With a concerted effort being made to try and prioritise the North Midlands Cross Country League this campaign, the proof of those efforts was in the pudding last weekend as twenty-nine turned out over six category races at Markeaton Park, Derby. The long-standing and prestigious league has only seen one Heanor RC individual champion in […]
Nine Heanor Running Club members were in amongst the 7130 finishers at the Robin Hood Half Marathon last weekend as half of those competing in yellow and blue recorded new personal bests on a warm morning over the county border. The race became something of a intra-club competition for Heanor RC’s ladies to see who would […]
Promising junior athlete, Lily Winfield, continued her fantastic summer form to set another personal best at the Inter-Counties Track & Field meet in Hull last Saturday. Running in the white vest of Derbyshire, the twelve-year old was selected to represent the county in the under 15 competition off the back of a super season that […]
The Wilne 10k delivered personal bests galore for Heanor RC last weekend as twenty-one turned out for the race billed as one of the flattest 10k races in the country. Now in its fourth year, the race has grown to become one of the largest and fastest 10k races in the region. The 858-strong field […]
Heanor RC secured top-spot at the Malt Shovel Relay last Thursday evening as Joe Rainsford led the men’s “A” team home to first with the fastest time of the night and a new course record. With the Midland 6 & 4 Stage Road Relays now just three weeks away, the yellow and blue showed just […]
Carl Hughes was the sole Heanor RC representative at an old club favourite over the weekend as he “raced the train & beat it again” in Tywyn, Wales. Race the Train was a regular fixture on the club calendar throughout the noughties until the incessant wet weather year-on-year eventually dampened enthusiasm enough for a return but Carl […]
A host of Heanor RC members ran in the tough midday heat at the widely-enjoyed Crich Monument Race on Saturday. The 11.3k off-road race includes 1000ft of climbing and features “fantastic views of the Derbyshire countryside”. Andy Parkin was first home in yellow and blue, crossing the line 12th in 51:17. 156 finished the race […]
Medals were the order of the weekend for Heanor Running Club members as Lisa Palmer, James Mee and Stuart King bagged gold and Jill Burke and Chris Rainsford bronze in championship races across the country. Lisa and Jill travelled to Horwich for the Horwich 5k incorp. British Masters Championships and both ladies returned with silverware […]
Where to start? It’s been difficult keeping up with all the action this weekend as a number of Heanor RC members flew the flag across the country in one of the busiest and most-fruitful weekends of the year so far. Following on from an impressive turnout of twenty-three at the first Pub Run of the […]
Joe Rainsford, Stuart King and Chris Rainsford made their debuts over 10,000m on the track in the Highgate Harriers Night of the PBs incorp British & England Athletics Championships on Saturday night. Heavy showers and a persistent home-straight wind on the track at Parliament Hill, London proved testing but the conditions weren’t enough to stop […]
