Hardley Runners Results 2018

Results for 2018

Results are published here in date order, latest at the top. If you have any results to add, please email the webmaster (see contact us page).

Nowadays quite a lot of races only show club name for EA registered runners.  This is very frustrating as it makes it much more difficult to find Hardley results.  If I miss you please email me.  Or better still, join EA.

Geoff Mills Trophies

Geoff was great racer. He turned out for pretty well everything. His family have given two trophies, one for women and one for men. They will go to the people who run in the most races in the RR10, HRRL, HCCL and CC6 series plus the cross country county, regional and national championships. The more races you finish the more points you get.

Here are the results so far (Excel spreadsheet) for the 2018/19 season. Click here to see previous results.

Hardley Christmas Handicap - Sunday 16 December 2018

Club President, Mick Anglim, writes,

Very many thanks to everyone who interrupted their Christmas preparations to take part in or help organise this morning's Handicap and Fancy Dress run. 

There were some very impressive performances today with Mike Smith hitting his exact time, 8 others under 1 minute from their prediction and more than two thirds within 2 minutes. Extracts from the results are below.  The full results are here (Excel spreadsheet) for your entertainment.  And here's a photo album.

There were many more who ran faster than their predicted times than there were runners exceeding their predictions, which may be due to the very benign conditions this morning or more probably the competitive nature of most runners!

Jappas cruised around in 37:23 and Jane Hodge led the ladies home despite her Galapagos interlude.

The winners of the Lanterne Rouge are the Eardley family who were almost 5 minutes faster than their prediction despite none of them running regularly at the moment. Perhaps their great time will inspire them out again and maybe other familes to challenge their relay time in the future.

Thanks go to Chris Harris for organising the children's fun run.

While the level of ingenuity in the fancy dress displays was not quite up to previous standards set by Mary Corbett and Norman Harvey (airplanes and wind turbines come to mind) our Webmaster introduced us to a very impressive South American mask and had the stamina to keep it on for the run. Sally Harbut took the ladies prize for her seasonal costume but we hope that she'll share it with Brendon for his fetching Mother Christmas outfit.

Many thanks to Adrian for bringing the gazebo, to Jeremy, Maggie, Guy, Mike Clarke and Ali Woodcock for the mulled wine and hot mince pies, to Jane Morgan and Debbie Green for helping with the finish, to Kevin and Judy Bannister for collecting the route signs and of course to everyone who took part.

Have a great Christmas and best wishes for a very happy and healthy 2019.

Mick"

Actual Time	Name	Predicted Time		Actual Time	Name	Predicted Time
00:37:23	Jappas Du Preez	00:37:55		00:49:33	Ian Ordish	00:49:50
00:38:36	Callum Tanner	00:41:40		00:50:00	Mike Smith	00:50:00
00:39:29	Callum Johnson	00:39:30		00:50:34	Jane Hodge	00:48:00
00:40:38	Dan Latham	00:41:27		00:50:55	Adrian Mudle	00:49:30
00:41:07	Jack Fairbrother	00:39:45		00:52:45	Lee Maunder	00:55:00
00:41:35	Matt Tanner	00:41:20		00:54:24	Andy Mansfield	00:57:00
00:43:09	Graham Robbins	00:43:30		00:54:34	Roger Morgan	00:54:00
00:43:33	Lee Sykes	00:48:00		00:55:03	Hannah Du Preez	00:56:20
00:43:34	Simon Ibbotson	00:42:00		00:55:11	Mike Fitton	00:56:29
00:43:40	Paddy Butler	00:44:21		00:55:26	Sarah Fitton	00:56:30
00:45:04	Aaron Pritchard	00:47:55		01:01:32	Sally Harbut	01:05:00
00:46:06	Paul Blundell	00:45:00		01:02:16	Jeremy Barber	01:03:30
00:46:07	Liam Green	00:43:43		01:08:21	Rob Wells	01:10:15
00:47:38	Brendon Harbut	00:52:00		01:10:17	Guy Lawrenson	01:12:14
00:48:30	Dave Wilson	00:47:30		01:11:05	Mike Sleath	01:15:00
00:49:30	Team Eardley	00:54:20		01:14:51	Jan Anglim	01:16:40

Name	Predicted Time	Actual Time	Difference		Name	Predicted Time	Actual Time	Difference
Mike Smith	00:50:00	00:50:00	00:00:00		Adrian Mudle	00:49:30	00:50:55	00:01:25
Callum Johnson	00:39:30	00:39:29	00:00:01		Simon Ibbotson	00:42:00	00:43:34	00:01:34
Matt Tanner	00:41:20	00:41:35	00:00:15		Jan Anglim	01:16:40	01:14:51	00:01:49
Ian Ordish	00:49:50	00:49:33	00:00:17		Rob Wells	01:10:15	01:08:21	00:01:54
Graham Robbins	00:43:30	00:43:09	00:00:21		Guy Lawrenson	01:12:14	01:10:17	00:01:57
Jappas Du Preez	00:37:55	00:37:23	00:00:32		Lee Maunder	00:55:00	00:52:45	00:02:15
Roger Morgan	00:54:00	00:54:34	00:00:34		Liam Green	00:43:43	00:46:07	00:02:24
Paddy Butler	00:44:21	00:43:40	00:00:41		Jane Hodge	00:48:00	00:50:34	00:02:34
Dan Latham	00:41:27	00:40:38	00:00:49		Andy Mansfield	00:57:00	00:54:24	00:02:36
Dave Wilson	00:47:30	00:48:30	00:01:00		Aaron Pritchard	00:47:55	00:45:04	00:02:51
Sarah Fitton	00:56:30	00:55:26	00:01:04		Callum Tanner	00:41:40	00:38:36	00:03:04
Paul Blundell	00:45:00	00:46:06	00:01:06		Sally Harbut	01:05:00	01:01:32	00:03:28
Jeremy Barber	01:03:30	01:02:16	00:01:14		Mike Sleath	01:15:00	01:11:05	00:03:55
Hannah Du Preez	00:56:20	00:55:03	00:01:17		Brendon Harbut	00:52:00	00:47:38	00:04:22
Mike Fitton	00:56:29	00:55:11	00:01:18		Lee Sykes	00:48:00	00:43:33	00:04:27
Jack Fairbrother	00:39:45	00:41:07	00:01:22		Team Eardley	00:54:20	00:49:30	00:04:50

The 4th CC6 - Janesmoor Pond - Sunday 9 December 2018

Hannah Cockle & Roger Morgan – joint CC6 captains, report, "Our best turn out of members this season with thirteen men and five women braving the biting wind. 

Overall we have been represented by 31 club members this CC6 season.

The course this year followed gravel tracks inside the Enclosure but what it may have lost in mud it more than made up for in hill climbing and fast downhill. In fact the run was over 5.5 miles – excellent value for money especially as the events are free. And the Lordshill and Wessex Club marshals provided us with both festive fancy dress and live music to keep us all pushing to the end where a really excellent supply of cakes were waiting.

Our best placed three women were Natalie Green (15) Hannah Cockle (40) and Mary Tebb (42) and the first three men home were Nathan Renyard (19) Matt Tanner (39) and Dan Powell (48).

The atmosphere amongst the Hardley Runners was electric before the event. The race was hard work but just so rewarding at the end.

Possibly the toughest yet of the races with a steep climb for almost a mile to the finish line.

We are just so fortunate to have such a great race series on our doorstep. If you have not tried one yet why not put the next one on 6 January at Badger Farm (flatter and shorter) in the diary to start the New Year with a race."

Hardley results are below. The full results including a link to a Facebook photo album are on the CC6 website (see Links tab above).

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
15	Natalie Green	S		42	Mary Tebb	V50		84	Sally Harbut	V40
40	Hannah Cockle	S		74	Natasha Hennessey	V40
Men
19	Nathan Renyard	V40		79	Malcolm Renyard	V70		106	Dave Wilson	V60
39	Matt Tanner	V50		84	Brendan Harbut	V40		108	Lee Maunder	S
48	Dan Powell	S		89	Liam Green	S		134	Andy Astley	V60
72	Paul Blundell	V50		98	Mick Anglim	V70
75	Mark Darcy	V40		102	Roger Morgan	V50

Southern XC Masters - Horspath Oxford - Saturday 8 December 2018

Paddy Butler reports,

"I was (I think) the only entrant from Hardley in the South of England Masters cross country championships. Approximately 5.5 muddy miles in 42:13 minutes.

With no V70 category this year some senior runners boycotted the event in protest."

You can see the full results here

HRRL Race 4 - The Victory 5 - Portsmouth - Sunday 2 December 2018

A good Hardley turnout on this fast flat course. Well done all.  Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	Cat	Gun Time	Chip Time
148	Daniel Powell	M	32:51	32:46
191	Daniel Latham	M	33:59	33:54
230	Paddy Butler	MV55	35:10	34:55
254	Vicki Clarke	F	35:55	35:39
293	Malcolm Renyard	MV70	37:00	36:53
364	Mick Anglim	MV70	39:04	38:45
373	Mike Smith	MV70	39:22	39:11
460	Andy Barber	MV65	42:18	41:41
697	Jan Anglim	FV70	55:37	54:45
724	Ann Maylott	FV50	1:03:39	1:02:56

Brecon Marathon and Half - Saturday 1 December 2018

Paul Blundell reports, "

Martin, Tiff and I headed up to Brecon on the Friday November 30th to run the Brecon marathon, Tiff had dropped down to the half due to injury and a restrained  night at the pub ensued on the Friday.

Tiff was recovering from a cold so was struggling with energy when she ran the half on the Saturday.  Martin and I started an hour earlier to do the marathon at 8am.  We missed the heavy rain shower before the start and it was a cloudy but dry run along the canal towpath for a mile or two before heading up the biggest climb. We were pretty relaxed about times so didn’t overtake too many and wanted just to get around the run without drama.

The higher we got, the windier and the wetter it got. When it eventually levelled out a bit, it also became a bit brighter, the first check point was just water refills in your bottle and amidst warnings that we should be drinking regularly, we ran on.

The views were non-existent as we ran on in cloud and the drizzle started again by the second checkpoint at around 12 miles. This was well stocked with food (it was the only one that was) and we stopped briefly noting at least one poor lady who was suffering with the cold, (she climbed into the marshals car to warm up).

We chatted to various other runners and one guy who was training for the fan dance, an army training exercise in January, as we covered more miles.

The wind went from the side to the head and then behind as we ran the loop, it was very strong and at one point descending wet rock with wind behind, it was a little worrying.

My feet were soaked and like blocks of ice and so I kept myself entertained trying to keep my feet as dry as possible dodging the water as some of the paths were like streams.

I had good grip on my shoes, Martin not so much but one guy was running in road shoes and was really struggling to stay upright.

At one point we had to wade through a fast flowing river, there was a rope strung across, and it was a case of hanging on tight.

Martin had a suspicion there would be another major climb past 20 miles, I hate it when he’s right but after that we descended to the towpath for the finishing section, Tiff came out to meet us and we sprinted (well perhaps not) to the finish.

As it was a “might contain nuts” event, there were cheery marshals to greet us with a medal but little water and coffee/food at the end you had to pay for, lucky I carried some money then!

That evening was slightly less restrained but I was definitely feeling very tired."

There was also an ultra and the results of all three races are amalgamated.  Tiff was 72nd in 2:36 and Martin and Paul were 85/6 in 5:55.

You can see the full results here and here's a photo

HCCL Race 3 - Popham - Saturday 1 December 2018

HCCL Captain, Tim Anetts, reports, "The rain stopped just in time for two great team performances at Popham Airfield yesterday in the third Hampshire Cross Country League Race of the season. The ladies kicked off with Vicki Clark leading the team in 60th place followed by Charmaine Bradford in 70th in her first HCCL Race and Liz Young in 75th place completing the team. The men turned two teams out putting in some good individual performances to take the team up to 4th in Division 2, some great racing. Was good to see such a big turn out from Hardley and hopefully we can turn out similar size teams in the remaining two races."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results on the HCCL website and here's a lovely photo album from Hammy

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
Men
49		Tim Anetts		38:11
74		Jappas Du Preez		39:22
89		Mark Causebrook		39:54
102		Callum Johnson		40:59
130		James Clarke		42:37
195		Daniel Latham		46:43
207	87	Paddy Butler	M50	47:18
244	119	Mick Anglim	M70	51:12
253	128	Dave Wilson	M60	52:44
256		Lee Maunder		53:51
Women
60		Vicki Clarke		28:35
70	28	Charmaine Bradford	V35	29:27
75	32	Liz Young	V35	29:39
117	60	Hannah Du Preez	V35	33:36

Hellrunner - Longmoor - Saturday 24 November 2018

Click on Julie to see some pictures.

Eighteen Well Hard(ley) runners enjoyed some deep puddles in this 10 mile plus mother of all cross country runs. Well done!

Hardley results are below. Click on the runner's name for more details. You can see the full results here and read more about the event here.

