THE HARLOW parkrun came together on Saturday morning to observe a minute’s silence for all those who gave their lives in conflict. Appropriately, the run is held every Saturday close to the Netteswell Memorial in Harlow Town Park. Many of the runners wore either black…

HARLOW Running and Tri Club members competed with 1400 other runners at the Hertfordshire Half Marathon at Knebworth on Sunday morning. First home for HRTC was Cliff Price in 122nd place in an excellent 1hr 36min 26sec in his debut at the distance. He was…

CHELMSFORD AC hosted the third round of the Essex Cross Country at a wet and windy Writtle College on Saturday. Turnout for Harlow AC was better than the previous week across the age groups. There was still only one Under 13 boy, Ben Tucker and…

IT was not such a great day at Gloucester Great Park, Basildon, for Harlow AC, as the club could not muster enough athletes to compete as teams in the various competitions. So, it was left to individuals to shine in this Match Two of the…

HARLOW Running and Tri Club member Kerry Mavris completed the Stort 30, a 30 mile race along the River Stort towpath from Bishop’s Stortford to Rye House and back, on Sunday morning. In atrocious weather Kerry completed the race in 23rd place out of 64…

ON SUNDAY, Harlow Junior parkrun celebrated the 300th running of the event. The event which is 2k around the town park show ground first took place on July 24th, 2016. A huge part of its success is down to the hard work of the organisers…

ANOTHER very successful U13 tournament at BATTS yesterday, with 48 players from 25 different clubs battling for a share of the £200 prize fund. Thanks to all the parents whose prompt communication made it possible to start the day with a full entry giving every…

HARLOW runners were out in force at the weekend. A large number made the early start at the Imperial War Museum in Cambridgeshire to take part in the Duxofrd Dash 5k and 10k. All results are below. Abingdon Marathon 176 Martyn Coulter 3.09.45 (PB by…

ON Saturday 21 October, Lee Valley played host to the first of three events for junior athletes, up to school year seven, that will be spread out across the indoor season, from October to March. With such limited competitive opportunity for athletes in this age…

HARLOW Running and Tri Club member Tim Wood was one of 16,000 runners to complete the Amsterdam Marathon at the weekend, finishing in a time of 3hrs 32min 17sec. Meanwhile, at the Great Eastern Run Half Marathon at Peterborough Grant Reuken finished in 602nd place…

ON Saturday, Thurrock Harriers played host to the first Essex League Cross Country race of the season. The event itself was held at One Tree Hill, in Langdon Country Park. Nine Harlow AC runners were involved and only the U15 boys were able to compete…

THE 400TH running of the Harlow parkrun took place on Saturday morning. The first run took place on November 8th, 2014, when 154 runners took part. Since then thousands have run, walked, perambulated the 5k (3.1 mile) journey around the town park. It is a…

LAST weekend was a busy one for Innovation Multisport, a regular London Half Marathon, The Royal Parks saw three members take part. Vicky Steadman completed her personal challenge of 50 half marathons before turning 50. Her Royal Parks Half was 1 second faster than her…

WHILST we were all basking in the autumn heatwave at the weekend, Harlow Running Club’s Laura Prime took on the Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultra Marathon. If running 56 miles wasn’t hard enough, Laura had to endure the most horrendous conditions as the rain fell land…