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Two under 15 girls, Lauren Strutt and Rachel Hoddell, braved the cold and windy conditions at Thurrock to compete in the Essex Pentathlon championships In far from ideal conditions both girls struggled in the long jump as the cold wind blew directly into their faces for the first event. Both were disappointed with their jumps, which were well off their best, but remained in good spirits ready for the challenges that lie ahead. Next up was the 75m hurdles race, where again the girls had to run into a strong head wind, but fared better. Lauren took 0.1 seconds off of her PB to run 15.4... read more

Top 100 for Carwyn and Chris Colchester harriers were celebrating after two of their athletes finished in the top 100 at the London Marathon British Championships. Carwyn  Jones 2:32:29 was 92nd just pipping training partner Chris Sellens who was 9 seconds behind in 2:32:38 for 95th spot. Both athletes ran personal bests and  have been trained by Pete West, who will be now priming his team for Halstead which is the Essex marathon in May. Daz Farrugi was 372nd in another personal best of 2:41:40. Also running his best ever marathon was Mark Harrod 894th in 2:50:50, Allen Smalls who clocked... read more

Olley wins at Cornard Good results came from Colchester Harriers at the latest batch of Saturday 5km Park runs. Drew Olley swept to victory at Great Cornard in 18:47, Wayne Cook was 3rd in 19:13 only a week after the Brighton Marathon. Cathy Beard 26:07 and Debbie Cattermole 27:01 were the other green vests to finish.  Maldon park saw 247 runners race the clock and Max Caulfield was a fine runner up in 18:50. Chelmsford saw Hannah Watson finish in 19:51, and Annette Oakman run well in 20:57. Colchester Castle saw a huge field of 382, Danny Millward was first harrier home in 2nd spot in... read more

Marathon Round up Great effort by Preston Colchester Harriers athletes kicked off the marathon season with some good results. Paul Preston, who has struggled with injuries, clocked a fine 2:28 at the Manchester marathon with Marie Shirley warming up for London with a time of 3:06. Yet another superb effort by Shirley who has run within seconds of busting 3 hours so many times. Chris Manby travelled to Brighton and although not expecting a good time was very pleased with 3:10, Wayne Cook had a big personal best in 3:20:25 dispatching 19 minutes from his previous best. Malcolm Statham edged... read more

Tough run, a win for Holford and glass of Bucks Fizz! For anyone who has not run the Orion 15, a test of x-country stamina and technique, then you really, really should sign up and have a go if you think you’re hard enough. It’s not a new race; 2016 was the 62nd event and its set in ancient Epping Forest, with sharp inclines, swooping downhills across wetlands, woodland and wet and dry heathland. Actually, it’s a Badland with copious amounts of heavy mud, brambles and some hard trail for recovery. In the car this day were Clarke, driving, Holford, talking, Smith grinning and Rodgers... read more

Colchester Park Run Thanks to all 42 Harriers who were volunteers at the Colchester Castle Park run, which we were staging for the 4th or maybe 5th time. 340 runners came to the line, an incredible turn out for this super weekly event, which inspires more people to get running then any of the high profile London Games legacy efforts will ever do. Special thanks to Pete West and Dan Foster who were the early birds to set up the course as dawn was breaking! Not only did we marshal, but we also supplied 15 Pace makers to encourage runners to go for their personal bests. Danny... read more

Great team win for Harriers Colchester harriers swept to victory at the sunny Sudbury 5 mile road race held on Good Friday. Colin Ridley led the way winning the over 50 award as he came home 8th in 29:07, Paul Rodgers ran well for 12th spot  29:51, with the team completed by Jon Nears 11th 29:43, and Paul Preston 14th 30:19 . Just missing out on the team prize was Pete West 15th 30:24, then came  Martyn Clarke 16th 30:43. Marie Shirley was 3rd lady 31:43, and Laura Shewbridge 4th 32:38. Other Harriers to run were Simon Smith 32:08, Ady Frost 32:46, and Cathy Beard 44:31. Great Barrow... read more

High drama at relays as Harriers take 21 medals Colchester Harriers travelled with a huge squad of 17 teams to the Essex Road Relays held along a breezy Harwich seafront, with the mens race 4 x 5km and the ladies and veterans running 3 x 5km. With the green vests having so many runners the unexpected can happen and the Harriers senior mens team, who were favourites for the race, drew the short straw. Carwyn Jones had a fine 1st leg clocking 16:53, and as he came into the finish second leg runner Ged McMillan tripped over some tape and cut his head open on a concrete wall. With only... read more

Ultra success for Harriers Colchester Harriers team of Allen Smalls, Sean Ketteridge, and Chris Manby took part in the 4 inns Challenge over 66km of tough Peak district terrain. With the going tough the team kept together and won the novice prize and were 6th overall, a fine run by the ultra men. At the Fleet Half Marathon Daz Faruggi clocked 1:15, and Alex Sales gained his second personal best of the weekend in 1:22:57. The Brentwood half marathon saw a personal best for James Waterson 1:26:09, and a good effort by Keith Marley 1:27:21. The Colchester Park run had a few less... read more

Mussett in a different class A cold but fine sunny day greeted the 2500 runners at the Colchester half marathon, a brisk wind kept the runners out of the comfort zone, but good times were seen as the finishers crossed the line at the Community stadium. Colchester Harriers Adrian Mussett is a one off, age seems no barrier for the Harriers Talisman, although well into his 40s the most successful and consistent runner that Colchester has ever produced continues to suprise. His incredible fast start meant the race was over at the mile marker and by the finish Mussett was over 3 minutes... read more