Pos	Name	Chip Time	Gun Time	Cat	Gender Pos	Cat Pos
46	Helen Fay	01:35:42	01:35:39	(F) V40	1	1
53	Aaron Pritchard	01:36:13	01:35:21	(M) V40	52	18
114	Hannah Cockle	01:45:09	01:44:19	(F) SEN	7	5
137	Adrian Mudle	01:48:29	01:47:34	(M) V60	129	3
166	Mark Lee	01:51:14	01:50:25	(M) V50	158	8
175	Brendon Harbut	01:51:56	01:51:03	(M) V40	166	63
212	Andy Simpson	01:56:19	01:55:28	(M) V50	198	12
309	Tiffany Hanley	02:07:55	02:07:04	(F) V50	34	5
310	Martin Loveless	02:07:55	02:07:04	(M) V60	276	5
594	Sharon Avery	02:27:12	02:26:20	(F) V40	114	27
597	Julie Swainston	02:27:14	02:26:22	(F) V40	115	28
977	Danielle Bundy	03:12:14	03:11:23	(F) SEN	280	160
979	Paul Blundell	03:12:25	03:11:31	(M) V50	699	78
980	Sally Harbut	03:12:25	03:11:33	(F) V40	281	84
981	Rachael Sykes	03:12:25	03:11:29	(F) SEN	282	161
982	Lauren Harman	03:12:26	03:11:38	(F) SEN	283	162
983	Matthew Bolton	03:12:27	03:11:39	(M) V40	700	255
984	Claire Aplin	03:12:27	03:11:33	(F) V40	284	85

Southampton Mo Run 5 and 10K - Sunday 18 November 2018

Hardley results are below.  Click on the name to see more information. You can see the full results here

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
10K
229	01:08:00	Lee Maunder	(M) SEN
234	01:09:20	Jan Anglim	(F) V70+
270	01:37:38	Ann Bruce-Low	(F) V70+
5K
11	24:20:00	Mick Anglim	(M) V70+

Broadway Marathon - Worcestershire - Sunday 18 November 2018

The Broadway Marathon and Half Marathon offer runners the opportunity to challenge themselves and each other amid the stunning scenery of the northern Cotswolds.  Starting and finishing in scenic Broadway village, the route follows trails and roads among picturesque villages, woodlands, and, most importantly, hills.  The majority of the course is trail or unpaved track.  A few minor road sections are included where necessary.

Paddy Butler reports, "We had a nice trip to the Cotswolds for the Broadway Marathon this weekend.  

The challenging route followed trails and roads among picturesque villages, woodland and hills starting with the steep climb up to Broadway Tower with, allegedly, views of 17 counties.  Just after half way, we passed Sudeley Castle before another big hill. After spending a few miles on the escarpment, it was back down the hill and across undulating fields back to Broadway. The winner took 3 hours 20. I came 31st overall out of 108 in 4 hours 30 mins, 6th of 18 in MV50 category."

HRRL Race 3 - The Gosport Half - Sunday 18 November 2018

Road Race Captain, Vicki Clarke, reports, "Well done to everyone who ran Gosport half today, one of the bigger events in the HRRL calendar. There were some fantastic results from this quick, flat course, in pleasant running conditions, with PBs coming from Jack Fairbrother, Daniel Chown, and Joanna Avery (there may be more, so sorry if I missed you), and an amazing 1st in age group by Jane Hodge.

Natalie Green led the girls home, with myself and Jane competing the 1st team. Jo and Hilary added weight to our 2nd team. The men were led in by Jack, with Dan, Ian Smith and unaffiliated Chris Harris close on his tails.  Commiserations to Andy Barber who pulled up injured in mile 6.

Unfortunately, we didn't have a full team so will suffer in the results .  Please please try to sign up for HRRL races to support the club. Races are filling up quickly, but keep an eye on the HRRL Facebook page for any number swaps if you miss out! It'd be awesome to show the other clubs how amazing we are when we compete with full teams!
Next race up is Victory 5m on 2nd Dec - it's full but number swaps are still available! Be great to see you all there.
Well done again everyone, awesome running!!! X"

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here

Pos	Name	Chip Time	Gun Time	Cat	Cat Pos
274	Jack Fairbrother	M	131	01:32:15	01:31:52
403	Chris Harris	M	176	01:37:23	01:37:17
405	Daniel Chown	M	177	01:37:37	01:36:35
434	Ian Smith	M55	18	01:38:42	01:38:01
482	Natalie  Green	F	24	01:40:13	01:40:07
635	Vicki Clarke	F	41	01:45:45	01:45:07
683	Jane Hodge	F55	1	01:47:40	01:47:01
971	Joanna Avery	F35	50	01:58:58	01:57:56
1503	Hilary Hinks	F65	4	02:29:07	02:27:52

Dark Valley Half and 10K - Ringwood - Saturday 10 November 2018

The lovely Moors Valley Country Park is home to these two White Star races, though, since they were run in the dark, some people may have missed some of the scenery.  Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	Cat	Cat Pos	Time
Half Marathon
3	Callum Johnson	M20	1	01:31:37
7	Darryl Still	M35	3	01:35:48
28	Aaron Pritchard	M40	10	01:49:13
82	Brendon Harbut	M45	13	02:00:38
211	Sally Harbut	F40	27	02:27:36
10K
30	Glenn Hastelow	M55	2	00:59:35
44	Sharon Avery	F40	2	01:01:49
45	Julie Swainston	F45	2	01:01:49
256	Robert Wells	M45	19	01:33:01
257	Caitlin Wells	F Open	1	01:33:02
268	Ann Maylott	F50	19	01:34:20

HCCL Race 2 Aldershot - Saturday 10 November 2018

Mick Anglim reports, "The ladies ran in a tropical rain storm except the temperature dropped around 5C! You could hardly see the runners through a curtain of water. 

It was a tough introduction to cross country for Kelly but she did very well to finish just behind Tamsin. Liz Young led our ladies home in the top 100 out of over 200 women in the wettest conditions ever.

Fortunately the rain eased for the men but the deluge meant continuous mud and a stream crossing that doubled in width and depth by the second lap.

Tim and Mark made the top 100 out of 314 men with Aldershot runners filling the top 10 places! 

Dan, Malc and Mick made up the 5 man team with Dave Wilson having his first race for a while.

It was a perfect example of an English cross country and Kelly's scrumptious cakes made it an even more memorable race.

Unless it snows at Popham on 01 December we're unlikely to have such a challenging race there. However the grassy bowl used for the course allows visibility of the whole race which makes it entertaining.

The HCCL races are free to Full Members and car share is arranged."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
Men 9.1K
79		Tim Annetts		37:35
100		Mark Causebrook		38:37
208		Daniel Latham		44:11
281	127	Malcolm Renyard	M70	49:09
293	137	Mick Anglim	M70	51:08
300	141	Dave Wilson	M60	52:45
Women 5.9K
99	36	Liz Young	V35	29:58
138		Tamsin Roberts		32:23
140		Kelly Anetts		32:24

The Oakhaven Half - Brockenhurst - Sunday 4 November 2018

The race was scheduled for March but postponed because of the Beast from the East.  That gave extra training time and resulted in new PBs for Brendan Harbut and Sarah Fitton.  Well done! Hardley results are below. You can see the full results and read more about the event here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat		Pos	Time	Name	Cat
70	1.50.23	Brendan Harbut	MV40		167	2.13.29	Terry Earney	MV60
76	1.51.55	Roger Morgan	MV50		168	2.13.29	Sarah Fitton	WV50
91	1.53.16	Jane Hodge	WV50

The New Forest Stinger - Sunday 4 November 2018

A lovely race organised by our Totton friends with 5 and 10 mile options.  Both offered wonderful scenery, challenging hills, cheerful and encouraging marshalls in great abundance and bacon butties afterwards.  Even the rain was good: enough to keep us cool without being heavy enough to make us cold.  Hardley results are below.  The full results are here

Pos	Time	Name	Cat		Pos	Time	Name	Cat
5 Miles
14	45.11	Liam Green	M		107	1.12.42	Guy Lawrenson	MV60
21	46.59	Mick Anglim	MV70
10 Miles
8	1.11.31	Sean Bowen	M50		68	1.25.30	Chris Harris	M
26	1.16.24	Simon Ibbotson	M		81	1.28.00	Natalie Green	F
30	1.17.51	Paddy Butler	MV50		134	1.38.05	David Gould	MV50
38	1.19.34	Martin Loveless	MV60		158	1.45.56	Jacqui Healey	WV50
39	1.19.46	Ian Smith	MV50		176	1.55.24	Jeremy Barber	MV60
62	1.24.27	Chris Wilson	MV50

The Hayling 10 - Sunday 4 November 2018

Only one Hardley runner this year.  Step forward Andy Barber who did the race as the first of series of runs to try for an age related standard for the Road Runners Club.  So far so good.  Andy's 235th place in 1:27:13 meant that he is on target and had 17 seconds spare.  Well done!

The Stickler - Dorset - Sunday 28 October 2018

The Stickler is a 10.1 mile multi terrain running race. It involves over 1500ft of gruelling climbing, beginning with the infamous ’Stickle Path’.  Runners ascend three locally renowned peaks along the beautiful Stour Valley: Okeford Beacon, Hod Hill and Hambledon Hill plus an extra un-named ascent as well. In other words, a bit undulating. In fact so undulating that you may get your fastest mile of the season (for mile 4 which is gently downhill) and your slowest mile of the season in the one race.

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results and read more about the race here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat		Pos	Time	Name	Cat
56	01:20:03	Jack Fairbrother	M		215	01:35:26	Chris Wilson	MV50
57	01:20:20	Matthew Tanner	MV50		227	01:36:19	Roger Morgan	MV50
109	01:26:10	Martin Loveless	MV60		267	01:39:47	Jane Morgan	FV50
169	01:32:00	Paul Blundell	MV50

The Great South Run - Southsea - Sunday 21 October 2018

There were at least 8 Hardley runners at this year's event.  I say at least because that is how many show Hardley as their club.  If you did the run but aren't mentioned please let me know and I'll add you in.  Click on the runner's name to see more information.

Pos	Name	Time		Pos	Name	Time
169	Callum Tanner	01:02:51		9435	Jack Fairbrother	01:43:59
1216	Graham Robbins	01:14:53		11208	Jamie Johnston	01:50:34
3821	Glenn Hastelow	01:26:00		12092	Roma Stewart	01:54:06
7013	Alice Carter	01:36:24		14066	Carole Bailey	02:06:18

Studland Stampede - Sunday 14 October 2018

Martin Loveless reports, "Results now up for the Studland Stampede race held today and what a lovely 12k run it is, with the great majority of the route run on heathland and the sandy beach and even this mornings wet weather dried up for the start of the race

webpage for the event is http://www.studlandstampede.co.uk and the results are here but unfortunately no club name against the runners so ones I can give you are 

Pos	Name	Time	Cat	Gender Pos	Cat Pos
66	Martin Loveless	59:10	M60	61	4
93	Paul Blundell	01:01:59	M50	85	16
231	Julie Swainston	01:11:40	F40	61	19
390	Helen Fay	01:36:31	F40	170	67

HCCL Race 1 - Bournemouth - Saturday 13 October 2018

Well done and thank you to the people who turned out to represent Hardley.  We need a few more as we were just short of teams in every category.  Hardley results are below.  The full results are on the HCCL website ( see Links tab above)

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
Men
117		Callum Johnson		37:41
185		Daniel Latham		41:34
216	90	Paddy Butler	M50	43:43
240	107	Mick Anglim	M70	46:33
Women
120	50	Jane Morgan	V55	29:41
147		Tamsin Roberts		31:41

Gower Ultra - Swansea - Sunday 7 October 2018

Martin Loveless reports, I traveled to Swansea this weekend for the Gower Ultra which has to be one of the most scenic runs I've ever done. Choice if 2 runs, the 50 starts and finishes at Mumbles cricket club and heads inland to the north coast before following the coastline back to the club or the 34mile option which gives you a coach trip to the north coast before the run back to Mumbles 

On the basis that I wanted to run the coastal portion in the daylight, I went for the 'short' option and enjoyed a great run along sandy beaches and coastal paths (though the sand dune climbs weren't so pleasant) and somehow managed a top ten finish. 

The website for the event and some very similar ultras they organise in Wales is here and you can see the full results here "They show 7 Martin Loveless  MV60 6:53:10.  Well done!

Here are a few pictures showing what Martin means by scenic.

Clarendon Marathon - Sunday 7 October 2018

Paddy Butler reports, "I did the Clarendon marathon yesterday in 4:10:55 hours. A lovely event which was true to it's tagline of "It's tough but you'll love it". Weather was perfect and not too muddy.

The only other Hardley that I could see was David Gould - runner no. 288 taking 5:36.

CC6 – Race 2 Whiteley Sunday 7 October 2018

CC6 Captains, Hannah Cockle and Roger Morgan report, "After a deluge the day before we were all pleased to be welcomed to a sunny crisp start and a remarkably firm course.

There were some changes to the route although much still resembled the summer RR10 course – just a little slippery. Certainly you have to keep your eyes open for low flying branches as you speed through the tight paths.

We had nine runners making their first appearance this season at a CC6. So numbers are steadily rising. With Jane Morgan (25) Tamsin Roberts (43) and  Sally Harbut (65) putting in a great performance for the women we are off with a great team performance for the ladies.

The twelve men runners included some great results as well. Callum Tanner coming home in third place. Dan Latham the next Hardley at 24th.

So  a great showing from our Hardley Runners but we do need a few more especially ladies. The next event for us to compete in is on the 9 December at Janesmore Pond Stoney Cross. If you are new to these events they are great fun for all levels of runners and fitness.

And of course please do not forget we need all members to help out with our own event on Sunday 25 November so please put it in your diary. More details to follow soon."

Hardley results are below. The full results will be on the CC6 website (see Links tab above) by Monday night.

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
25	Jane Morgan	V50		43	Tamsin Roberts	S		65	Sally Harbut	V40
Men
3	Callum Tanner	S		54	Mark Darcy	V40		86	Brendan Harbut	V40
24	Dan Latham	S		73	Malcolm Renyard	V70		94	Roger Morgan	V50
37	Simon Ibbotson	S		77	Mick Anglim	V70		100	Andy Simpson	V50
38	Dan Powell	S		78	Paul Blundell	V50		109	Andy Astley	V60

HRRL Race 2 - The Solent Half - Sunday 23 September 2018

Thanks very much to everyone: oganisers, marshals supporters and runners who made this year's event a great success despite the adverse weather.  You can read comments and see the full results on the Solent Half page (see tab above).  Our efforts were much appreciated. Well done all. 

