Athletics
ON any given Thursday night, the chances are you’ll share Harlow’s pavements and cycle tracks with runners belonging to the town’s 30-year-old flagship club. Or you might be a regular parkrunner at the Town Park course inspired by the team spirit dozens of Harlow Running…
HARLOW Running Club member Kelly Burgess was the star of the weekend, completing an exhausting two marathons on what is still an unseasonal warm period. On Saturday she ran the Norfolk Coastal Trail Marathon finishing in 63rd place out of 145 finishers and 2nd Female…
HARLOW Running Club members were at the Pleshey Half Marathon, near Chelmsford, on a very warm Sunday morning. Martin Westley finished in 38th place out of 377 finishers in an excellent 1hr 21min 23sec. He was followed by Colin Moody 171st in 1.46.00, John Tennant…
DAVID Chennells has successfully completed a sponsored walk in Harlow town centre for the past two years, and plans to do the same this year. David’s story Imagine that you’ve studied for six years, sacrificing your social life to dedicate time to your dream of…
HARLOW Running Club had four members present at the Great North Run, the biggest half marathon in the world with over 57,000 runners taking part, and once again won by Sir Mo Farah. Leigh Brown finished in 9608th place in 1hr 57min 40sec, Dave Goosetree…
REPRESENTATIVES from Harlow Tri Club, Harlow Running Club and Parkrun and Beyond took part in a “fun” Aquathlon on Tuesday night at the Lee Valley Whitewater Centre. The relay event took the form of two-person teams where one swam in the centre and the other…
HARLOW Running Club were represented at the Bedford Half Marathon on Sunday morning by 11 runners. First home was Kirk Crudgington, in his debut at the distance, finishing in 191st place out of 2532 finishers in a superb 1hr 34min 21sec. He was followed by…
HARLOW athlete Danny Raymond earned a hard fought fourth place in the under-15’s 800 metres at the National Championships in Bedford. In his first full season of track and field, the Stewards Academy athlete has blazed a trail through two-lap racing. This was always a…
HARLOW Athletic Clubs Shemar Boldizsar made it to the final of the British AAA Championships at Birmingham on Sunday afternoon. However, Shemar, who is having a great season, found Olympian Adam Gemili just too hot to handle. Gemili won in 20.08 seconds. Shemar came seventh…
HARLOW Running Club member Michael Woodruff finished first in his age group at the Mersea Island 5 Mile race finishing in 6th place out of 96 finishers and 1st Vet 50 in 34min 10sec on what was a very warm Sunday morning. Meanwhile at the…
STEWARDS Academy student, Danny Raymond struck gold after coming first in the Under-15s Southern England Championships 800 metres. The champs were held at a blustery Ashford in Kent at the weekend. Woodford Green athlete eased into the finals with a respectable 2.10.09 on the Saturday.…
STEWARDS Academy student Danny Raymond is making a great impression as he makes his way up the British rankings for 800 metres. The 14-year-old Woodford Green athlete has only been running seriously this year but has already run a remarkable 2 min 2 secs. Danny…
HARLOW Running Club member John Bull completed the Stour Valley Path Ultra 50K (roughly 31 miles) finishing in 40th place out of 164 finishers in an excellent 5hrs 55min 53sec, a PB by an incredible 35min. Meanwhile at the Thames Meander Marathon Paul Watts finished…
WE think it would be fair to say the Vicky Calver is the Queen of Harlow park run. On Saturday, Vicky celebrated completing her 100th parkrun. It coincided with her volunteering for the two hundredth time. It took Vicky six years and three months to…
HARLOW Running Club were represented at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10K where Andy Terrell finished in 20th place out of 258 finishers and 3rd Vet 40 in 42min 01sec. He was followed by Allison Beeton in 33rd place and 1st Female Vet 50 in…
