REMEMBRANCE DAY RUNNING It was great to see so many Halstead Roadrunners out racing for Remembrance Day this weekend! CARVER BARRACKS On Saturday Reece Hearn headed to Carver Barracks, (Formerly Debden Airfield) for their annual Remembrance Half Marathon. The event venue itself was used during the Battle of Britain in World War 2 so a perfect place to host a [...]
HRR had 12 athletes in action at round two of the Essex Cross Coutry League on Saturday. The race was hosted by Orion Harriers at Epping Forest and although the day itself was dry, sunny and unseasonably warm, conditions underfoot were very muddy in places after recent heavy rain. After the junior age group races, the Senior Women set off [...]
CROSS COUNTRY SENIORS Sunday saw the 1st race of the season in the NESS cross country league at Hilly Fields in Colchester, hosted by Great Bentley Running Club. Conditions proved challenging due to the recent rain which continued to fall throughout the race providing the runners with lots of puddles and mud to contend with, with many downhills and corners [...]
John Warne took part in the Hare and Tortoise event Cartoon Capers on Saturday. This was a 6 hour event where you ran as many 6.6 mile laps as you wanted. John ran two laps with his daughter in 2:30:18. On Sunday Darren Powell and Ross Kemble ran the Marriotts Way trail marathon. Darren completed it in 4:41:40 and Ross [...]
Mike Grealy took part in the Great Cornard Park run again this week and repeated his performance of coming first in his age group in 0:22:28. John Warne travelled to Bournmouth for the half marathon and completed it in 2:15:00. Andy Wilmot has been running double marathons at Barrow this weekend again and did Saturday in 4:46:00 and [...]
HALSTEAD & ESSEX MARATHON, SUNDAY 12th MAY 2019 The Halstead Road Runners need your help, please, as marshals, water station teams and other vital assistants for this year's 25th Halstead & Essex Marathon. Over the years we've had an enormous amount of help from running clubs, local organisations, family and friends. As you'll know, it is a bit of a [...]
Despite indulging at the HRRChristmas drinks Saturday night, there were quite a few Road Runners at the Notthe Flitch Switch trail from The Chequers in Felsted organised by Essex Trail Events on Sunday. There were two distance options - the 9.5 mile coursewhich Steve May completed in 1:17 placing 13th. Then a 5.5mile which a large group of Charlotte May, Meg [...]