This is an HRRL event so we needed some runners to make up our teams so thank you to those who went the extra mile (or 13.1) and ran the race as well as helping out. 

HRRL Captain, Vicki Clarke, reports, With the weather forecast for a yellow warning, it was with some trepidation that we opened the curtains to confirm the worst, with the rain battering against the window. However, on walking into the hall to be greeted by a Hardley brigade of waterproofed, hi-vis wearing cheery volunteers, it was enough to start the nervous pre-race excitement. After negotiating the pallet aided lake crossing to get to the start of the race, there were murmurings of “is the rain actually getting lighter?!”, and we were off! A mile down the road, after shouts of encouragement from the damp marshals, our prayers were answered and the rain completely stopped, with the sun attempting to break through! The rest of the race went by seamlessly, with great team support all along the course, a few rogue cows and horses to contend with, a gusty last hill (which I was pleasantly surprised appeared to be flatter than I’d remembered from last year), a final drop down into the field and the finish with a nice towel as a prize!

There were some fantastic performances, with Callum Tanner leading us in in 35th with a time of 1:24:23. Liz Young positively flew round to come 7th female in an amazing 1:34:59. Our 1st timers to half marathons pulled out some great results with Aaron Pritchard completing it in 1:41:52 and Roma Stewart in 2:30:48. Hannah Cockle also got a well-deserved PB in 1:48:08. Please see below for all the results.

A massive thank you goes to Mick and the team for putting on an absolutely fantastic race, in less than ideal set up conditions. You were all incredible! Thank you!"

Pos	Name	Chip Time	Gun Time	Cat	Cat Pos	Gender Pos
35	Callum Tanner	01:24:23	01:24:28	M	18	34
67	Matt Tanner	01:30:22	01:30:28	MV50	10	65
98	Liz Young	01:34:59	01:35:03	FV35	3	7
172	Aaron Pritchard	01:41:52	01:42:09	MV40	21	148
179	Vicki Yvonne Clarke	01:42:30	01:42:46	F	5	26
232	Hannah Cockle	01:48:08	01:48:25	F	12	46
305	Ian Peter Craddock	02:00:05	02:00:28	MV45	43	225
393	Roma Stewart	02:30:48	02:31:20	FV45	24	135
402	Jeremy Barber (sweeper)	02:54:24	02:55:04	MV65	4	263

The Colmar Marathon - France - Sunday 16 September 2018

Click on the hands to see a bit of local support for us Brits.  Jeremy Barber reports, "Sunday was the Colmar (near Strasbourg) marathon which I did as a member of a relay team of 4 pensioners including two people some of you may remember - Peter Brunning who has done the Grizzly and the Meon Valley Plod and went to Everest and Easter Island and Dave Turnbull who did the Lakeland 50 and the MVP. The 4th member was Roger Tansley, on old friend who lives at Colmar. The idea is that you each do a leg of around 10K and then all join together for the last K. So we were issued with a tri-belt to put the number and chip on which we had to pass on at each change over. The only problem was that after a week of Alsace's wonderful and abundant food and wine the belt would not stay in place as my waist had disappeared.
The hotel was about 100M from the start which was great. All went well despite fearsome heat and I can confidently say that we were the first British team home. As well as running through the old parts of the city the run took us through villages thronged with cheering supporters and ther vineyards for which Alsace is famous. 

It was a well organised race and I recommend it. They have another interesting idea for a team. The first member does the whole race. The second joins in at half way and the third with 10K or so to go. 

You can read more about the event here.  Please do contact me if you fancy giving it a try next year."

Running Grand Prix at Goodwood Race Circuit - Sunday 16 September 2018

Martin Loveless reports, "Got involved as the race adjudicator for this new event at Goodwood motor circuit - while range of events from 5k to full marathon running round the race circuit of around 2.5 miles. Took advantage of attending and entered the marathon which consisted of  just over 11 laps - never done anymore than 3 laps before in any sort of race and soon lost all track of which lap I was on but not a problem with a watch on showing the mileage though was for a runner I was trotting round with near the end who insisted he was finishing one lap early so ended up crossing the finish line and then having to go back to do one more lap!

Very well organised event, nice medal and tee and facilities brilliant as all in place for the normal Goodwood races 

Managed to creep under 4 hours which was nice and 15 minutes quicker than my last road marathon and more importantly now qualified for next march's 6 foot track ultra in the Blue Mountains in Oz next March."

Results are here and I think I was the only Hardley runner there this year 

Isle of Wight Fell Running Championships - 15/16 September 2018

Click on Callum to see the full picture.  Callum Tanner reports, "IoW fell running championships - Mick 1st V70, Dad 7th V50 and me 28th in seniors. Great weekend's running, two races on the Saturday (sprint up St. Boniface down and Ventnor Horseshoe) then the Wroxhall Downs 20k on Sunday. We also scored as a team in 20th.

You can see the full results here

Itchen River Biathlon Saturday 15 September 2018

Click on the thumbnail to see the big picture including some wonderful shorts.  Ben Andrew reports, "Saturday 15th September saw a team of Hardley runners (Ben Andrew, Huw Davies, Mark Causebrook, Graham Robbins, Ian Smith and John Labbett) enter the 13th Itchen river biathlon. This is a relay event comprising of 4 run legs and a final swim leg (which requires the team to supply a safety kayak (thanks John)) and follows the river Itchen along a mixture of well trodden off road, not so well trodden off road and some road sections running through various villages and towns along the way. It was a very low key event which all members of the team thoroughly enjoyed helped by glorious weather, good swim conditions and a free BBQ at the end! There were 7 teams, it turned into a battle of 3, Hardleys, Southampton and Baytown triathlon with the lead position changing places a few times throughout the event. After Southampton fielded their fastest runner on the final run leg, it was pretty much even at the top so it came down to the swim. Ian, accompanied by John on his kayak to help guide him through his swim put in an incredible swim (2.5km in approx 38 mins), he was second swimmer out the water (by only 4 secs) but most importantly was a good few minutes in front of closest competitor. I cannot find all the official leg times or overall times yet but I'm sure they will appear in time, however I can report that Hardleys won the event by about 2.5 minutes from Baytown tri in 2nd and Southampton in 3rd.

A great day out, a nice box of goodies to share out between the team and a trophy.

Vitruvian Triathlon - Rutland - Saturday 8 September 2018

Jappas Du Preez achieved a great 2nd place M35 at the Vitruvian English Middle Distance Champs last weekend as a final test for Kona! 

A two lap 1900m swim in front of an enthusiastic crowd was followed by a double lap bike course covering 85km in total and is not for the faint hearted. With a 1:28 Half Marathon finish the Vitruvian was a true test of endurance.

Jappas pushed out some lifetime best power numbers and also his fastest 1.9km swim! Keep the work going, Jappas! Last big push to Kona glory!

He finished 18th overall out of 550 finishers.  You can see the splits here

The New Forest Marathon, Half and 10K - Brockenhurst - Sunday 9 September 2018

There was a large Hardley turnout which explains the rather sparse attendance at the CC6.  Well done to all concerned and particular mention to Sally Harbut in her first marathon and Tim Annets who was first in the 10K.  Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	Gun Time	Chip Time	Cat	Cat Pos	Gender Pos
Marathon
182	Alan Chambers	03:55:18	03:54:13	M40	50	164
447	Ian Craddock	04:41:53	04:40:05	M40	108	344
652	Robert Wells	05:21:45	05:19:50	M40	143	472
701	Sarah Fitton	05:33:18	05:31:25	F50	33	214
714	Sharon Avery	05:35:25	05:33:32	F40	63	221
716	Julie Swainston	05:35:30	05:33:35	F40	64	222
717	Sally Harbut	05:35:30	05:33:35	F40	65	223
718	Steve Henry	05:35:30	05:33:37	M60	20	495
719	Sarah Hood	05:35:31	05:33:36	F40	66	224
Half Marathon
155	Natalie Green	01:36:47	01:36:31	FSEN	7	19
182	Simon Ibbotson	01:38:11	01:37:42	M30	57	159
424	Ian Hawker	01:48:54	01:47:11	M60	10	354
538	Graham Robbins	01:52:50	01:51:08	M30	156	434
560	Ian Smith	01:53:28	01:53:08	M50	55	447
869	Brendon Harbut	02:02:09	01:57:30	M40	193	621
1143	Andy Simpson	02:11:24	02:06:45	M50	118	769
1222	Terry Earney	02:14:09	02:09:30	M70	3	798
1291	Emma Rogers	02:16:56	02:12:38	FSEN	88	456
1534	Hilary Hinks	02:26:52	02:22:42	F60	15	625
1593	Claire Aplin	02:30:43	02:24:23	F40	199	664
1897	Sally Kirk	03:05:27	02:59:02	F60	28	880
10K
1	Tim Anetts	00:36:06	00:36:06	MSEN	1	1
6	Ben Andrew	00:38:58	00:38:57	M30	3	6
31	Daniel Latham	00:43:05	00:43:04	M30	17	29
85	Karen Denham	00:48:12	00:48:08	F40	3	14
221	Tom England	00:54:53	00:54:53	MSEN	48	173
569	Deborah Cole	01:04:58	01:02:28	F40	55	217
1064	Carole Bailey	01:20:40	01:17:51	F50	93	580
1255	Ann Bruce-Low	01:50:19	01:47:26	F70	6	744

The First CC6 - Fleming Park Eastleigh - Sunday 9 September 2018

Roger Morgan reports.  "The CC6 started today – a sure sign of Autumn around the corner. It was still a warm and dry run on a typically fast course.

With club runners no doubt spread out around other races or simply not coming to terms with the start of the winter series our turn out was left to a hard core of Hardley Runners.

Chris Harris led the way for the ladies – as the only lady. So we need to improve on numbers as we do need 3 ladies for a team. I am sure we will be fine next time.

Hardley's top three runners were Callum Johnson 8th , Rob Kelf 10th , and Callum Tanner 15th.  And Dan Powell came in at a very encouraging 36th.

The next CC6 will be held at Whiteley on 7 October. It would be great to see more runners. 

Hannah, Lee  and myself are taking the role of CC6 captain jointly this year after Simon’s great work. Any queries about the races please just contact us (see Contact us tab above)."

Hardley results are below.  The full results are on the CC6 website (see Links tab above).

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Woman
67	Chris Harris	V60
Men
8	Callum Johnson	S		63	Martin Loveless	V60		91	Roger Morgan	V50
10	Rob Kelf	S		70	Aaron Pritchard	V40		97	Steve Bradley	V60
15	Callum Tanner	S		74	Malcolm Renyard	V70		113	Andy Astley	V60
36	Dan Powell	S		77	Mick Anglim	V70		121	Mike Sleath	V60

The Beast - Corfe - Sunday 2 September 2018

A bit short of a half marathon and taking in some stunning scenery, this is a race to enjoy.  It also includes some challenging hills and stairs and if you think you'll beat your half marathon time then you have another think coming.  This race had been popular with Hardley members for many years with up to 18 making the trip to Corfe.  How about making it part of your calendar for next year?

Martin Loveless reports, "Five Hardley Runners made the journey to Corfe and took part in probably the hardest course Poole Runners have ever used for this race with the previously amended course augmented by the second set of steps restored - some very tired Runners out on the course on Sunday
Last time I ran the course was in 2013 (where has all that time gone?) and I completed the race in 1.47 and can 89th - this year took 1.59 and I came 67th !
Really enjoyed the race and let’s hope we can get back to having a fuller Hardley contingent in the future as race tees are so good."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results and find out more about the race here.

Last year Jeremy Barber and Mike Sleath claimed to have beaten Guy Lawrenson's 2012 record for the slowest Hardley finisher.  They were wrong.  This year's results suggest that Paddy Butler broke the record but that is fake news.  Paddy was not there and Guy remains supreme. 

Pos	Name	Time	Cat	Cat Pos	Gender Pos
24	Callum Tanner	01:46:25	SM	15	24
42	Matthew Tanner	01:52:16	M50	11	42
67	Martin Loveless	01:59:03	M60	3	64
197	Chris Wilson	02:24:32	M50	49	167

HRRL Race 1 - The Overton 5 - Sunday 2 September 2018

The Hampshire Road Race League season got off to a warm start with the Overton 5. The new course is a great improvement on the previous round the town one.  The start was a bit of an issue but no doubt our Overton friends will learn from the experience.  Hardley results are below.  You can see the full (provisional) results and read more about the race here. 

Pos	Name	Gun Time	Chip Time	Cat	Cat Pos	Gender Pos
100	Daniel Latham	00:32:58	00:33:09	MS	36	91
122	Daniel Powell	00:34:23	00:34:33	MS	41	109
165	Graham Robbins	00:36:12	00:36:23	MS	50	142
222	Mick Anglim	00:38:19	00:38:37	MV70	3	184
263	Mike Smith	00:40:05	00:41:09	MV65	2	210
407	Tara Anglim	00:48:55	00:50:05	FV40	29	126
479	Jan Anglim	00:57:53	00:59:59	FV70	2	183
491	Annie Bruce-Low	01:30:52	01:28:18	FV75	1	197

The Wickham 10K - Sunday 19 August 2018

Simon Ibbotson reports, "I had never heard of the Wickham 10k Road Race before so thought I would check it out. Starting from the Wickham Community Centre the route consisted of a start/finish straight with a large single lap loop. There was a long tough hill at half way as well as lots of small ones! Conditions were good as the slight drizzle cooled me down.  I finished just over 42 minutes which is spot on what I estimated at the start! :).  There was no chip timing but it is a nice local race that I would recommend you try out."

The results were not yet available when this report was published.  You can read more about the event and see the results (if they are out) here. 

