ON a cold but beautiful Sunday morning in a field between Mark Hall and Old Harlow, a number of local running clubs gathered for the latest leg of the winter cross country league. Before they set off on the five mile trek, running club stalwart,…

Excellent weekend at East and Essex Indoor Championships for Harlow Twenty-one athletes from across the age groups at Harlow AC took part in this year’s indoor regional championships, held at Lee Valley. The format saw athletes competing for Eastern Region medals and Essex medals for…

HARLOW Running Club members produced some excellent performances at the Great Bentley Half Marathon, near Colchester, with several personal best times for the distance (PB) and one club record. Sharon Wright finished in 100th place out of 647 finishers and 3rd Female Vet 35 in…

HARLOW Running Club competed in the third race of four of the East Herts and West Essex Cross Country League over a muddy 4.5 mile course hosted by Saffron Walden Striders at Newport. The ladies and men’s team both finished 3rd out of 5 teams…

Chris Clark 1965 – 2018. IT is with deep regret that Harlow Athletic Club announces that Chris Clark, one of its long-standing members, passed away on Saturday 20th January 2018 following a short illness. Chris was a lifelong member of Harlow AC and an integral…

HARLOW Running Club members training for a spring marathon competed at two 15 mile races on a cold, wet and windy Sunday morning and with the driving snow making it very slippery underfoot. Despite this there were several personal best times for the distance (PB).…

London Indoor Games A handful of U17, U15 and U13 athletes from Harlow took part in the London Indoor Games this weekend. The competition had an international flavour this year with guest athletes from Israel, Malta and Lithuania all participating over the two days. On…

HARLOW athletes were out at a range of events this weekend, including cross country, hill running and indoor competition. The weekend began on Saturday morning with the Essex Cross Country League. It was a disappointing morning in terms of numbers participating, but those that did…

Harlow Running Club Beginners Courses HARLOW Running Club plans to run beginner courses every year starting in the months of February, June and October as a general rule. The courses are currently led by Paul Schroder. He is supported by experienced running club members whom…

SEVERAL Harlow Running Club Members recovered from the New Year Celebrations by completing two closely located parkruns on New Years Day morning that had different start times. At Wanstead Flats parkrun Andy Kitson finished in 29th place out of 256 finishers in 19min 51sec. He…

HARLOW Running Club members were active over the Christmas Weekend with many running parkruns on Saturday and on Christmas Day. On Saturday at the Dymchurch Marathon on the Kent coast Paul Watts finished in 69th place out of 97 finishers in 4hrs 55min 14sec. Meanwhile…

HARLOW Running Club member Faith Jackson-Lee has been selected to represent Team GB at Ibiza in October 2018 in the Half Ironman Championships in the Female Vet 40 category. The event comprises a 1.2 mile open water swim, 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1…

HARLOW Running Club, in a late result from the previous week, competed in the second round of the East Herts and West Essex Cross Country League over an undulating 5 mile course at Bishop’s Stortford. Harlow RC were competing with clubs from Bishop’s Stortford, Ware…

VETERAN Harlow runner, Alan Powers ran his hundredth parkrun down at Harlow Town Park on Saturday morning. In many ways, seventy-two-year-old Alan embodies the spirit of parkrun. Quiet, modest and self-effacing, Alan turns up, week in and week out and always asks about the welfare…