Athletics
DESPITE it being a cold and misty morning, just under a hundred runners took part in the second running of the Harlow Park Run. And once again, it was superbly organised as the runners weaved their away around Harlow Town Park. In case you are…
OVER 150 runners took part in the first park run in Harlow. The worldwide phenomena is a simple one. Register on line, turn up at 9am at the Greyhound Car Park (make sure you get a pay and display) and then run the 5k run…
THE first ever Park Run in Harlow is set to take place on Saturday morning (Nov 8th). Over a steady 5k (three mile course). The 9 am run starts at The Greyhound and on a number of loops winds it way through the park as…
SEVERAL Harlow Running Club members competed in the Stort 30, an exhausting 30 mile race along the River Stort towpath from Bishop’s Stortford to Roydon and back again. Lyndon Cooper finished in 13th place out of 189 finishers in an excellent 4hrs 02min 49sec. He…
HARLOW Running Club member Colin Moody competed in the Lausanne Marathon in Switzerland finishing in 401st place out of 1164 finishers and 4th Vet 60 in a superb 3hrs 46min 04sec. Meanwhile at the Gunpowder Parkrun 5K at Waltham Abbey Jamie Jephcott finished in 5th…
ON Saturday 25th October 2014 Harlow Athletic Clubs youngsters travelled to Portsmouth to compete in the junior and mini races at the Great South Run. In her first major race Jemima Pratt (7) finished in 2nd place in the U9’s 1 mile race in a…
By Hannah Sellman ARE you interested in trying to beat the clock? If so why not come along to Harlow Parkrun. Starting on Saturday 8th November at 9am, a 5km run will be taking place weekly at Harlow Town Park (CM20 2QD), for anyone who…
HARLOW Running Club were well represented at the inaugural Chelmsford Marathon with 16 runners finishing the course on what was a windy and unseasonably warm day. Leading the way was Jared Bethell in 6th place out of 960 finishers in an excellent 2hrs 57min 33sec.…
HARLOW Running Club members were out and about in force last weekend, achieving two club records, two Essex Championship medals and several personal best times (PB). At the Yorkshire Marathon held at York Jamie Jephcott finished in 504th place out of 3675 finishers in a…
HARLOW AC’s young athletes stormed to victory on Friday 10th October 2014 at the West Essex Schools Cross Country Competition, held at Burnt Mill School, Harlow. Paul Bailey (Essex Coach and Harlow AC Endurance Specialist) and Harlow AC stalwart Nat Fisher (former coach of Olympian…
HARLOW Running Club picked up several awards at the multi-terrain Copped Hall 5 Mile race in Epping Forest. Rob Lowe finished in 4th place out of 114 finishers and 1st Vet 40 in an excellent 31min 51sec, Louise Tankard was 16th and 1st Lady in…
HARLOW Running Club member Steve Murtagh competed in the Middlesex 10K held in Victoria Park finishing in 29th place out of 200 finishers and 2nd Vet 50 in a fantastic 34min 54sec, just 13 seconds outside the HRC Vet 50 record. Meanwhile at the Windsor…
HARLOW Running Club had a successful day at the Essex Half Marathon Championships held at Pleshey near Chelmsford, picking up two Essex medals, a HRC record and five personal best times for the distance (PB). Steve Murtagh led the way in 7th place out of…
HARLOW Running Club member Santosh Kumar produced a personal best time for the distance (PB) at the Grunty Fen Half Marathon in Cambridgeshire, finishing in 164th place out of 524 finishers in a superb 1hr 42min 52sec. He was followed home by Paul Lee 293rd…
HARLOW Running Club member Steve Ambrose completed the exhausting North Downs Way 100, a 100 mile trail race spread over two days and following the picturesque South Downs countryside starting at Farnham in Surrey and finishing at Wye in Kent. The course is very hilly…
THE winter cross country season is now approaching and three of Harlow Athletic Clubs juniors made the long trip to Newcastle on Sat 6th Sept 2014 to compete in the junior races at the BUPA Great North Run. The junior races are run the day…