The 11th (9th for us) and last RR10 - IBM Hursley - Wednesday 15 August 2018

Joint RR10 Captain Dan Latham, reports

"onight was the final RR10 of the season hosted by Winchester Running Club at their IBM Hursley venue. The course was the same as the last few years, with 3 laps around the grounds on grass, gravel and tarmac. 

There was a great turnout from Hardley with 9 ladies finish, enough for 3 teams, and 26 men finishing, enough for 5 teams.

The ladies were led home by Lauren Johnson finishing in 11th in her first RR10 of the season, followed by Vicki Clarke in a great 19th and Hannah Cockle in 37th place.

Mark Causebrook again led the men home with a fantastic 5th place, followed by Ben Andrew in 29th and Simon Ibbotson in 50th place. Simon had his best ever RR10 result and flew past at least 14 other runners in the last half mile, we won't mention who he over took in the process though.

There was a very large amount of runners out tonight with no drop out clubs, so those who finished near their usual positions have ran very well.

We will provide a further report next week to summarise the final RR10 league results. 

Thanks everyone who took part this season, it's been great, thanks also to everyone who has supported Rob and I this year and those that helped out in our own organised race."

Hardley results are below. The full results are published on the RR10 website (see Links tab above) the evening after the race

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
11	Lauren Johnson			70	Tamsin Roberts			190	Sally Kirk	V60
19	Vicki Clarke			79	Giuliana Franzese-Henry	V50		DNF	Annie Brucelow	V70
37	Hannah Cockle			136	Sally Harbut	V40
51	Jane Hodge	V50		137	Jacqui Healey	V50
Men
5	Mark Causebrook			137	Ian Hawker	V60		230	Paul Newby	V70
29	Ben Andrew			162	Dave Wilson	V60		241	Rob  Wells	V40
50	Simon Ibbotson			166	Brendon Harbut	V40		243	David Gould	V50
55	Dan Latham			168	Mick Anglim	V70		267	Andy Astley	V60
64	Dan Powell			175	Steve Haysom	V60		273	Mike Clarke	V70
88	Dan Parslow			185	Lee Maunder			282	Andy Barber	V60
106	Martin Loveless	V60		189	Matt Captain	V40		291	Jeremy Barber	V60
133	Aaron Pritchard	V40		204	John  Labbett	V50		297	Guy Lawrenson	V60
136	Malcolm Renyard	V70		211	Ian Craddock	V40		DNF	Mike Sleath	V60

The Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 - Sunday 12 August 2018

This event always goes down well with Hardley members and this year was no exception.  The Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 walk, or trail run is an event suited to all the family, with a choice of distances from 5km to the more demanding 42k/Marathon, or even a 50k Ultra Marathon. The routes are over footpaths, bridle ways and quiet country roads in the Salisbury Wessex area. The walk/trail runs, take you past a variety of sites of historical and scientific interest and through Country Estates not usually open to the general public This has been made possible by the kind permission of several landowners along the route and including English Heritage.

Hardley results are below.  You can read more about the event here annd see the full results here

Pos	Name	Time	Cat	Gender Pos	Cat Pos
42K
30	Callum Tanner	04:15:51	MS	23	7
31	Matt Tanner	04:15:51	M50	24	6
33K
26	Ian Smith	03:07:58	M55	21	3
100	Giuliana Franzese-Henry	04:50:29	F50	49	6
101	Steve Henry	04:50:30	M60	52	2
102	Sarah Fitton	04:50:30	F50	50	7
103	Brendon Harbut	04:50:32	M45	53	14
104	Sarah Hood	04:50:33	F35	51	10
105	Sally Harbut	04:50:34	F40	52	9
21K
139	Hilary Hinks	2:45:04	F65	56	6
143	Terry Earney	2:46:11	M70	85	2

Bridport Jurassic Half Marathon - Sunday 12 August 2018

Paddy Butler reports, "I had a day trip to Dorset today (having cancelled our weekend of camping due to the weather) and ran the Bridport Jurassic half marathon. 2 laps from West Bay over multiple clifftops including going up Thorncombe beacon - the 2nd highest point on the south coast. Rather windy and wet but fun in a masochistic way, especially as you know what to fear on the 2nd lap.

I came 24th (1st MV50) in 2hrs 04.  The winner (again) was Ruth Barnes in 1hr 39. The record is 1hr 33 which shows how tough a half it is.

You can read more about the race here.  There's also a 10 km run if anyone fancies doing that next year."

The full results are here  

The Harting 10 MT Trail Race - Sunday 5 August 2108

Matt Tanner reports,

"There was a field of 164 runners for this 10 mile trail race. Some great hills taking you to the top of the South Downs.

Nearly all trail with a couple of small road sections. I managed 22nd in 1hr 12mins and let Callum finished in front with 11th position

in 1hr 8 mins."

This looks like a lovely race. You can read more about it and see the full results here

The 10th (but don't worry there's another one yet) RR10 - Itchen Valley Country Park - Weds 1 August 2018

There are loads of lovely pictures in this FB album

Joint RR10 Captains, Dan Latham and Rob Wells, report, "This evening's RR10 was hosted by Lordshill Road Runners at one of the favourite courses; Itchen Valley Country Park. The course was the same as previous years though this year there was freshly cut thick grass (like running through hay) and the going was hard and rutted.

8 ladies attended and 19 men. The ladies were led home by Jane Morgan in 33rd place, with Kelly Anetts closely behind in her first RR10 with an excellent 39th place, with Hannah Cockle in another great and consistent 42nd place.

The men were led home by Mark Causebrook in 17th place, followed by Callum Johnson with another great finish in 21st place and Jim Suswain in 36th.

Well done all great running.

We must also say congratulations to Malcolm Renyard who will either finish in first or second place in the V70's league and tonight's 107th will also help the cause, but I'm not Jinxing it, amazing running.

There is only one more RR10 left for this year ;-(  This is at IBM Hursley on 15th August, start time 7:15pm. If you haven't done an RR10 yet it's not too late but this is your last chance. Let's see if we can get the ladies up to 9 in this one to make up 3 teams.

Thanks for coming out, see you at the next one, Dan & Rob"

Hardley results are below.  The full results are on the RR10 website - see Links tab above

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
33	Jane Morgan	V50		69	Tamsin Roberts			121	Danii Bundy
39	Kelly Anetts			92	Trishia Herring	V40		146	Anne Brucelow	V70
42	Hannah Cockle			115	Sally Harbut	V40
Men
17	Mark Causebrook			111	Ian Hawker	V60		158	Ian Craddock	V40
21	Callum  Johnson			122	Chris  Wilson	V50		169	Paul Newby	V70
36	Jim Suswain			128	Brendon Harbut	V40		173	Matt Captain	V40
56	Dale Purdon	V50		138	Mick Anglim	V70		206	Andy Astley	V60
65	Dan Latham			141	Lee Maunder			214	Rob  Wells	V40
82	Paddy Butler	V50		143	Dave Wilson	V60
107	Malcolm Renyard	V70		149	John  Labbett	V50

The 9th RR10 - Whiteley - Weds 25 July 2018

Joint RR10 Captain, Dan Latham, reports, "Thanks to all the Hardley Runners that ventured out tonight all the way over to Whiteley for the 9th RR10 hosted by Stubbington. The course was as tough as ever and probably now has the record for most runners tripping. But never the less, a great course and for all those that didn't make it; there was an ice cream van at the finish, which was a great welcome!!

Not the biggest Hardley turn out with 3 ladies and 18 men, but this is our furthest away event.

Chris Harris led the ladies home in a very good 54th place, followed by Sally Kirk 99th and Anne Brucelow 108th.

Callum Johnson led the men home with an amazing 15th place, followed by Jim Suswain in 25th and Matt Tanner in 33rd. Malcolm Renyard again put in a brilliant performance in the V70's to finish 87th.

Well done all on a very hot night and challenging course.

There are only 2 runs left of the series and the next race is one of the best at Itchen Valley Country Park near West End on Wednesday 1st August. This is at the earlier start time of 7:15pm, great run so hope to see many of you there."

The full results are on the RR10 website (see Links tab above).

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
54	Chris Harris	V60		99	Sally Kirk	V60		108	Anne Brucelow	V70
Men
15	Callum  Johnson			76	Paddy Butler	V50		124	Mick Anglim	V70
25	Jim Suswain			87	Malcolm Renyard	V70		131	Lee Maunder
33	Matt Tanner	V50		93	Aaron Pritchard			132	John  Labbett	V50
45	Dan Powell			106	Dave Wilson	V60		149	Matt Captain	V40
46	Dan Latham			113	Edd Biddle	V40		156	Rob  Wells	V40
64	Simon Ibbotson			117	Glen Hastelow	V50		160	Andy Astley	V60

St George's 10 - Newport IoW - Sunday 22 July 2018

Callum Tanner reports,

"Only Dad and myself from Hardley Runners, but a good turnout from the island running clubs, as well as hosts Isle of Wight road runners who did a great job. All of the route was on road, often narrow minor roads with no car traffic which meant you didn't have to think about too much other than dragging yourself up one of the many hills that Carisbrooke, Gatcombe and Chillerton had to offer! Not sure the times have been published as yet, but I think depending on how well we start/ stopped our watches Dad came in around (1:12:"ish") and myself (1:09:"ish"). Well done to Dan Baker from Southampton AC too who won the race. Finished off with a coffee in Quay Arts with Emily and her parents, all in all great day!"

I couldn't find the full results.  This link may help but it didn't work for me.

The 8th RR10 - Janesmoor Pond - Weds 18 July 2018

Joint RR10 Captain, Dan Latham, reports, "Tonight's RR10 was hosted by Romsey Road Runners at Janesmoor Pond, Stoney Cross. The conditions were hot and dry again, and the course was the same route as the previous few years, with its gravel tracks and long hilly climbs and of course the dreaded long hill up to the finish.

8 ladies and 26 men attended tonight and there were some notable performances all round; Natalie Green led the ladies home with another solid performance in 8th place, followed by Jane Hodge with a very low 34th place in the V50's. Sarah Fitton made a huge improvement bettering the last race position by 72 places as did Sally Harbut smashing 65 places off and in only her 2nd RR10 Danii Bundy bettered her first performance by 75 places, brilliant efforts ladies.  Well done also to Chris Harris who helped a fellow lady suffering an asthma attack on her way round and still managed to finish respectably.

Jim Suswain led the Men home in 31st place, followed by Matt Tanner with another very low V50 place in 43rd. Dan Chown put in his best performance of the season in 81st place. Malcolm Renyard finished in 90th place an amazing performance in the V70's and Aaron Pritchard put in a very respectable 92nd place in his first RR10. 

It was great to welcome Mike Sleath back after some health  problems.  He took it gently, accompanied by 4 Hardley friends, which meant we could show strength in depth with five out of the last eight places.

The next RR10 is the rearranged run at Whiteley on 25th July, 7:30pm start. See you all next time."

Hardley results are below.  The full results are published on the RR10 website (see Links tab above) the evening after the race.

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
8	Natalie Green			68	Sarah Fitton	V40		86	Danii Bundy
34	Jane Hodge	V50		80	Chris Harris	V60		115	Anne Brucelow	V70
35	Hannah Cockle			83	Sally Harbut	V40
Men
31	Jim Suswain			92	Aaron Pritchard			165	Mike Clarke	V70
43	Matt Tanner	V50		109	Ian Hawker	V60		172	Rob  Wells	V40
50	Dan Latham			117	Brendon Harbut	V40		185	Andy Astley	V60
59	Dan Powell			122	Dave Wilson	V60		201	Guy Lawrenson	V60
71	Paul Blundell	V50		135	Ed Biddle	V40		202	Andy Barber	V60
80	Simon Ibbotson			137	Glen Hastlelow	V50		203	Jeremy Barber	V60
81	Dan Chown			143	John  Labbett	V50		204	Mike Sleath	V50
83	Paddy Butler	V50		146	Chris  Wilson	V50		205	David Gould	V50
90	Malcolm Renyard	V70		157	Paul Newby	V70

Snowdonia Trail Marathon - Sunday 15 July 2018

Jack Fairbrother reports, "Some of you may remember that this time last year I completed my first marathon - the Snowdonia Trail Marathon (which is actually about 28miles long!!)

I don’t talk about it a lot but running has changed my life in a massively positive way and the marathon was a big turning point for me.

I decided to return this year to see if I could improve on my time (6hrs 48mins in 2017). I could give you all the stats but you’ll have to trust me when I say that this event is tough!

Training went fairly well at first, I’ve done lots of speedwork this year and seem to be getting quicker but 1 month ago (here come the excuses!!) I hobbled back from a social run with some pretty severe pain in my hip. The physio diagnosed as hip bursitis and said “you probably won’t do any long term damage if you run the marathon, but it’s going to hurt... A LOT!”

Today was the big day and I woke up feeling nervous, undertrained and prepared to pull out if it got too much for me (and my silly weak hip!) Running up and down Snowdon is tough on the best of days but mid-heatwave its a pretty fearsome proposition!

Somehow, the stars aligned and although it was the most painful run I’ve ever experienced, I managed to finish in 5hrs 26mins - 82 mins faster than last year!!!

Running down the Llanberis path was excruciating but I was honestly spurred on by all of the support this club has given me over the last couple of years. I could almost hear Paul cheering me on as I did my best to not fall off the mountain!

The biggest thank you to Ian, Steve, Mick, Chris and Andy for all of your advice, Emma for your support and patience with my obsessions and everyone else who makes our club so special. The New Forest may be flat as a pancake but all those reps around “The Big Dipper” must’ve helped me get round today!

This club is brilliant.

PS my legs hurt!

PPS see you at the RR10 on Wednesday!"

