A busy weekend of races for HRR and some great medals up for grabs!
ATW REMEMBRANCE RUNS
HRR had a small team over at carver barracks on Saturday taking part in the remembrance runs. A bright, sunny day but absolutely freezing with the wind chill. There was a choice of 5k, 10k and half marathon distance. A flat and fast course and participants get the added bonus of an aeroplane map on their strava!! Running the 5k distance was Vikki Suett, and what a run she had! Vikki finished 7th place overall and was first lady back in a PB time of 18:50. Taking on the 10k, Stephen Metson had a superb run finishing 6th place overall with a new PB of 38:36. Jo Norris is going from strength to strength and had another great race. Her first official 10k race, and loving it, Jo finished in 58:32. Emma Healy was running with a friend who was taking on her first race after a 25 year gap, they had an enjoyable run taking in the atmosphere. They finished together in 1:09.59.Our only HRR to take on the half marathon distance was Jenny Smith. Jenny suffered a slight injury towards the end of the race but persevered and finished in 2:13.52.
PARKRUN
Every 1st place counts right?! Treena Carder had a great run on Saturday morning finishing 1st in her age category in 27:51. That makes it worth getting up and out early on a Saturday morning! Well done Treena.
CROSS COUNTRY
Aidan Kelly ran his first cross country of the season for the Met police athletics team at Wormwood scrubs on Saturday. He completed the 4.3mile race in 35:50.
STEBBING 10 MILE REMEMBERENCE RUN
The Stebbing 10 is always a popular race and this year HRR had 13 runners taking part. First home for halstead was Tom puncher in 58:00. Running on his birthday and finishing in 16th place overall was Mike smith in a PB time of 1:02.14. What a birthday treat! Well done Mike! Close behind in 20th place and running his second race of the weekend was Stephen Metson. Another brilliant run meant Stephen got another PB of 1:03.38. Starting the morning dressed as a dwarf (Karen was fundraising for Stebbing school!) Karen Pickering continued her great form wracking up another PB and finishing 5th lady in 1:07.37. Rachael Roughan had a great run in 1:11.59. Jacob Page was back in action finishing in 1:16.59. In training for his next event in a few weeks time and pacing his friend to a PB was Ben Ryder crossing the line in 1:19.24. Ross Kemble was over 6 minutes faster than his time last year completing in 1:21.35. Sarah waddington is in great form at the moment. Training hard she deserved a brilliant run and finished in 1:22.36 taking 5 minutes of her previous PB. Someone else who is training hard and getting stronger and stronger is Dan Roughan. Dan had a superb run finishing with an 8 minute PB in 1:24.51. It was another brilliant performance from Bec Gilroy who also finished with a PB of 1:25.54, taking 8 minutes off her previous PB time. Having not run as much as usual over the past few weeks, John Warne was pleased to finish in 1:42.12. Also starting the morning dressed as a dwarf and fundraising for Stebbing school was Jenn Clark. Jenn enjoyed the race finishing in 1:58.53 and completing the HRR line up.
STOWMARKET SCENIC 7 REMEMBRANCE RUN
Maryann Sycamore and Sandy Maloy were at the Stowmarket Scenic 7 Remembrance run on Sunday. Maryann finished in 1:05.12 and Sandy in 1:08.35. Well done ladies.
HOBBLE TRAIL
A few HRR were also in action at Springfield Striders Hobble Trail Run on Sunday morning. A tough route, slippery and muddy in places with quite a few ploughed fields to cross. In the 16 mile race, Bob Langley was in top form, placing 2nd out of 35 finishers in 2:33:18. There were 48 finishers in the 10 mile race. Keely Jordan finished 8th in 1:31:51, Andy Carter 18th in 1:46:41 and Tracy English was 20th in 1:50:03. In the 5 mile run there were 60 runners and walkers. Treena Carder and Phil Jeffries finished in 5th place in 54:41.
HARE and TORTOISE REMEMBERENCE MARATHON
Neil Addington was in Brightlingsea on Sunday, taking part in the Hare and Tortoise trail marathon. Following a looped course it was 4 loops needed for marathon distance. In the last 6 weeks, Neil has completed 4 marathons, an Ultra marathon and a Cross country. Sunday’s marathon was number 109 and Neil completed in 5:23.
Fantastic running from all and great to see so many HRR out and about!
