Reporting on races and events in which we have participated and other club news. Dates are those of the press releases and not necessarily of any associated races, events or items of news reported.
London Marathon Twenty-six Farnham Runners joined the hordes of around 37,000 who pounded the streets of the capital to complete the 2010 London marathon. Though fairly warm and humid, conditions were generally good for the 30th staging of the event. Cheered by enthusiastic crowds all the way round the 26.2 miles, it was the Runners’ own club, family and friends […]
» Read moreToday’s Runner Winter League National Final Farnham Runners, winners of the local area Today’s Runner Winter League cross-country series for the second consecutive year sent a team to the national final on the same day as twenty-six members tackled half marathons. Travelling together to Burton-on-Trent by minibus, organised by mens’ captain Steve Kitney, some were apprehensive at representing their club […]
» Read moreTRXCL – Staunton Country Park Farnham Runners returned triumphant as Today’s Runner Winter League champions for the second year in succession after the final race of the 2009-10 series organised by Denmead Striders at Staunton Country Park. Both men’s and ladies’ teams were first. The men have scored top honours in all of the season’s races, another repeat of last […]
» Read moreTRXCL – Manor Farm Country Park A winning double in the cross-country at Manor Farm Country Park see Farnham Runners in a very strong position going into the final event of the Today’s Runner Winter League on 14th March. Both men and ladies teams took the honours at the race organised by Stubbington Green Runners. Another remarkable performance by newcomer […]
» Read moreTRXCL – Rogate Common Farnham Runners stay top of the Today’s Runner Winter League cross-country series, just one point ahead of Basingstoke and Midhants A.C. with two events to go. An impressive performance by the men put them ahead by a massive total of 41 in the race organised by Liss Runners at Rogate common. A stunning performance by former […]
» Read moreLarge frozen ruts, deep icy puddles, shoe-swallowing mud, lung–busting hills. Twice, as it was a two-lap course. This was the 4th round of the Today’s Runner Winter League cross-country at Lord Wandsworth College, organised by Hart Road Runners. Before the race only those who had raced in previous winters could begin to imagine the severity of the course after December’s […]
» Read moreFrom demons to monks, from Superwoman to St. George, from bananas to runner beans they lined up on the Bourne Green for the annual Farnham Runners Christmas Club Handicap, thirty four in all, a total only surpassed once in the club’s history (40 in 1990). There were even cheerleaders this year to add to the excitement of the occasion. Warning […]
» Read moreTRXCL Farnham Donning his hat as Farnham Runners’ race director again, Charles Ashby warned before the start that all ran at their own risk. Hazards included slippery leaves, tree roots and even some mud, though less than in most of the Today’s Runner Winter League races. This was the third meet of the series, finishing on the Bourne Green after […]
» Read moreGosport Half Marathon Farnham Runners gave a thumbs-up to the new course of the Hampshire Road League Gosport Half Marathon this year, even with its added “water feature” that had to be splashed through twice during the 13.1 miles. During the homeward-bound discussion its dimensions inevitably grew, but there was no argument that it was the size of a small […]
» Read moreFarnham Runners continued an action packed schedule, with three league races in eight days. In addition five members chose international marathons, eleven took part in the Great South Run and sixteen in the recent Fleet road races. HRRL Lordhill 10m A stalwart band survived a drenching in the Hampshire Road Race League’s Lordhill ten mile race, led in by Michael […]
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