For the record, Jack was 92nd in a field of 697.  Well done!  You can see the full results here

Brecons 10 Peaks race - Saturday 14 July 2018

Martn Loveless repports,

"Just me from Hardley this year unfortunately.

2 courses available - long and short - and this year opted for the short course (after completing the lakes 10 peaks race just 3 weeks ago) and i am so happy that i took that option as the weather was glorious - unless of course you happen to be running 58k over 10 of the highest peaks in the Brecons with 3000m+ of ascent/descent - think I'd have probably made one extra on the 50% drop-out rate this year on the long course if i'd had gone for that option

First 2/3rds of the race is fairly undulating with 5 peaks to conquer but last 1/3rd packs in all the major climbs including Corn Du, Pen Y Fan, Cribyn, Fan Y Big and Bwich Y Ddwyalt and had a real struggle with the last 2 big climbs up to Cribyn and Fan Y Big but really pleased with overall finishing time as over 90 minutes quicker than the Lakes 10 peaks (which is 10k shorter as well).  Up the pensioners!"

For the record, this pensioner was 21st in a field of 81 starters in 10:30:16.  You can see the full results here

Lulworth Trail Marathon and Half - Saturday 14 July 2018

Here's a small photo album to show you the lovely scenery.

Paul Blundell reports,

Mark and I did the Lulworth marathon on Saturday, Matt and Callum Tanner and Jane Morgan did the half and Simon Ibbotson the 10k.

We were starting an hour after the ultra runners so arrived to find them running down the road at us!

From the start we ran down a track before everyone ran left up a hill, my watch disagreed with this so we went right, we led the marathon for all of 5 minutes until everyone else sorted themselves out and started overtaking us.

Needless to say it was very hot and I really was glad of the extra drink I was carrying as we went up and down repeatedly to the second checkpoint at Kimmeridge, we headed inland to another cp, 2 miles on with a tap, they were giving impromptu showers from a plastic bottle, very welcome.

Further inland another 2 miles and another cp before turning back to Lulworth up a long road.

Another descent through Tynham, the abandoned village and then another climb to the ridge.

Back to Lulworth cove and another cp before climbing through a sea mist and on to Durdle Dore.

Very congested with beach goers though Durdle Dore making running difficult before some more big climbs and descents to Osmington beach, not impressed with a pebble beach at this stage, but resisted a quick dip to head though the penultimate checkpoint wondering when we would be heading back to Lulworth.

We obviously looked a state when we hit the road heading back as a couple in a camper stopped to offer us water and an orange.

Reaching the top of the road we came across the last checkpoint at a car park where hang gliders were lazily drifting on the thermals.

I ran on the last 3 miles to complete the 29.2 miles in around 7 hours 45 minutes, it's got to be close to a personal worst, but just pleased to get around in reasonable shape, Mark wasn't far behind."

Mark adds, "Hot n tough! Poles a must on the hills! Very scenic."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here

Pos	Name	Time	Gender Pos	Cat	Cat Pos
Marathon (and a bit - about 29 Miles)
31	Paul Blundell	07:45:05	25	MV50	4
32	Mark Lee	07:49:48	26	MV50	5
Half
31	Matthew Tanner	02:07:01	27	MV50	4
32	Callum Tanner	02:07:02	28	M	19
129	Jane Morgan	02:37:58	34	FV50	7
10K
9	Simon Ibbotson	01:03:55	7	M	7

 

The Lepe Loop 10K - Saturday 7 July 2018

Click on the medal to see more pictures.  And if you spot the results please send me a link so I can add them.

Simon Ibbotson reports, "A few Hardley Runners took on the new Honeypot Lepe Loop 10K on Saturday 7th July.  It was great to see a new race being organised so close by and so had to give it a go.  With a start time of 8:45am it was an early one but due to the sunny weather it meant that it was much cooler than it would have been later on.  Having never done the Lepe loop circuit before I wasn't entirely sure what the terrain would be like and it turned out to be a mixture of beach, tarmac, woodland paths, open fields and gravel; about as mixed as you can get.  The beach section at the end made for an interesting run as you needed to make progress over the stones and sand whilst jumping groynes and dodging beach goers; all good fun!

It was nice to know that the race was in aid of the Honeypot children's charity and they even had someone dressed up in their mascot bee costume at the finish (must have been very warm in there!).  To top it off we were presented with a really nice medal and could get both a free cake and a bacon butty!  Highly recommend it for next year."

World Silver for Mick - Denmark - Sunday 8 July

Mick Anglim reports, "9 seconds off the M70 World Sprint Duathlon title! The ‘lottery’ of Draft Legal racing. Happy with a World Silver though."

Well done!

British Half Ironman Triathlon Championships - Hever Castle - Sunday 8 July

Massive congratulations to Jappas Du Preez, who finished 2nd in AG and 9th overall, at the British Half Ironman Triathlon Championships at Hever Castle.  You can see the full results here and here are Jappas's splits

Miles of Miles - Southampton - Weds 27 June 2018 - We are the Champions!

For those that don't know, this is an annual inter-club relay.  Each team has 10 members and each member runs one mile.

And just in case you haven't heard - WE WON

Here are some reports:

Mick Anglim Well done on your fantastic performance this evening.  Our A team won in 53:06. It was one of the closest finishes for many years with Mark Causebrook overhauling the Lordshill runner on the final bend after making up a deficit of around 80 metres at the last handover.

Hardley last won the MoM in 2011!  We have however won the trophy more than any other club, 7 times since 1998.

A great team effort capped superbly with a brilliantly judged final run from Mark who was the fastest individual runner.

Many thanks to Alice for pulling the team together and setting a great time.

James Mann  for the organisers SAC Thank you for coming out and supporting the MoM in its 21st year. It was great to be able to host so many of you at our athletics stadium.  Congratulations to all the runners that took part, there seems to have been some incredible performances.

I will send out a full list when I have been able to verify the times, as we have a few discrepancies in the times given in tonight.  However, one thing is for certain and that was the event was won by Hardley Runners. Congratulations.

The fastest male time of the night was 4:44 which was run by Mark Causebrook from Hardley Runners.  Thank you once again for travelling to SAC, and we look forward to welcoming you back next year. 

Chris Harris It really was an electric evening , especially the last leg Mark Casebook displayed all his superb track training skills!

A huge thank you to all our people who ran in the Hardley Runner's B Team last evening. The motto of the evening ( you guessed) "B for Best" and this became increasingly clear as each runner finished the  mile in 6 minutes with Ben and Matt hitting 5 minutes ! Never in the past have we managed a total time of 1 hour - 36 seconds ! The overall position will be confirmed by the organisers very soon.

It was a superb evening with 37 teams taking part ( those juniors just get faster each year ) all proceeds to the charity Mind . The time keeping can become pretty intense, but with Adrian's help last night, I was truly able to appreciate the whole evening of amazing running performances! Chris 

Jack Fairbrother That’ll be the only mile I run this week - my hip injury is screaming at me today but it was absolutely worth it to see the pride in Mick Anglim and Chris Harris’s faces! Great job to everyone who ran in both teams, we may be the smallest club but we were also the loudest in terms of support last night!

Ben Andrew, Well done Mark and to all. It was such a great event made even better by winning it in the style we did. Everyone gave it their best and for everyone to run under 6min was really good. Thanks for time keeping Mick and cheers for organising it Alice. Look forward to next year going in to defend our title!

Click on the little picture to see the big picture.  And for another 2768 photos from Hammy click here

Name	Time		Name	Time
A Team			B Team
Tim Anetts	04:53		Paul Blundell	06:06
Alice Rudd	05:46		Lee Maunder	06:19
Jack Fairbrother	05:30		Charmaine Bradford	06:18
Ben Andrew	05:15		Vicki Clark	06:18
Natalie Green	05:56		Matt Tanner	05:58
Chris Harris	04:59		Ben Andrew	05:31
Callum Johnson	05:21		Dan Chown	06:00
Dan Latham	05:20		Paddy Butler	06:20
Nathan Renyard	05:22		Alice Rudd	06:07
Mark Causebrook	04:44		Simon Ibbotson	05:39
Total	53:06		Total	01:00:36

HRRL The Lordshill 10K - Sunday 24 June 2019

There was an excellent Hardley turnout for the last race in the HRRL season which was also our Club Championship.  Well done all and special mention to Vicki and James Clarke who have now earned the much-coveted tee-shirts for the few people who have completed every race this season.

Vicki reports,

Lordshill 10k – (probably) our highest ever Hardley turn out! 

The Lordshill 10k on Sunday 24th June was a fantastic race for Hardley. Not only was it our Club Championship race, but it brought the team out in their droves for a toasty run in the sun, to claim (probably) our highest ever (well in the last few years) HRRL turn out. Here’s a round-up of the day's events – please see results table for the full team results:

• At the top it was a closely fought contest between Tim Annetts and Mark Causebrook for the Club Champs male number 1 spot, with Tim putting in a mountain goat like performance to finish a cracking season just 6 seconds ahead of Mark in 35:34 and 35:40 respectively.

• The next contest was “Battle of the Tanners” with youngster Callum putting in a great effort of 39:04 beating Dad Matt in at 40:23, however, Matt producing a WAVA result 10% higher at 78.54%!

• We had a couple of amazing PB’s from Dan Latham creeping ever closer to the sub 40 in 40:42, and a great PB from Sarah Fitton in 55:46, also we had a random spot prize of an Alton Sports voucher for Simon Ibbotson!

• The MV70 age group was dominated by Hardley, with Malc Renyard getting the top spot in 45:28 and the unbeatable WAVA rating of 82.78%, closely followed by Mick Anglim in 2nd place in 49:36.

• For the ladies, Natalie Green led us home in an incredible 43:22 to claim the Club Champs silverware. Jane Hodge with a great performance of 49:16, got an amazing WAVA rating of 78.46% to get the female trophy.

• It was great to see some new faces to this season's HRRL out – so welcome to the team Dan Chown (45:34), Ian Hawker (45:45), Hilary Hinks (01:01:57), Chris Harris with a PB (39:46) and Carole Bailey (01:16:00).

• She’s not quite a member yet, but I’d like to give a quick shout out to Natalie’s Mum, Debbie Green, who after months of providing support, did this as her first 10k in an amazing time of 58:57! Well done Debbie!

• General consensus is that the gentle incline between 6-8k was a killer, and the heat was brutal! But despite this, we had some amazing team performances – I’m proud of you all!

So that’s now it for this seasons’ HRRL league. The final results should be out soon, so keep an eye on the table to see where you finished – and mugs should be heading some of your ways shortly! Thank you for being an amazing team, it’s been a pleasure running with you all. Have a great summer, and keep running!

Vicki"

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.  Please let me know if I have missed you as they are not easy to search.

As well as first past the post winners we have trophies for age adjusted results based on WAVA percentages. 

Pos	Name	Gun Time	Chip Time	Gender Pos	Cat Pos	Category	Age	WAVA %age
14	Tim Annetts	35:37:00	35:34:00	14	9	M	26	75.49
16	Mark Causebrook	35:44:00	35:40:00	16	11	M	37	77.91
28	James Clarke	36:37:00	36:33:00	27	21	M	34	74.66
63	Nathan Renyard	38:14:00	38:10:00	58	18	MV40	42	75.56
84	Callum Tanner	39:11:00	39:04:00	76	48	M	29	68.79
98	Christopher Harris	39:49:00	39:46:00	89	55	M	22	67.55
118	Matt Tanner	40:29:00	40:23:00	104	10	MV50	54	78.54
120	Jack Fairbrother	40:39:00	40:32:00	106	64	M	30	66.31
123	Dan Latham	40:49:00	40:42:00	109	66	M	34	67.04
150	Dale Purdom	41:46:00	41:39:00	130	16	MV50	52	74.91
154	Simon Ibbotson	41:55:00	41:48:00	134	72	M	31	64.8
188	Natalie Green	43:33:00	43:22:00	26	15	F	22	69.95
219	Vicki Clarke	44:50:00	44:38:00	33	20	F	32	68.12
233	Alan Chambers	45:06:00	44:49:00	198	73	MV40	47	66.88
250	Malc Renyard	45:43:00	45:28:00	210	1	MV70	72	82.78
251	Graham Robbins	45:43:00	45:37:00	211	97	M	34	59.82
257	Dan Chown	45:51:00	45:34:00	215	98	M	33	59.61
263	Ian Hawker	46:01:00	45:45:00	219	8	MV60	63	74.93
272	Paddy Butler	46:35:00	46:27:00	225	36	MV50	57	70.03
276	Dave Wilson	46:45:00	46:35:00	228	11	MV60	61	72.3
330	Jane Hodge	49:31:00	49:16:00	70	11	FV50	59	78.46
333	Mick Anglim	49:41:00	49:36:00	263	2	MV70	70	73.96
356	Steve Bradley	50:45:00	50:29:00	277	16	MV60	62	67.31
462	Adrian Mudle	55:03:00	54:23:00	329	23	MV60	60	61.38
478	Sarah Fitton	56:14:00	55:46:00	138	21	FV50	50	61.61
507	Chris Harris	58:09:00	57:46:00	153	9	FV60	67	75.28
571	Hilary Hinks	01:02:43	01:01:57	193	14	FV60	66	69.12
631	Jan Anglim	01:11:58	01:11:15	238	2	FV70	70	64.04
639	Carole Bailey	01:16:41	01:16:00	244	40	FV50	52	46.36

The Lakes 10 Peaks - Saturday 23 June 2018

Martin Loveless, Paul Blundell and Tiffany Hanley did this challenging race.  Martin reports, "Only' did the short course but that still involved 31miles of running (though more walking than running due to the rocks / scree/ climbs) and almost 10,000feet of ascent and descent over 10 of the highest peaks in the Lake District - got a sign of things to come as race started at foot of Helvellyn with a straight up and down climb/descent before heading out to High Raise, Bowfell, Esk Pike, Great End, Scafell Pike, Great Gable, Green Gable, High Spy and Maiden Moor with a finish in Keswick.

