="no"] MALE RUNNER OF THE YEAR Bob Langley (winner) Mike Grealy Andy Owen [/one_half][one_half last="yes"] FEMALE RUNNER OF THE YEAR Leigh-Anne Porter (winner) Caroliena Cameron [...]
The AGM will be on Wednesday 4th October 2017 at 20:00. The club house will be open from 18:30 if anyone would like to go for a run beforehand.
The Autumn sunshine made for warm conditions for runners this weekend. A large number of Road Runners were at the Springfield Striders Pleshey Half Marathon which once again played host to the Essex Half Marathon Championships. Andy Owen was first back for the club in 1 hour 28 minutes. Jon Greenley finished in 1 hour 37 minutes. Steve May (1:41:46) [...]
Axel Voigt continued his excellent form of late setting another 10k pb 2 weeks in a row. Axel was 5 seconds quicker at the Dedham 10k, a hillier course than Langham last week, finishing in a time of 55.41. Dan Smith did the Ouse Valley Trail Marathon, a point to point race finishing in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. The recent wet [...]
The Langham 10km is organised by the Friends Of Langham School (FOLS), a charitable organisation. The route winds through picturesque Constable countryside and attracts around 500 runners. The race is a popular one and was sold out this year. There were some great runs for the Road Runners with new personal bests for Mel Candler in 46.33 and Axel Voigt [...]
It’s been a bumper weekend for the Halstead Road Runners. The big team event, and one of the highlights for Essex running clubs, is the annual Essex Way Relay starting in Epping and finishing 81 miles later in Harwich. This year saw the largest field to date with approximately 690 runners participating. It’s a great day out for both runners [...]
Ian Chandler took on the SVP100 on Saturday. The Stour Valley Path (SVP) is a 100km (62 mile) long footpath starting in Newmarket in Suffolk and ending near Manningtree in Essex. The path is renowned for being extremely scenic. 114 runners started the race with just over 67 finishing. Chandler placed 35th overall in a time of 14 hours and [...]
Each year Halstead Road Runners donates a large percentage of the profits from the Halstead and Essex Marathon to local good causes. The charities to benefit from the money raised this year are: Halstead in Bloom Halstead Day Centre Farleigh Hospice St Helena Hospice The Tabor Centre in Braintree TAPS (Travel Aid for Parents of Sick Children) Cheques for £100 [...]