The trio of James Mee, Chris Rainsford and Stuart King propelled the club to another snippet of Heanor Running Club history last weekend as the team finished fourth at the BUPA London 10,000m incorp. UK Championships. On the streets of the capital over the bank holiday weekend, James, Chris and Stuart each recorded their second-fastest […]
Elvaston Castle & Country Park was the venue once again for the Sinfin RC-hosted Sinfin Classic 10k as fourteen Heanor RC runners toed the line in the latest Club Championship event. The race made a welcome return to the HRC calendar of events following an absence of a few years and conditions were warm for […]
A Heanor Running Club stalwart set to celebrate his ten-year anniversary with the club in 2014, Steve Ashmore takes the chair for this week’s Introducing… HOW DID YOU GET INTO RUNNING? I was always a runner through my secondary school years, although upon leaving I was unaware of the outside world of club running and […]
From the capital cities of England and Scotland down to Merseyside and Buxton to reaches farther flung in Hawaii, Heanor Running Club members flew the flag across the world in another busy weekend of road and track action. Marathons and half marathons were on the agenda for most whilst another eleven took to the streets […]
Under the spotlight… is a new weekly website feature looking to introduce Heanor Running Club’s many and wonderful members to the wider running community. Sarah Lewis from Heanor takes up the position this week and talks about her greatest running achievement to date, her favourite HRC training session and the best (and worst) things about […]
Lily Winfield and Wendy Mullineux were breaking records at the second time trial of the summer last night as both improved their respective category records over the undulating 3 mile course around Shipley Park. Just one month on from their star performances in the first time trial of the season, Lily (18:40) knocked another seven […]
After doing something unpleasant to my right calf at the Ilkeston BDL, it was with more than the usual pre-race trepidation that I waited, along with Jo Potter and Ed Godber, for the starter’s horn. Happiest running on days that fall between 7 and 10 degrees C, the expected temperatures reaching the early 20s was […]
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 […]
Another cracking turn-out of thirty-five runners tackled the latest BDL road race at Ilkeston Rugby Club on Tuesday (13/05) as Stuart King and Louise Insley led the men’s and women’s teams to a second convincing team victory in succession. Matching the number of runners that ran in the previous fixture at Teversal Grange last month, […]
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 […]