Got to be one of the hardest races I've ever done mainly due to the rough terrain which meant that even running on the descents became impossible but fortunately we had clear weather which really helped with the self navigation between peaks and checkpoints though did waste around an hour trying to find the very last checkpoint - very frustrating with the finish beckoning!"

For the record, Martin was 31st in 12:05:53, Paul 32nd and Tiff 41st.  You can see the full results here

The Purbeck 10K - Friday 22 June 2018

Club President, Mick Anglim, reports,

"It's a great pity that the Purbeck 10k traditionally falls on the same weekend as the Lordshill 10k but there is a possibility that they might be on different weekends in 2019.

Jan and I ran the Purbeck 10k again last Friday evening and can highly recommend the event as long as you don't expect a flat course! 

The race starts from Norden Park & Ride outside Corfe Castle and takes the undulating country road to and from Arne.  There are great views of the Purbeck hills and Corfe Castle to compensate for around 320' of climb!

The winner ran an impressive 30:56 as none of the hills are steep.

Jan ran 74:23 and I did 51:29 and there were 408 finishers to enjoy the lively race village."

Full results are here  

The 5th RR10 - Manor Farm Country Park - Weds 20 June 2018

Joint RR10 Captain, Dan Latham, reports. "Tonight was the 5th RR10 of the season for us, hosted by Hedge End Running Club at Manor Farm Country Park. The conditions were very hot and we were literally dripping at the finish line, nice! 

There was a new route this year, a short loop to start, a long loop, another short loop and a cheeky lap of the field and back on ourselves to finish. There were also three formidable hills to deal with.

Natalie Green led the ladies home with a fantastic 6th place finish, followed by Jane Morgan and Jane Hodge in 43rd & 50th both of which will be high positions in their age group.

Callum Johnson was the first man home in an amazing 17th position, followed by Jim Suswain having a great run in 26th place. Dale Purdon and Matt Tanner put in solid performances in the V50s both in the top 60, and Malcolm Renyard will no doubt be a very high finish in the V70's finishing in 119th place.

Well done to Danii Bundy, Steve Avery and Lee Maunder taking part in their first RR10 runs. 

Great course, and another strong Hardley performance.

The next RR10 for us is on Wednesday 11th July at Whiteley, Start time 7:30pm.

We cannot attend or spectate at the RR10 on 4th July, this is our drop out event do not attend."

Hardley results are below.  The full results will be on the RR10 website (see Links tab above) the evening after the race. 

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
6	Natalie Green			120	Chris Harris	V60		161	Danii Bundy
43	Jane Morgan	V50		133	Jacqui Healey	V50		193	Sally Kirk	V60
50	Jane Hodge	V50		140	Sarah Fritton	V40
119	Trishia Herring	V40		148	Sally Harbut	V40
Men
17	Callum  Johnson			119	Malcolm Renyard	V70		188	Ian Craddock	V40
26	Jim Suswain			140	Brendon Harbut	V40		190	Steve Avery
34	Ben Andrew			152	Mick Anglim	V70		204	Matt Captain	V40
53	Dan Latham			156	Chris  Wilson	V50		213	Rob  Wells	V40
58	Dale Purdon	V50		166	Shaun Pettitt			217	Paul Newby	V70
60	Matt Tanner	V50		171	Dave Wilson	V60		241	Jeremy Barber	V60
66	Simon Ibbotson			175	Ed Biddle	V40		255	Andy Barber	V60
117	Ian Hawker	V60		187	Lee Maunder			DNF	Mark Darcy	V40

HRRL - The Eastleigh 10K - Sunday 17 June 2018

Conditions were good and there was a great Hardley turnout including some people who have not represented the Club before.  Well done.  Congratulations to Graham and Jack for PBs and Mick And Annie who were first in category. Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here. 

Pos	Name	Category	Cat Pos	Gun Time	Chip Time
48	Timothy Anetts	M	35	00:35:48	00:35:45
60	Mark Causebrook	M	44	00:36:24	00:36:20
195	Jack Fairbrother	M	111	00:39:56	00:39:44
254	Alice Rudd	F	13	00:41:18	00:41:07
264	Daniel Latham	M	142	00:41:32	00:41:20
309	Daniel Powell	M	156	00:42:28	00:42:17
337	Graham Robbins	M	162	00:43:01	00:42:50
474	Mick Anglim	M70+	1	00:45:33	00:45:24
552	Karen Denham	F40+	18	00:47:07	00:46:46
667	Jane Hodge	F55+	4	00:48:51	00:48:30
875	Tamsin Roberts	F	57	00:51:52	00:51:11
965	Joanna Avery	F35+	55	00:53:34	00:52:54
1074	Vicki Clarke	F	73	00:54:53	00:53:57
1165	Chloe Riggs	F	82	00:55:56	00:54:43
1366	Emma Rogers	F	127	00:59:03	00:57:50
1618	Claire Aplin	F45+	71	01:02:47	01:01:33
1825	Roma Stewart	F45+	100	01:07:00	01:05:58
1926	Jan Anglim	F70+	3	01:10:18	01:08:27
2079	Ann Maylott	F50+	85	01:21:57	01:20:43
2108	Anne Bruce-low	F75+	1	01:46:30	01:45:10

Endure 24 - Wasing Park near Reading - 9/10 June 2018

With 5 teams and 4 solos there were 43 Hardley runners at this year's event.  The weather was kind though rather warm and airless in the woods.  The comments below, this photo album and Danii's blog give you a flavour of this excellent event.  The injured foot is David Gould's and we claim the prize (if there is one) for the biggest team identifier with the Hardley Stopping illuminated palm tree.

Graham Robbins, "What an amazing weekend filled with lots of miles, dust, sweat, portaloo door banging (), little sleep, slight pyrotechnicss, odd conversations, laughs, wonderful people and the best running club Hardley runners congrats to all at endure 24!"

Rhiannon Bennett, "25miles completed!!!! Legs and blistered feet are definitely saying no more! So that’s me done. Feel quite proud of myself."

Vicki Clarke, "What an amazing weekend! Well done to everyone, so proud of you all. Anyone else feel like they've been hit by a truck and had a pile of washing the size of Africa? The most I've managed to do so far is call for a take away!"

Sharon Mayvery, Fantastic weekend of running & brilliant Hardley team spirit! This club rocks !!
Big thank you to everyone there who made it such a great weekend... the Averys all had a fabulous time.
And huge thank you to Adrian for organising so brilliantly ... such a lot of work!! "

Claire Aplin, "Yep thanks to all especially Adrian Mudle for splendid organisation (and for taking our tent), Steve Henry for wonderful team management, Sharon Mayvery etc for putting up our tent and Hardley Runners for being such a friendly and inclusive club ."

A summary of the Hardley results is below.  In a couple of cases the number of laps is understated by one becuase of chips failing to register (perhaps because they were not being worn at the time).  Our men's team were very competitive despite starting with only 7 members and losing Huw to injury (hope you caught it in time Huw) after only two laps.  Well done and well done to everyone who took part.

You can see the full results including who did what on each lap here

Pos	Name	5 mile laps completed	Time
Men solo  -  130 finishers
6	Justin Bowen	20	22:03:44
26	David Gould	17	21:28:05
77	Steve Bennett	12	23:07:10
Women solo  -  88 finishers
83	Rhiannon Bennett	5	23:07:10
Men teams of 8  -  27 teams
5	Hardley Running	39	24:17:04
Mixed teams of 8 -  227 teams
34	Hardley Jogging	32	23:43:54
95	Hardley Moving	29	24:24:01
108	Hardley Walking	28	23:35:04
160	Hardley stopping	26	24:13:47

Man v Horse - Wales -Saturday 9 June 2018

Martin Loveless reports,"Just me this year as Hardleys only representative in the man v horse race in Wales - 7th time I've run in the full race and as good as ever with the course the driest I've ever know it but still 22 miles of Welsh hills to get round with the constant cry behind of 'horse coming through, look out' to keep you on your toes.

Eaun Thomas was there again after competing 3 years ago in the BBC series Champions and again being filmed and my claim to fame this year is managing to stay ahead of him for the whole race.

Martin was 272nd out of 726 and 2nd MV60 of 12 in 3:58:19.  Well done.

You can read more about the event here and see the full results here.

The 4th (for us) RR10 - Fleming Park Eastleigh - Weds 6 June 2018

Joint RR10 Captain, Dan Latham, reports, "Halterworth Harriers and Solent Running Sisters hosted the 5th RR10 Cross Country. It was a very hot evening with a very high pollen count, horrible conditions for the Hay fever sufferers.

The course was the same as the previous years with the usual gradients and twisty wooded sections.

A great turn out again with 10 ladies and 26 men. Meaning we were able to field 3 ladies teams and 5 mens teams.

Natalie Green had a great run leading the ladies home in 10th place and Ben Andrew after a steady start made his way through the pack to lead the men home in 29th place.

The next race is at Manor Farm Country Park on Weds 20th June start time 7:30pm"

Hardley results are below.  The full results will be on the RR10 website (see Links tab above) the evening after the race. 

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
10	Natalie Green			60	Jane Hodge	V50		174	Sally Kirk	V60
26	Charmaine Bradford			72	Tamsin Roberts			179	Annie Bruce Low	V70
43	Vicki Clarke			114	Chris Harris	V60
58	Hannah Cockle			138	Trishia Herring	V40
Men
29	Ben Andrew			109	Mark Darcy	V40		205	Ed Biddle	V40
32	Callum  Johnson			110	Simon Ibbotson	0		216	Ian Craddock	V40
35	Jim Suswain			131	Trevor Huddleston	V40		226	Paul Newby	V70
55	Dale Purdon	V50		147	Malcolm Renyard	V70		227	David Gould	V50
63	Jack Fairbrother			152	Mick Anglim	V70		247	Rob  Wells	V40
77	Matt Tanner	V50		158	Ian Hawker	V60		261	Andy Barber	V60
89	Dan Powell			173	Dave Wilson	V60		263	Jeremy Barber	V60
90	Dan Latham			193	John  Labbett	V50		TBC	Paul Carter	V50
106	Paul Blundell	V50		201	Matt Captain	V40

Needles Half - Sunday 3 June 2018

One of the toughest and most scenic half marathons in the country.  The 13.1 mile route will take you over downs and heathland, past historic monuments and of course you’ll glimpse the most iconic landmark on the Isle of Wight – The Needles. 

Martin Loveless reports, "Just 4 of us this year for the Needles race which is a shame as it's one of my favourite runs and once again the weather obliged with unbroken sunshine though actually maybe a mite too warm for running.   Think maybe the joys of the Romsey beer race won over a few who might have been tempted."

Hardley results are below.  Times are to the nearest 1/100th of a second which may be just a bit more accuracy than is actually required but you never know ....   Well done all and particular mention to Liz Young who was second lady overall.  You can see the full results here.  

Pos	Name	Gender Pos	Category	Cat Pos	Gun Time	Chip Time
12	Callum Tanner	10	MSNR	9	1:37:05,09	1:36:57,49
20	Matt Tanner	17	MV50	4	1:39:20,48	1:39:13,00
36	Liz Young	2	FV35	2	1:44:55,27	1:44:46,52
54	Martin Loveless	46	MV60	3	1:52:19,30	1:52:11,45

Braishfield 5 Mile Beer Race - Sunday 3 June 2018

Mick Anglim reports, "It was one of the hottest ever with unbroken sunshine so the hosepipe spray at the start of the 2nd lap was very welcome."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.  Incidentally, John pulled up with a bad left calf (other leg to usual). Worked it well though - only did one lap but went through the finish so he got his beer and cake. Cheeky b.....r! Hope you are recovering well John.

Pos	Time	Name	Category	Gender Pos	Cat Pos
22	33.43	Dan Latham	M	21	14
26	33.59	Simon Ibbotson	M	24	16
32	35.01	Dan Powell	M	29	18
42	36.15	Mark Darcy	M40	38	8
58	37.46	Ian Hawker	M60	52	2
59	37.50	Mick Anglim	M70	53	1
62	38.08	Dave Wilson	M60	55	3
89	40.34	Brendon Harbut	M40	74	20
129	43.14	David Gould	M50	100	28
165	45.30	John Simmonds	M60	120	11
186	47.24	Ron Godden	M60	128	13
242	52.16	Sally Harbut	F40	88	34
296	57.45	Jan Anglim	F70	131	2

HRRL - The Netley 10K - Sunday 20 May 2018

HRRL Captain Vicki Clarke reports, "On what can only be described as a hot and sunny Sunday, Hardley runners were out in force for the Netley 10k. The course is 3 laps, of gently undulating roads around Royal Victoria Country park, with some lovely views out over the Solent. As a good course for spectators, it was lovely to have friends and family supporting the runners as we ran past.

We had enough runners to field complete teams, with for the men Dan Latham leading us home in 92nd in an aesthetically pleasing 41:41. Simon Ibbotson was close on his heals with a great return from injury in 111th in 42:31. Graham Robbins and Mick Anglim completed the A team with 44:40 and 46:23 respectively. Dave Wilson (47:18) and Steve Bradley (49:31) added to the purple contingent.

For the women, Liz Young in her first road race appearance in 2 years positively flew round coming in an incredible 9th in 41:43 also getting a 3rd in her age group! Vicki Clarke came in in 32nd in 45:32 and Chris Harris completed the team in 56:09. Jan Anglim and Ann Bruce-Low provided solid contributions to the B team in 1:08:01 and 1:46:59 respectively.

Fantastic running by all! Next up is the rescheduled Eastleigh 10k on 17th June – see you there."

