SUPER Sara Coombe ran her 100th park run on Saturday morning. Harlow resident Sara is one of the hardy band that took part in the first 5k Harlow parkrun in November 2014 and she hasn’t stopped running since. She has taken her time to get…

HARLOW Running Club had several runners at the Ware Festival of Running where you could choose to run either a 10 mile or 10K race. In the hilly and multi-terrain 10 Mile race Martin Westley finished in 5th place out of 356 finishers in a…

AN excellent weekend concluded for Harlow AC with success at the Eastern Region Championships at Cambridge on Sunday. Mia Rowan competed in the U15 long jump and jumped 4.10m but was really there for the hurdles. In the hurdles, she ran 12.35s to clock a…

HARLOW AC member, Millie Upton, won the U17 pentathlon at the Hertfordshire County Open Combined Events competition at Hemel Hempstead on Saturday. The day began with a massive new PB in the 80m hurdles. Her mark before the event stood at 13.01s and she reduced…

HARLOW Running Club competed in the fourth and last round of the Scott’s Travel Midweek Road Race League Division 2 last week on an undulating 10K course at Stevenage. The Men’s and Ladies teams both finished 5th out of 6 teams and 6th overall. After…

HARLOW AC had six teams in action at the Essex Relay Championships in what turned out to be an exciting night for the club. The first team in action were the U15 Girls. Unfortunately a changeover fault saw them disqualified. The run itself was a…

THERE was great success for two Harlow athletes at the weekend. Shemar Boldizsar won the English Athletics U23 Championships 200m Gold on Sunday.. His time was 20.65s, fifth fastest by a Briton at any age group this year. This was a significant breakthrough for the…

HARLOW Running Club had two runners at the Harp 24 Hour Endurance Race at Westcliff-on-Sea. The race consisted of multiple laps of an off road 4 mile course until 24 hours have elapsed. Kelly Burgess finished in 25th place out of 125 finishers while completing…

HARLOW Running Club entered a mixed team in the Endure 24 Hour Relay Race at Reading, finishing in 9th place out of 173 mixed teams. The race consists of multiple laps of a five mile woodland trail route until a teams last lap has exceeded…

  SAL Division 3 North Match 3, Lee Valley 16 June Braintree were the hosts for the third match in the Southern Athletic League for Harlow. However, due to the cage at Braintree not meeting the latest and more stringent safety specifications, the match was…

SEVERAL Harlow Running Club members spent a warm and sunny Sunday morning on Southend seafront while competing in the town’s Half Marathon. First home was Jason Fox in 346th place out of 1949 finishers in 1hr 43min 20sec in what was his debut at the…

Southern Counties Championships, Bedford Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June THREE athletes, Beth Harryman, Jamie Putt and Leo Chashchin, were scheduled to take part at the Southern Counties Championships, held at Bedford. Unfortunately, Beth Harryman had to withdraw prior to competition due to injury. Jamie…

HARLOW Running Club member Mark Bentley crossed the Irish Sea to compete in the Cork City Marathon finishing in 426th place out of 1052 finishers in 3hrs 57min 32sec. Meanwhile at the multi-terrain Great Hertfordshire Half Marathon Sean Flynn finished in 28th place out of…

IN the last seven days, Harlow athletes have been performing at a national level. The week began with Shemar Boldiszar in action at the Loughborough International selection event. Following on from his success at the County Championships, he ran two heats of 100m and the…