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.
Sixteen Farnham Runners took part in the Eastleigh 10km, the 9th event of the 12 race series of the Hampshire Road Race League, and helped the club to place high in both the men’s and ladies’ Divison Two. The fast flat course attracts top runners in all categories and the number of finishers this year was a record 2,336. Winner […]
» Read moreWith many members in training for spring marathons, mainly Brighton and London, Farnham Runners have been active in a number of longer distance races. HRRL Salisbury 10 miles Thirteen supported the club’s bid to gain promotion back to the top division in the Hampshire Road Race League by taking part in the scenic undulating Salisbury ten-miler. Surprised by the warm […]
» Read moreSXCL Staunton Country Park A large shiny new trophy was awarded to the winners of the newly named Southern Cross Country League series after the final event of the season, organised by Denmead Striders at Staunton Country Park near Havant. Recent three time winners of the previous equivalent series, Farnham Runners came a very creditable third out of the twenty […]
» Read moreThere was a good turn out of Farnham Runners men at the Ryde 10 miler the 6th event of the 12-race Hampshire Road League series and they achieved some impressive times. The four fastest from the club all clocked under sixty-three minutes on the hilly course. The weather was kind, sun and little wind, for both the journey to the […]
» Read moreThe conditions in the last two races that Farnham Runners have taken part in could not have been more different. For the Stubbington Green 10k, the 6th event in the Hampshire Road Race League, the weather was ideal, the sun was out, it wasn’t cold or windy and the one puddle could be avoided. The following week conditions at the […]
» Read moreWith all the recent flooding it was perhaps inevitable that many of the fancy dress outfits at the Farnham Runners annual Club Handicap race had an aquatic theme. There was a usual mixture of menacing characters balanced by forces for good. Naval Captain Ian George remained calmly in control when faced by no fewer than four pirates. Surfer Richard Sheppard […]
» Read moreSXCL Lord Wandsworth College After the storms of the last week, the Southern Cross Country League course at Lord Wandsworth College was going to be muddy. Perhaps because – or in spite- of this there was a huge turnout – twenty-nine of them Farnham Runners. Getting there was problematic for some with ice on minor roads. Hosts Hart Road Runners […]
» Read moreA record number of runners descended on the Bourne Green for the third round of the Southern Cross Country League series, organised by Farnham Runners. They started assembling early and most stayed afterwards for the very well deserved refreshments. Helped by a good number of members over the weekend, race director Charles Ashby laid out the course the previous day […]
» Read moreHRRL 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 […]
» Read moreA 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). […]
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