A packed weekend of running for the Lions, covering everything from 200m at the County Championships to a 40 mile Ultra. Charlie Cotton celebrated his 13th birthday with a trip to Blackpool for the a 10K. His official Pace maker, Chris takes up the story: The 13th May 2018, Charlie Cottons 12th Birthday, he decided […]
Well it all started on Sunday morning with the brilliant Livingston Relays. The Heanor team were out in force to show what the Lions can do. It turned into quite a warm day when the sun came out so the weather was not at all that bad for us. The support from everyone was amazing, […]
As the issues of mental health become more and more prevalent, the club are pleased to announce that Paige Roadley has agreed to become the Heanor Running Club Mental Health Champion. This is an important role that will help support club members and the England Athletics #RunAnd Talk programme. More information on the role and […]
The Virgin Money London Marathon is a special day in most runner’s diaries. This year wearing the yellow and blue (and with impressive times too) were: Chris Patterson (2:51:30) Rachel Shelbourn (3:01:26) Jayne Lynas (3:32:59) Jo Potter (3:42:16) Sarah Whittle (3:45:12) Carla Fox (5:06:19) And not forgetting Sam Marsh who was representing the East Midlands in […]
The weekend of the London Marathon is always a busy one, and Heanor runners were on their travels to make it busier than usual. Friday 26th started off with Joe and Paige travelling up to Kingsley in Cheshire for a fast 5K Highly recommended by Joe who dipped under 15 minutes for the first time […]
As weekends go, the weekend of 6th and 7th of April is about as busy as it can get (especially if you include the first Summer League Race on the 9th – that’s 3 in 4 days!). Lions were spotted at: The National Road Race Relays (a men’s team of 12 and a ladies team of 6) […]
Midland Road Relays It was another successful day for Heanor Running Club at the Midlands 12 and 6 stage relays. As well as being able to field two full teams in both the Men’s and Ladies events (some 36 runners by my rudimentary maths!) there were some outstanding performances from the Ladies (running over 16 minutes […]
Sam Marsh did the Yellow and Blue proud running for Derbyshire in the English Schools Cross Country with a strong 10th place and earned an international vest in the process. Sam’s Dad writes: “Sam took part in the English Schools Cross Country Champs. He was greeted on Saturday with perfect cross country conditions – hills, […]
A top night of running at the latest round of the Brett Beeson 6 time trial run. In all 22 runners tackled the undulating(! – Hardy Barn!) route with another 4 running a short version. There were some good performances backing up the hard work put in over the winter – hopefully we can all […]
Weekend Round Up – 9th and 10th March Saturday 9th March was the turn of the Inter Counties Cross Country and World Cross Country Trials at Prestwold Hall, so very local. We had a number of athletes compete: Owen Lynas and Archie Winson – U13 Boys Joe Rainsford and Chris Rainsford – Senior Men Samantha Crowe […]
