ONE OF Harlow’s best distance runners is taking on the London Marathon for one of our town’s most cherished charities. Cathrine Ridge is running for Razed Roof. She did so in 2013 and is doing so again in April 2025. So we asked Catherine to…

HUNDREDS of Harlow primary school students took part in the town’s cross country championships on Friday afternoon. It was a great site to see students from across the years, taking on the challenge across the fields at Mark Hall Academy. Well done to each and…

HARLOW-based middle distance runner George Watkins produced a mature and intelligent run to come an impressive tenth in the Under-15 National Cross Country Champs last weekend. The best of cross country running were present at Parliament Hills in London on what is a testing course.…

DAVID Bauer, Harlow Athletics Club’s longest serving athlete was again in medal winning form last weekend. Competing in the M55 Shot Putt event at the British Masters Indoor Championships held at the Lee Valley Centre in Enfield, he battled fellow athletes from across the country…

CONGRATULATIONS to the team from Church Langley Primary, who edged out the other seven teams in the finals of the Years 5 and 6 Indoor Sportshall Athletics at Mark Hall Sports Centre. The final sports hall event of the year, saw the eight highest scorers…

A YOUNG Harlow Athletics Club runner who is continuing to make a big impression is Ben Tucker. Last week, Ben put in a magnificent performance to win the Under-15 Southern England Boys championships. Ben is in a rich vein of form out in the country…

A CROSS country challenge was held between a number of Harlow primary schools last week. The event was held on the Northbrooks playing fields by Hare Street primary school. Pupils from Year 3 to Year 6 competed in what was a tricky course. Afterwards,, medal…

ARE you ready for a challenge? Presenting… stepping stones to milestones! Harlow Running and Tri Club are excited to announce the launch of our introduction to running programme starting on from March 12th. For £40, the course will run for 8 weeks every Wednesday at…

WARE Joggers has won the annual cross country league for the sixth time in a row. The local league involves Ware Joggers, Harlow Running and Tri Club, Saffron Striders, and Bishop’s Stortford Running Club across four fixtures between December and February, with winners for each…

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AS you know, we like to follow Harlow residents as they prepare to run the London Marathon. The big race is set for Sunday April 27th. This week, we focus on Nicholas Antolik. The former St Mark’s pupil told us: “Im running the 2025 TCS…

AS the big freeze continues, there are a number of hardy runners who have only one day on their mind and that is Sunday April 27th, 2025. That’s the date of the London Marathon, when tens of thousands take on the 26 miles and 385…

AN incredible 461 participants made it a record breaking morning at the Harlow parkrun. The previous record was from February 2020, when 416 took part in the 5k challenge around the town park. This was the 463rd running of the Harlow parkrun, which began in…

THREE Harlow families have reached an amazing volunteering milestone at Harlow junior parkrun. The Gillespie, Penketh and Mann families have now volunteered an incredible 3000 times between them. Ten members of the three families, John & Pam Gillespie, Jane, John, Matthew & Bella Mann and…