Press releases

HRRL Gosport Half Marathon Seventeen Farnham Runners were out to do battle in the Gosport Half Marathon. Its flat mostly traffic free course, partly round an airfield and along the Lee-on-the-Solent promenade, combined with good running conditions helped many of them to achieve personal best times. The Farnham men made a good step forward in their quest for promotion to […]

A glorious autumn day brought out a record number of 430 runners for the second of six Southern Cross Country League races, hosted by Portsmouth Joggers on a hilly course at Queen Elizabeth Country Park. Twenty-eight of them were Farnham Runners, keen to add to their success in the league in recent years (previously called the Today’s Runner Winter League). […]

HRRL Lordshill 10 mile “What a difference a year makes!” So Farnham Runners member Chris Cramp commented after the Hampshire Road League 10 mile race at organised by Lordshill Runners. “Last year I easily made the B team and although I have clocked a personal best by over two minutes, this year I only made the C team.” Fellow member […]

Farnham Runners’ loyalties were divided between the Hampshire Road Race League and the recently renamed Southern Cross Country League (previously known as the Today’s Runner Winter League), as the Solent Half Marathon clashed with the first off road fixture of the season. The men put out strong teams for both, while the ladies did well in the cross-country but needed […]

The Hampshire Road Race League enticed racing legs back into action with two five milers – the first a two-lap hilly route at Overton and the second, just eight days later, a flat course at the Victory Five, Portsmouth. Overton 5 Farnham Runners put out full men’s and ladies’ A teams at the first fixture and were rewarded with 2nd […]

Netley 10k With just four members flying the flag for Farnham Runners in the last Hampshire Road Race League race, relegation for the teams was inevitable. Both men and ladies’ teams were up in the top flights of this competitive league but will begin next season in the second of three divisions. Injuries to some of the club’s most keen […]

Alton 10 Farnham Runners men’s A team boosted their chances of staying in the competitive top division of the Hampshire Road Race League, coming a fine 5th of ten clubs in the penultimate event the Alton Ten miler. This still places them in the relegation zone (9th of 10 teams) but they are tying on points with two other clubs. […]

Twenty-three Farnham Runners completed the Virgin London or Brighton Marathons, raising over £14,000 for charity. London Marathon In London, wearing the black ribbons in commemoration of the recent tragedy at the Boston marathon, they were determined to put any safety worries aside and join over 34,000 others who proudly crossed the finish line. The arduous preparations to run this gruelling […]