With just four races left to run in the 2014 Club Championship, it’s tight at the top as at least two runners still stand a chance of snatching victory in each individual category. Only the Sam North Mile, Shelton Striders 10k, Worksop Half Marathon and Leeds Abbey Dash (plus, a marathon any time before the end […]
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 […]
Having set personal bests across a range of distances and been at the forefront of numerous team successes throughout 2014, Lisa Palmer continued her sterling year with gold at the British Masters 5,000m on Sunday. It has been quite the year so far for Lisa and the thirty-seven year old completed a brilliant British Masters […]
Heanor Running Club made it a clean-sweep for the season at the final BDL road race of 2014 as an all yellow and blue top-six saw the men retain the title for another year and the women regain top-spot from Sutton Harriers following five wins out of five. On home-turf at Shipley Hall Cricket Club, […]
Emily and Abbie Deeming and Lily and Phoebe Winfield flew the HRC flag at the final Derbyshire Track & Field Mini-League fixture of the season on Saturday at Moorways Stadium, Derby. In seasonally-hot temperatures, U11 girls Phoebe and Abbie opted for the double-whammy of 80m and 150m races whilst Phoebe also added the 600m to […]
HOW DID YOU GET INTO RUNNING? I ran as a kid at school, loved cross-country but didn’t like the track as much. But, like a lot of people, I stopped running when I left school and only got back into it when trying to play 5-a-side football. I was so unfit and realised I had […]
Dale Annable and Lisa Palmer took the victories at the Tara Kinder 10k on Friday night as a total of fifteen Heanor RC runners competed in the humid conditions among the 415 that finished the popular race. The race was the fifth of eight in the 2014 Run Derby series and Dale enjoyed a comfortable […]
Ashley Deeming and Lily Winfield took the spoils as the 2014 time trial campaign was rounded-off last night at Shipley Country Park. V40 Ashley headed into the final assault on the 3 mile course needing to better his points from the last time trial in June to stay ahead of Steve Ashmore in the race […]
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 […]
With just one more time trial left to run, all is still to play for as the fourth and final time trial of 2014 takes place this Tuesday. Lizzie Poole currently leads the ladies’ standings having accumulated an impressive 66 points from the three time trials so far. Jo Potter and Rita Fisher lie just […]
