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I’ll have a P please Dave  What P is the administrative centre of Lancashire and was first Harrier home at the windy Great Bentley half marathon in an excellent time of 1.22:26 for 25th place? What PB was achieved by many Harriers? What P means to be defeated when success seems certain? What P is an ode, and/or an action of fluidity, style and grace? Whilst the main attraction was at Abbey Fields, with the focus on the Essex Cross Country League, Harriers still pulled a few rabbits from the hat at the Great Bentley half this weekend. The forecast was for high winds and we... read more

Tough going at Parliament Hills The 15km hilly and muddy course at the Southern Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hills is the ultimate challenge on the off road calendar with a superb field of athletes bidding for the crown. Harriers had a handful of athletes taking part, with 2nd claim Angus Holden 64th which shows the quality of the Field as Holden was 4th at the Essex Cross Country Champs. Chris Sellens is another top 10 Essex runner he was 80th with Colin Ridley and Paul Rodgers making the first... read more

Hadleigh Country Park hosted the 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike course that was designed to test the best athletes in the world; athletes on 2 wheels that is and without a little engine hidden about their equipment. Also home to the Bentley 15, this event, organised by Nice Work, was obviously going to be a difficult hilly course. A lot of firm paths, but undulating and with hair pin bends as we wound up one hill to fly down the next; technical sections involving large rocks (not good for anyone wearing spikes) and some proper muddy parts too. A bit of everything really, and so was the... read more

Colchester Ladies have a clean sweep It was a 1,2,3, for the Harriers ladies at the Castle Park 5km race, with Rebecca Cooke winning in 20-18, followed by team mates Amanda Henry 20-47 and Rachel Dale 20-57. Jackie Macllanen made her Harriers debut in 22-02 as did Sandra Fox in 23-19. For the men in a field of 333, Danny Millward broke 18 minutes for the first time with the 14 year old clocking 17-57 for 2nd place overall. Two more youngsters also clocked personal bests with Max Caulfield 4th in 18-37 and Joseph Boden 14th in 19-18. Established runners John Fryer was 5th in 18-51, and... read more

Harriers maintain second spot Colchester Harriers maintained second spot in the 53-12 Cross Country league with a good overall runners up spot at an unusually mild Hadleigh(Suffolk ) which is one of the toughest courses on the calendar. It was Harriers ladies who led the way in what has been a very successful winter season so far with team  medals in all three County Championships and winning the Eastern County Cross Country Champs, as well as further 53-12 league victories and a winning performance at the Benfleet 15 . Harriers most experienced lady Lyn Higgs again defied her super... read more

Great results from Harriers The Benfleet off road 15 is a tough event, taking in the Hadleigh Downs it is always a feast of mud, and this year was no different with the runners struggling on the saturated ground. The Colchester Harriers ladies swept to victory with great runs from Sarah Sellens  4th overall in 1:55:28, with Amanda Henry just behind in 5th spot clocking 1:55:53 and was the first Veteran lady. Mellissa Dowell ran strongly in 2:05:13 to bring the team home, other ladies to finish were Michaela Clarke 2:31:00, and Fay Smalls 2:48:33 . The men are awaiting confirmation of... read more

The first major indoor championships took place on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th January at Lee Valley indoor stadium. first up on Saturday were u15 girls Megan Stevens and  Kira Wealls competing in the 60m. Megan was 4th in her heat in 8.51 , Kira running in 4th in 8.43 just making it through to the semi final. Kira managed 6th place in a tough semi final with a new PB in 8.38 The u17 boys 60m heats included Callum McKay and Mufaro Shava. Mufaro was 2nd in his heat with a massive PB running 7.38 and safely through to the semi final, Callum McKay was also 2nd in his heat in 7.28... read more

Great day for Harriers and Rowe is Champion Colchester Harriers continued their great run of team medals at the Essex XC Championships with team silvers and bronzes and an individual gold for under 20 star athlete  Jordan Rowe to put the icing on the cake. Jordan Rowe is coming back to his best, the National XC runner-up from 2 years ago, stormed to victory in the under 20 race with a supreme show of running from the front, with another Colchester and Tendring athlete Ramadan Osman a fine 3rd for a double celebration for the Colchester clubs. The ladies, although under strength due to... read more

High Easter to Cold Xmas marathon Smalls runner up The High Easter to Cold Xmas Marathon is a tough affair with 27 miles of muddy fields and tracks to contend with, Harriers Allen Smalls shook off his recent  illness to finish runner up only 5 minutes behind the winner , Smalls slowed in the last 4 miles to lose touch with the leader. Good efforts came from Sean Ketteridge, Chris Manby , and Mellissa Dowell. Colchester Castle Park Run Incredible field at Castle The New year bought a huge field of 348 runners to the Castle park 5km. Danny Millward was first Harrier 4th in 18-18, with... read more

Harriers lose by slightest of margins, but favourites to win league Margins are slight the higher level you get in running, and Colchester Harriers men had misfortune cast on them at the penultimate Essex League XC fixture held at a terribly muddy Epping Forest. With big fields due to the last warm up before the Cross Country Championship of Essex at Woodford Green this coming weekend, athletes needed to test themselves before the big day. With Harriers having advantage of the final fixture at home at the Abbey fields a victory at Epping against host team Orion Harriers would have... read more