Press releases

David Roy of Farnham Runners has recently the completed the ultra- marathon, the very challenging Snowdon Ultra 50 miler. “After a 4:15 alarm and a breakfast of porridge, banana and three pains au chocolat, I joined a long snake of headtorches lighting up the path ahead toward Capel Curig. After checkpoint 1 the route traversed Tryfan to climb over the […]

HRRL Hayling 10 miler Farnham Runners clinched encouraging team results in the Haying 10 miler, the third event in the Hampshire Road League calendar. Organised by Havant AC, it first heads north from the coast before turning south again on an off road section of over a mile on the track of a disused railway, the Hayling Billy. It then […]

SXCL Pamber Forest The season’s Southern Cross-Country League fixtures kicked off with a challenging 5 miler at Pamber Forest, a site of Special Scientific Interest near Tadley. The course had everything expected of a cross country – hills, mud, puddles, forest trails, gravel tracks, sections around fields, logs to climb or jump over, two streams to cross and a lung-busting […]

In a gap without any league fixtures, Farnham Runners enjoyed taking part in some local races. Rushmoor Wellesley 10k With a team of 24, the club was delighted to be overall club winners at the recent Rushmoor Wellesley 10k, their spirits not dampened by the pouring rain. Farnham Runners also provided the first male and the second ladies’ team, with […]

Solent Half Marathon Fourteen Farnham Runners travelled to the second round of the Hampshire Road League series, the Solent Half marathon. They had to endure running the 13.1 miles in rain throughout and warm and humid conditions but were rewarded with a solid set of results for their A and B teams. Third in the M50 category was Matt Saker […]

HRRL Overton 5 Conditions were ideal, warm, sunny and with a light breeze, for the opening race of the Hampshire Road League series, the Overton Five miler. This was the 31st staging of the event by Overton Harriers and the route took in the scenic rolling countryside around the village. The organisation of the event was very good, as usual. […]

The Farnham 4 was one of 200 teams competing in the recent Hart 4 – a 4 hour relay race for teams of 4 on a 4KM undulating off-road course through grasslands and the woods of Minley Manor, Hampshire. On a beautiful sunny day, runners enjoyed the festival type atmosphere created by the organisers, Hart Road Runners. The race village […]

The Yateley 10km series of three midweek races were enjoyed by many Farnham Runners as usual this year. Expertly organised by Sandhurst Joggers, they offer a challenge for all standards of runner and twenty-four Farnham Runners took part in the August race. Four of the ladies were among the prize-winners, four of them also gaining prizes for the series, based […]

After 5 months and over 1000 miles of training Farnham Runner, John Walker has completed the North Downs Way 100. John was running this Ultra Marathon as a personal challenge and to raise awareness and funds for the Motor Neuron Disease Association. This charity has been helping a local family, Mark and Jo Wiseman after Mark had received the devastating […]