HARLOW Running Club members were in action at several events over the weekend. At the multi-terrain Bedford Half Marathon Martin Westley finished in 80th place out of 1953 finishers in an excellent PB time of 1hr 28min 59sec. He was followed by Paul Schroder 507th…

HARLOW Running Club member Paula Reynolds completed the Mersea Island 5 Mile race finishing as 3rd Lady and 18th overall out of 81 finishers in 37.00. Meanwhile at the Lee Valley Velopark 10 Mile race Leigh Brown, in his debut at the distance, finished in…

HARLOW AC concluded their season with a match involving five evenly matched sides, occupying fifth to tenth place in the league. Harlow were second in the match, behind Wycombe and in a three-way share of seventh in the final standings. The male sprinters were in…

HARLOW’S Richard Chiassaro has been voted British team captain by his teammates for the World Para Athletics European Championships. All 53 members of the team were given the opportunity to vote for their male and female captains. Richard and female colleague Libby Clegg will pick…

A RECORD-equalling 252 participants took part in the 200th running of the Harlow parkrun. The runners were joined by Olympic canoeist Fiona Pennie, who acted as a tail runner for the day. Course director, Robin Lozeau spoke to the assembled runners, before they started their…

ON SATURDAY morning, the two hundredth running of the Harlow parkrun will take place. The first Harlow parkrun took place on November 8th, 2014. The first ever parkrun took place in 2004 in Bushey Park near Hampton Palace. It was just a way of a…

THREE Harlow Running Club members completed the very hilly Stour Valley 50K (30M) race. John Bull finished in 47th place out of 126 finishers in 6hrs 30min 37sec in his debut at the distance. Dionne Jones was 63rd in 6.52.05, a PB by a fantastic…

EYAL ends in St Albans HARLOW’S young athletes ended their season with a match in the shadow of St Albans Abbey. The conditions, however, could not have been any more hellish; thirty-degree plus heat, no shade and up against three top six teams. Nevertheless the…

Harlow Running Club had two members at the London Olympic Distance Triathlon (1.5km open water swim, 40km bike ride, 10km run) the worlds largest triathlon. Ryan Smith finished in 160th place out of 1837 finishers in 2hrs 31min 42sec, a PB by 7 min, and…

THE HARLOW 10 mile run is set for Sunday September 9th, 2018. It starts and ends at the Mark Hall Sports Centre and winds its way though Church Langley through Hastingwood, Hobbs Cross, down Foster Street onto the Latton Street cycle track and back to…

HARLOW Running Club members Andy Kitson, Paul Schroder and Kerry Mavris completed the Outlaw Ironman Triathlon at Nottingham consisting of a 2.4 mile lake swim, 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run. An Ironman is widely considered one of the most difficult one-day…

HARLOW Running Club member Rich Hynes finished in 5th place out of 367 finishers at the midweek Victoria Park 10K in a fantastic 36min 49sec. Danny McCree was 19th in 39.32 and Martyn Coulter 26th in a PB time of 40.21. At the same event…

HARLOW Athletics Club star, Andrew Osagie ran an encouraging 800 metres in the fastest race of the year so far. Six years ago, Andrew Osagie got to the Olympic 800 metre final where he ran 1.43.77. Since then, injury has prevented him from returning to…

TWO Harlow triathletes won medals at a national championships at the weekend. The British Triathlon- National England Aquathlon Championships 2018 took place today at Ferry Meadows, Peterborough. Harlow Tri Club’s Andrew Kitson won silver in age group 40-44 and Gail Nicholls won Bronze in age…