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Colchester Harriers’ endurance runners put themselves to the test over the weekend in the Stour Valley Path 50K Ultra marathon.   Run over a challenging 50 kilometre section of the Stour Valley Path from Sudbury to Brantham, the race was run in line with new Covid-19 guidelines involving, among other things, staggered start times for the 200 or so competitors. Allen Smalls led the way for Colchester, the veteran runner rolling back the years to record a superb time of 4:04:27 and finish second overall in a strong field.  Not to be outdone Victoria Primmer, on her ultra debut,... read more

A Harriers Hammer thrower achieved a substantial personal best at one of the rare official England Athletics pilot competitions being held, whilst other members of the squad have taken on a few of the sparse virtual throwing challenges available during these challenging times. Under 20 thrower Josephine Larkins threw a substantial pb at the EA pilot meeting hosted at Allianz Park on the 11th July. This saw an improvement from the 45.99m, achieved during 2019, to 48.89m. A distance which sits her currently as UK number three. First year Under 15 athlete Wyatt Larkins and first year... read more

Many of you will know that Glyn was suffering from a serious condition and sadly passed away on Friday evening at Colchester Hospital. Tributes from coach John Hyland and our Chairman Lance Williams are shown... read more

Report by Richard Pickering As you know you were recently asked to complete a questionnaire about the possibility of bringing in another endurance group and about your coaching experience.  The overwhelming response (85%) was that a new group would be a good thing.  Also, that 72% would prefer to have a lead coach who took overall control of their group.  The endurance committee had a meeting to decide what to do, followed by a coaches’ meeting  to see how we could best resource our suggestions. The resourcing aspect of the meeting proved challenging and the... read more

Colchester Harriers confirmed their place amongst the top echelon of the county’s running clubs in the latest virtually staged event - the Essex 6/12 Virtual Relay Competition.    Teams of twelve men and six women from the top running clubs across the county ran a series of legs of 5K and 5 miles either on their own or in small groups and then submitted evidence of their times to the organisers.  Whilst running races in this way is far from ideal, athletes relished to chance to compete in a safe and responsible way and the battle for the top places was extremely... read more

Copy also sent by email to members and posted on Facebook, 11am 6th July We hope that you are continuing to stay safe and well during this time. As we attempt to move forward as a club, the coaches that are available are aiming to either coach in person whilst following current guidelines, or where applicable set sessions virtually that may be followed either on your own or in socially distanced groups. We have therefore set up a new 'service' within the WebCollect membership system, Training Fees and Donations, and would request that you consider at the end of each month... read more

Please find below a copy of the email that has been sent (at 8:14am) to any members that have not currently renewed. Any questions or if you have not received the email (if hotmail then it is likely in the spam folder!), then email me on [email protected] We appreciate it was only at the weekend that we emailed out regarding membership renewal options, but we just wanted to send a quick reminder, especially for any athletes that have not yet renewed, as the renewals are not as straight forward as on previous occasions, and it is the end of the month in just five days. Please... read more

Colchester Harriers Athletics Club mixed it with some of the biggest athletics clubs in the country as they recorded a string of impressive performances in the British Masters Virtual 5K championships. The event, usually held annually at Sutton Park in Birmingham, but organised on a virtual basis this year with competitors completing 5K runs on their own (or in small groups), attracted a top quality national field of over 4,000 runners, raising over £12,000 for charity in the process. Harriers entered 10 teams across different categories with their M55 A team leading the way – the... read more

Emails relating to club renewals till 30th September were sent out this morning, 21st June. If you did not receive yours then please email me, so I can check your account email address is up to date. Some providers, especially hotmail and aol have a habit of placing mailing list contacts into their spam/junk folders, so please check there first. There is quite a lot to read, so bear with it. This is a very unique time, and so we are trying to accommodate as many as possible where we can, and make the correct decisions, but some things are out of our control currently. Stay... read more