You can see the full results including chip times here  They show that Liz's chip time was faster than Dan's so she was the fastest Hardley finisher.  What a come back!

The 3rd RR10 - Wilverley - Weds 16 May 2018

Joint RR10 Captain Dan Latham reports,"The runners were welcomed by some very strong chilly winds on arrival at Wilverley Plain this evening for the third RR10 run of the season. New Forest Runners hosted a similar route to previous years, starting out on the plain and then weaving through the forest trails for two different loops in the woods. There were a lot of down hill sections and a few long hilly sections to contend with.

A great turn out again with 32 Hardley Runners taking part, and nice to see more new faces again, well done to all those completing their first RR10. 

The ladies put in a great performance with a highly placed first team, led by Charmaine Bradford (20th), Vicky Clarke (21st) and Alex Burlinson (23rd).

Callum Johnson had another good run in the mens finishing 43rd with Matt Tanner following in 45th which will no doubt be a very high position in the V50's.

Well done everyone.

The next race is our own organised run on 30th May, please note; we (Hardley Runners) cannot take part in this run, but we look forward to seeing all those who have volunteered to help marshal, thanks again for volunteering, further details will be sent out in the next week.

The next run for us to take part in is on 6th June at Fleming Park, Eastleigh."

Hardley results are below.  The full results will be on the RR10 website (see Links tab above) by the evening after the race.

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
20	Charmaine Bradford			52	Tamsin Roberts			151	Sally Kirk	V60
21	Vicki Clarke			103	Chris Harris	V60		152	Vanessa Poucher	V60
23	Alex Burlinson	V50		119	Sally Harbut	V40
34	Jane Morgan	V50		137	Karen Humphreys
Men
43	Callum  Johnson			119	Ian Hawker	V60		216	Andy Astley	V60
45	Matt Tanner	V50		160	Mark Lee	V50		224	Rob  Wells	V40
56	Dale Purdon	V50		173	Glen Hastlelow	V50		228	Jeremy Barber	V60
61	Jack Fairbrother			182	Brendon Harbut	V40		234	Andy Barber	V60
70	Dan Latham			186	John  Labbett	V50		240	John  Simmonds	V60
81	Simon Ibbotson			193	Ian Craddock	V40		244	Guy Lawrenson	V60
84	Paul Blundell	V50		194	Mick Anglim	V70
112	Trevor Huddleston	V40		196	David Gould	V50

The L2SOTM - Longparish - Sunday 13 May 2018

The Longparish Second Sunday of the Month (L2SOTM) is a 5K handicap run round the lovely village of Longparish.  This month there were 4 Hardley runners, Katie Collard, Jacqui Healey, David Gould and Jeremy Barber.  It was Ian Beveridge's 100th race so refreshments included Buck's Fizz and a special cake which you can see here.

The Lymington Lifeboat 10K - Sunday 13 May 2018

This race is always popular with Hardley members and this year was no exception with 15 finishers.  Hardley results are below.  You can read more about the event and see the full results here and see the photos here.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Chip Time
4	Paul Pallister	M40	00:35:01	00:35:00
37	Chris Harris	M	00:40:28	00:40:24
47	Dan Latham	M	00:41:46	00:41:43
49	Alice Rudd	F	00:41:51	00:41:50
97	Natalie Green	F	00:43:58	00:43:55
100	Ian Smith	M50	00:44:03	00:43:59
129	Alan Chambers	M40	00:45:06	00:44:52
149	Phil Rudd	M	00:46:06	00:46:00
191	John Simmonds	M60	00:47:32	00:47:18
225	Glenn Hastelow	M50	00:48:43	00:48:35
520	Christine Harris	F55	00:57:20	00:57:02
534	Sarah Fitton	F45	00:57:34	00:56:59
756	Roma Stewart	F45	01:06:14	01:05:22
876	Angela Simmonds	F55	01:20:29	01:19:34
893	Annie Bruce-Low	F75	01:45:26	01:44:33

HRRL Race 10 - The Alton 10 - Sunday 13 May2018

HRRL Captain Vicki Clarke reports, "Well done to everyone running today. Alton 10m was a hard, hilly and hot hrrl. Tim Anetts led us in with a cracking time of 1.01.24, with Matt tanner following in a great 1.07. Dave Wilson and Malcolm (1st in his age group) topped off the team, with Mick Anglim coming in a solid 1.25. For the girls it was disappointing to not have a complete team for the league (please do enter these races if you can!) But both myself and Jan anglim ran in 1.17.50 and 1.59.55 respectively. Great running by all. Hope to see everyone next week for Netley 10k!

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here and there are loads of photos here and loads more here.  Enjoy!

Pos	Name	Time	Chip Time	Category	Cat Pos	Gender Pos
12	TIMOTHY ANETTS	01:01:30	01:01:24	MS	9	12
55	MATTHEW TANNER	01:07:31	01:07:14	M50	8	50
191	VICKI CLARKE	01:18:18	01:17:50	FS	10	33
219	DAVE WILSON	01:20:24	01:19:49	M60	9	178
241	MALCOLM RENYARD	01:22:34	01:21:59	M70	1	194
289	MICK ANGLIM	01:26:04	01:25:29	M70	2	225
471	JAN ANGLIM	02:00:59	01:59:55	W65	5	171

The 2nd RR10 - Stoney Cross - Weds 2 May 2018

The day started wet but the sun came out in time for the RR10 and there was another excellent Hardley turnout with 12 women and 28 men.  Well done all.  The forest was very wet but the course was mainly on good gravel paths so that was not a problem and we demonstrated strength in depth with places ranging from 5th - well done Natalie - to 235th - must get fitter Jeremy.  If you are new to RR10s we hope you enjoyed it and will be back for more at Wilverley in two weeks.  And if you are an old hand then we know you enjoy RR10s and you'll be back!

Hardley results are below.  The full results will be on the RR10 website (see Links tab above) by the evening after the race.

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
5	Natalie Green			35	Jane Hodge	V50		151	Sally Harbut	V40
11	Vicki Clarke			44	Hannah Cockle			177	Sally Kirk	V60
19	Charmaine Bradford			113	Chris Harris	V60		178	Vanessa Poucher	V60
29	Jane Morgan	V50		124	Jacqui Healey	V50		186	Anne Brucelow	V70
Men
27	Callum  Johnson			110	Dave Wilson	V60		188	John  Labbett	V50
28	Jim Suswain			111	Martin Loveless	V60		191	David Gould	V50
54	Matt Tanner	V50		113	Ian Hawker	V60		198	Ian Craddock	V40
57	Dale Purdon	V50		118	Malcolm Renyard	V70		205	Paul Newby	V70
58	Jack Fairbrother			124	Shaun Pettitt			217	Rob  Wells	V40
68	Simon Ibbotson			141	Chris  Wilson	V50		231	Trevor Huddleston	V40
74	Mark Darcy	V40		146	Glen Hastlelow	V50		234	Andy Barber	V60
79	Paul Blundell	V50		148	Ed Biddle	V40		235	Jeremy Barber	V60
95	Dan Chown			158	Roger  Morgan	V50
98	Graham Robbins			163	Brendon Harbut	V40

The Triple Whammy - Andover - Saturday 28 April 2018

Three Hardley runners, Jane Hodge, David Gould and Jeremy Barber were joined by parkrunner James Masters for the Triple Whammy.  The idea is simple. First you do the Andover parkrun, then you jog the six miles or so to Hurstbourne Tarrant, then you do the Hurstbourne Tarrant 5, a lovely scenic trail race which is only 20 metres short of being an official fell race.

All went well and the rain (mostly) held off.  The parkrun was fine, the rape field on the way to HBT was passble though a bit difficult underfoot and the bluebell wood was lovely.  But the going was a bit muddy underfoot so we were a tad slower than planned and arrived to see the race vanishing into the distance.  Barging our way through the start of the kid's race we set off in hot pursuit, only to be overtaken by a swarm of high speed children including two Longparish ones, Benjie and Noah who urged us on.  By the time we got to the top of the fist hill we had all caught the tail runner.  James and Jane surged ahead, Jeremy plodded ahead and David enjoyed the honour of last place.  His (entirely valid) excuses were

1. that he had run a marathon the week before and

2. that he had run the seven miles to Andover before the parkrun. 

Whatever our speed, we enjoyed the whole event and it was made even better by the bacon butties afterwards.  If you like trail running then give it a go in 2019.

Here's a photo album to show what you missed.

For the record, Jane was 206th in 61:39, Jeremy was 245th in 75:33 and David was 251st in 78:26.  You can see the full results here

Yorkshire Three Peaks Race - Saturday 28 April 2018

Paddy Butler reports, "Yesterday I competed in the 65th Yorkshire 3 peaks fell race (https://www.threepeaksrace.org) The race is billed as the "Marathon with Mountains" as it takes runners 23.3 miles over the highest Yorkshire summits of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough with 5,279ft of rugged and spectacular ascent and descent. There were sections of both road and bog and you run alongside the famous Ribblehead viaduct. Some of the ascent on Whernside was almost vertical with climbing using your hands. This year the Three Peaks was the selection race for the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships. Following a tragedy in severe weather in 1978, revised safety regulations and race control procedures were introduced and minimum experience qualifications were imposed on all entrants. To enter I had to submit a short c.v. and complete at least 2 fell runs of Category AM, AL, or BL. The winner this year finished in 2hrs 49mins. Strict cut off times at several check points meant that 66 runners either retired or were put on the bus of shame. I managed to come home in 4hrs 50mins in 521st position of 767 starters. 89th of 155 in MV50 class.

I'd highly recommend the race as an excellent excuse not only to take part in an iconic event but to visit the Yorkshire Dales and have a long weekend oop north."

Paddy Butler"

You can see the full results here

Southampton Marathon, Half and 10K - Sunday 22 April 2018

It was a warm day for running a long way and Hardley runners turned out in force.  Results are below.  Click on the runner's name to see more information.

Pos	Name	Time	Chip Time	Category	Cat Pos	Gender Pos	Half Time
Marathon
59	Darryl STILL	3:21:32.2	3:21:17.8	MSen	34	55	1:32:40.5
169	Nick NEWTON	3:44:31.6	3:42:40.7	MV60	2	157	1:48:46.5
923	Sarah HOOD	5:23:37.5	5:19:16.3	FSen	103	200	2:37:07.3
Half Marathon
28	Mark CAUSEBROOK	1:25:57.4	1:25:56.5	MSen	17	24
31	Nathan RENYARD	1:26:26.5	1:26:23.0	MV40	5	27
110	Matthew TANNER	1:33:41.6	1:33:37.4	MV50	2	99
307	Natalie GREEN	1:42:07.4	1:40:54.6	FSen	22	34
357	Ben PITMAN	1:43:50.5	1:42:00.1	MSen	207	318
440	Ian SMITH	1:45:57.9	1:44:45.4	MV50	24	388
830	Ian HAWKER	1:54:37.2	1:51:16.4	MV60	16	714
1103	Graham ROBBINS	1:59:31.0	1:56:09.7	MSen	573	922
1132	Steve BRADLEY	1:59:55.1	1:57:46.8	MV60	22	940
1713	Brendon HARBUT	2:07:42.2	2:04:21.2	MV40	382	1341
1932	Joanna AVERY	2:10:48.2	2:07:38.8	FSen	292	458
1969	Ian CRADDOCK	2:11:09.9	2:08:15.9	MV40	416	1495
2151	Elizabeth MOULD	2:13:52.8	2:04:57.4	FV50	52	539
2485	Andrew ASTLEY	2:18:51.2	2:15:30.3	MV60	51	1789
3201	Hilary HINKS	2:30:32.2	2:25:00.2	FV60	18	1075
3238	Sarah FITTON	2:31:11.4	2:22:15.9	FV40	275	1094
3408	Lauren HARMAN	2:34:42.1	2:31:12.6	FSen	760	1210
3497	Sally HARBUT	2:36:37.8	2:33:09.6	FV40	326	1271
3533	Helen FAY	2:37:27.8	2:33:58.9	FV40	337	1293
3534	Robert WELLS	2:37:28.3	2:33:58.7	MV40	637	2241
4234	Ann BRUCE-LOW	4:54:11.5	4:46:31.9	FV70	1	1758
10K
49	Simon IBBOTSON	43:46.4	43:44.0	MSen	31	46
140	Aleksandra BURLINSON	49:19.7	49:05.0	FV50	1	18
202	Roy DYER	51:32.5	50:16.8	MV50	21	169
333	John SIMMONDS	54:48.4	53:25.5	MV60	6	263
1068	Roma STEWART	1:08:01.1	1:07:13.7	FV40	113	468
1529	Angela SIMMONDS	1:17:47.4	1:16:22.4	FV60	22	804
1827	Sarah KAY	1:46:06.5	1:43:49.1	FSen	593	1038

The London Marathon - Sunday 22 April 2018

The hottest London Marathon on record.  Well done all.

Pos	Name	Time	Chip Time	Category	Cat Pos	Gender Pos	Half Time
1149	Paul Pallister	03:00:30	M45	1113	115		01:23:31
1396	Ben Andrew	03:04:05	MS	1339	843		01:28:32
6286	Alice Rudd	03:42:37	FS	1032	632		01:40:24
17312	Alice Ryder	04:36:15	FS	4914	2605		02:00:17
21716	Tamsin Roberts	04:54:35	FS	6660	3555		02:14:43
30620	Steven Avery	05:36:54	M45	19803	3032		02:39:54
32474	Danii Bundy	05:47:33	FS	11790	6393		02:37:51

The Pewsey Downsaround 26.6 - Sunday 22 April 2018

A lovely LDWA event that is open to well behaved runners and in true LDWA style, we report the names of members who took part in alphabetical order.  Paul Blundell, David Gould, Tiffany Hanley, Martin Loveless. 

