HRRL Overton 5 and HRRL Victory 5

Overton 5 A small number of Farnham Runners gave the club very good results at the first of twelve Hampshire Road League races, the undulating Overton five miler. The A and B teams for men are both made up of four runners, while for the ladies it is only three. The A string men came a fine 7th of 10 […]

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2010 Alice Holt Races

A bright sunny day added to the feel good factor for all those who took part in and helped with Farnham Runners annual Alice Holt Forest races. While the main race remains the 10k, for the fourth year there was also a 5km as well as junior 1km and 3km fun runs and the popular “60 meter dash” for the […]

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Milland Valley trail race and Yateley 10K series

Milland Valley trail race Twenty-three Farnham Runners took up the challenge of the Milland Valley trail race, organised by Liss Runners. The route is a tough 13 miler on tracks, paths and lanes on the Sussex/ Surrey/ Hampshire border around the village of Milland, an area now part of the South Downs National Park. Scenic views were the reward for […]

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Parkruns and Gibbet Hill 10K

parkruns As well as taking part in three leagues and other local races members Farnham Runners are regular participants in the local “parkruns”. These are free, weekly, 5km timed open to everyone from those taking their first steps in running to those with more experience, free and easy to take part in. At Basingstoke Steve Gillingham (see photo) topped the […]

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2010 Club Championship

A record of 52 members finished the 2010 Farnham Runners Club Championship. The traditional hilly multi-terrain course of approximately 10 km challenged the fitness levels of experienced and newer runners alike, especially on a hot and humid evening. Competition was keen for most of the eight age group awards on offer. A leading pack of five men soon split to […]

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HRRL Netley 10K, Ropley 10K and Yateley 10K (Race 1)

HRRL – Netley 10K Nine ladies and seven men from Farnham Runners contested the last of the Hampshire Road League races in the pleasant surroundings of the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley near Southampton. With both their A teams battling to stay in the first Divisions, the men succeeded but the ladies lost out to keen competition this year. They […]

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HRRL Alton 10

Although decidedly chilly for May, almost perfect running conditions helped runners to good times in the tough Alton Ten mile road race, the penultimate event of the 2009-10 Hampshire Road Race League. Farnham Runners swelled the numbers by 27, entering full A and B men’s and ladies’ teams. Still bounding along after his successes in the London Marathon and European […]

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2010 London Marathon and Brighton Marathon

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 […]

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TRXCL National Final, Fleet Half Marathon, Reading Haf Marathon and HRRL Eastleigh 10K

Today’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 […]

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