Tiff reports,"Beautiful scenery, lovely course, great check points." 

You can read more about the event here

The First RR10 - Netley - Wednesday 18 April 2018

Joint RR10 Captain, Dan Latham reports, "There was a great Hardley turn out for the first RR10 of the season, considering many runners were saving themselves for this weekends Southampton Marathon events. 8 Ladies and 27 men attended on the glorious summery evening at Victoria Country Park. The Netley course was its usual mix of tarmac, gravel, roots and twisty trails. Karen Denham had a brilliant run coming in 16th lady, as did Jim Suswain and Matt Tanner in 32nd and 37th places in the men's. It was also great to see so many new faces with 5 runners taking part in their first RR10 and we hope to see many more new faces this year. There also look to be some great age category results all over the board, which will be interesting to review once all clubs results are in.

The next RR10 is at Stoney Cross, near Fritham on Wednesday 2nd May. See you then!"

Hardley results are below.  The full results will be on the RR10 website (see LInks tab above) on Thursday evening.

For you webmaster this was a challenging evening.  Despite allowing one hours and 45 minutes for the journey we were 5 minutes late.  Of course that meant we had to park as far away from the start as possible.  Then we had to get to the start and we arrived to see that the race was disappearing into the distance. So we had to catch the tail runners then we were able to join in.  Must remember to leave even more time next year.

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
16	Karen Denham	V40		31	Alex Burlinson	V50		132	Jacqui Healey	V50
24	Jane Morgan	V50		71	Hannah Cockle			146	Sally Harbut	V40
27	Jane Hodge	V50		113	Chris Harris	V60
Men
32	Jim Suswain			125	Dan Chown			171	John  Simmonds	V60
37	Matt Tanner	V50		128	Trevor Huddleston	V40		181	Brendon Harbut	V40
64	Dale Purdon	V50		138	Malcolm Renyard	V70		194	Patrick James	V40
68	Mark Darcy	V40		141	Mick Anglim	V70		196	John  Labbett	V50
70	Jack Fairbrother			142	Ian Hawker	V60		210	Paul Newby	V70
78	Dan Latham			146	Mark Lee	V50		218	Ian Craddock	V40
104	Paul Blundell	V50		152	Ed Biddle	V40		248	Rob  Wells	V40
121	Steve Haysom	V60		169	Matt Captain	V40		257	Jeremy Barber	V60
123	Dave Wilson	V60		170	Glen Hastlelow	V50		266	Andy Barber	V60

HRRL Race 9 - The Salisbury 10 - Sunday 8 April 2018

The Salisbury 10 is the City of Salisbury Athletics & Running Club’s flagship event. A friendly race suitable for all abilities that follows a scenic route north of Salisbury following the banks of the River Avon through the gently undulating Woodford Valley with fine views of the cathedral spire on the return leg.

Hardley results are below.  You can read more about the race here and see the full results here

Pos	Name	Time	Chip Time	Category	Cat Pos	Gender Pos
85	Matthew Tanner	01:06:19	01:06:14	MV50	11	80
278	Mick Anglim	01:17:28	01:17:18	MV70	2	231
340	Jane Hodge	01:21:25	01:21:04	FV55	7	65
462	Vicki Clarke	01:28:40	01:28:05	FSnr	29	120
569	Christine  Harris	01:36:02	01:35:03	FV65	3	195
716	Jan Anglim	01:53:02	01:51:49	FV65	8	307

The Paris Marathon - Sunday 8 April 2018

Emma Rogers reports,

"I’ve just completed Paris Marathon.
It’s probably the hardest thing I have ever done, and I would not have been able to do it if it wasn’t for the help and support of this club.
Thank you so much "

Well done Emma.  For the record, Emma completed her first matahon in 37,920th place in 5:22:39.  Click on the picture of her to see the official photographs that she features in.

The Test Way Ultra - Saturday 7 April 2018

Mark Lee and Paul Blundell did this scenic 44 miler.  Paul reports,

"Mark Lee and myself decided to enter the Test Way Ultra 44 organised by Andover trail runners.

The plan was to ...."  Click here to read the full report and see the pictures.

West Wight 3 Hills  - Monday 2 April 2018

This is a tough race and this year's, due to the muddy conditions and a long detour from Alum Bay, was perhaps the toughest yet.

Club President, Mick Anglim, reports, "It was a memorable set of results for Forest based runners and particularly the ladies.

The annual race is organised by Ryde Harriers and although only 8.2 miles long had over 1,000' of climbing over very varied terrain. It starts at Freshwater Leisure Centre and climbs up a muddy gully to Golden Hill Fort before descending on road back through Freshwater and up again to Headon Warren. The underfoot conditions were particularly testing with many muddy and slippery sections before the sheer climb from Alum Bay up the grassy side of Tennyson Down. The run along the ridge was in the mist before the long descent into Freshwater Bay and the return on road to Freshwater.

Sway's Kathy Bailey of Winchester AC stormed around the tough course in 59:42 to finish 11th overall, 1st lady and 1st F50 improving on her 2nd place in 2017. Romsey's Sue Sleath, a 2nd Claim Hardley Runner, finished in 64:30 to claim both 2nd lady and 2nd F50 with Liz Young of Hardley 3rd lady and 1st F35 in 66:09. Liz had not run an Open race for over 2 years so it was great to see her back in action.

Success for our ladies continued with Chris Harris 2nd F65 in 90:09.

The Hardley men were not quite so successful but Matt Tanner finished 13th overall and 2nd M50 in 61:48 and Mick Anglim was 1st M70 in 71:42.  And Matt, Mick and Paul Bundell, who finsihed in 67:41, made up a Hardley team who finsihed 5th and were the only non Isle of Wight team in the top ten. Well done. 

Other Hardley results: Martin Loveless - 72:17, Dave Wilson - 75:17, Mike Sleath - 108:06"

You can see the full results here.

Combe Gibbet to Overton 16 mile trail race - Sunday 25 March 2018

Paddy Butler reports, "An extremely scenic point to point run through Berkshire and Hampshire. Tougher than I thought it would be due to the muddy conditions and  undulating hills and ridges but some great views."

Martin Loveless adds, "Lovely race but very sticky underfoot and still some snow in places on the tracks.  Know it’s downhill overall but I’d forgotten just how much uphill there was as well!"

If you like that sort of thing but are daunted by 16 miles then how about all or part of the Triple Whammy on Saturday 28 April - see Race Diary tab above for details.

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
8	01:49:01	Mark Causebrook	SM
99	02:21:02	Paddy Butler	MV55
172	02:43:56	Martin Loveless	MV60
173	02:43:56	Tiffany Hanley	FV50

The Grizzly Cub - Seaton - Sunday 18 March 2018

Along with lots of races, the Grizzly was cancelled bacause of the bad weather but the Cub went ahead with a revised course and the four Hardley runners who made it to Seaton had a great time.  Paddy Butler reports,

"Did the Grizzly today. It should have been retitled the Polar Bear. The marshals and organisers did a tremendous job considering the weather and were very good humoured. They shortened the course down to the 10 mile route but it was tough enough with the sub zero temperatures plus windchill. Conditions underfoot were slippery and, at times, the visibility was poor. I've never run on a beach with snow on it and I've never had en route cups of water with ice in them - would be nice on many runs but not needed today. 1266 runners finished which was a great turnout."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.  And here's an album from Adrian Mudle.

Pos	Name	Time	Chip Time	Gender Pos
149	Paddy Butler	01:21:43	01:20:45	138
783	Brendon Harbut	01:56:17	01:55:23	580
786	Ian Hawker	01:56:24	01:55:28	581
812	Adrian Mudle	01:58:43	01:57:47	597

CC6 Race 8 - Wilverley - Sunday 11 March 2018

CC6 Captain, Simon Ibbotson, reports,

Today was the final CC6 of the 2017/2018 series, held at Wilverley. Due to bird nesting the course was changed to use tracks of the inclosure which provided a hilly, muddy and challenging route.  Well done to all our runners and special mention to Vicki Clarke for leading home the ladies in 14th place and Nathan Renyard for the men in 12th.

Also, happy Mother's Day to all that Mums that took part.

Following on from the CC6s will be the RR10 series, which begins in around 5 weeks time. Details are on our Race Diary page".

Simon is retiring as CC6 Captain at the end of this season.  If you think you might like to replace him please contact Simon (see Contact Us tab above).

Hardley results are below.  The full results are on the CC6 website (see Links tab above).

 

CC6 Race 7 (of 8) - Denny Wood - Sunday 18 February 2018

Click on the thumbnail to see the team photo. And there's a lovely album of over 600 photos on FB here.

CC6 Captain, Simon Ibbotson, reports,

"It was a great turn out for Hardley this morning, with 8 ladies and 23 men running for us.  Jane Morgan led home the ladies in 9th place and Rob Kelf the men in 15th place.  Well done everyone!

Next up is the final race of the series at Wilverley Plain on the 11th March."

Martin Loveless comments, "What a great course, mud, mud, mud, grass and a bit of gravel followed by lots of cakes at the end - perfect "

And Dan Powell adds, " 27 today! And what better way to celebrate it than a muddy CC6 at Denny Wood this morning!"

Simon is retiring as CC6 Captain at the end of this season.  If you think you might like to replace him please contact Simon (see Contact Us tab above).

Hardley results are below.  The full results are on the CC6 website (see Links tab above).

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
9	Jane Morgan	V50		36	Lisa Lewis	V50		97	Sally Kirk	V60
14	Vicki Clarke	S		78	Sarah Fitton	V40		101	Annie Bruce Low	V70
23	Hannah Du Preez	S		91	Sally Harbut	V40
Men
15	Rob Kelf	S		66	Paddy Butler	V50		133	Glenn Hastelow	V50
24	Nathan Renyard	S		74	Ian Smith	V50		138	Brendon Harbut	V40
38	Dan Powell	S		75	Paul Blundell	V50		147	Adrian Mudle	V60
44	Dale Purdom	V50		81	Dan Chown	S		156	Rob Wells	V40
51	John Robson	V50		82	Ian Hawker	V60		157	Mike Sleath	V50
52	Matthew Tanner	V50		84	Mick Anglim	V70		158	Jeremy Barber	V60
60	Simon Ibbotson	S		107	Dave Wilson	V60		169	Roy van Hal	V70
61	Dan Latham	S		118	Martin Loveless	V60

HCCL Race 8 - Aldershot - Saturday 10 February 2018

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Acting Cross Country Captain, Mick Anglim, reports,

"The final HCCL race was held in the rain on a new course near Aldershot yesterday. The playing field sections of the 9k course for men and 5.9k for women were muddy and slippy and the woodland paths were worse!

Hardley men romped home in 1st place in Div 3 for the 3rd time which put them top of the League and earned promotion for next season. Tim Anetts led the team home in 36th place with Mark Causebrook 54, James Clarke 97, Dale Purdom 116 and Mick Anglim the only M70 in 157.

The Hardley ladies also had a fantastic performance finishing 7th out of 27 Clubs!! 

Natalie Green was an impressive 23rd with Liz Young 36, Vicki Clarke 47, Tamsin Roberts 76 and Chris Harris 3rd W65 in 105th. 

Natalie and Vicki ended the season in 19th and 27th overall in a very high class field."

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
Men 9K
36		Tim Anetts		37:24
54		Mark Causebrook		39:02
97		James Clarke		42:03
116	46	Dale Purdom	M50	43:36
157	76	Mick Anglim	M70	48:52
Women 5.9K
23		Natalie Green		27:30
36	11	Liz Young	V35	29:01
47		Vicki Clarke		30:02
76		Tamsin Roberts		32:4
105	59	Chris Harris	V65	38:20

HRRL Race 7 - The Ryde 10 - Sunday 4 February 2018

Men's Road Race Captain, Tim Anetts, reports, "Some great results at the very windy and hilly Ryde 10mile. As always there was a good turn out from Hardley. A new course divided opinion but well done to both the men and ladies who put out good teams and special mention to Mick Anglim who came first in the V70 category."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	Cat	Gender Pos	Cat Pos	Gun Time	Chip Time
18	Tim Anetts	SM	17	12	01:01:44	01:01:44
64	Dan Powell	SM	58	29	01:07:34	01:07:29
74	Matt Tanner	M50	67	8	01:09:28	01:09:22
102	Callum Tanner	SM	90	42	01:12:16	01:12:11
151	Natalie Green	SF	26	8	01:15:16	01:14:58
153	Paul Blundell	M50	127	14	01:15:40	01:15:31
165	Vicki Clarke	SF	32	9	01:16:58	01:16:39
200	Mick Anglim	M70	158	1	01:19:42	01:19:29
239	Mark Lee	M50	183	21	01:24:19	01:24:10
266	Tamsin Roberts	SF	70	20	01:27:12	01:26:54

The Stonehenge Stomp - Sunday 28 January 2018

Mick Anglim reports, "On Sunday morning in Amesbury the weather conditions were perfect for the 30th anniversary of the Stonehenge Stomp. Surprisingly the underfoot conditions were very good with just a few patches of mud on the longer courses. Thankfully the event has now been taken over by the City of Salisbury AC using the same format as Amesbury Walkers.

That and the good weather may explain why there was a record entry of 940 runners and walkers. Hardley was represented by 15 who pre-entered and at least another dozen who entered on the day.

Among them Matt and Callum Tanner flew around the 20k route which Jan Anglim and Sue Lewis took a little more leisurely. 

Natalie Green shrugged off the Brighton X/C and joined Ian Smith and daughter Hannah for the 30k course while Roger Morgan used the 40k route as marathon training.

I jogged around the 'alternative 20' which omits the initial residential section but includes the final scenic  10k of the 40k course. 

At £5 including refreshments at 6 Checkpoints and an impressive 30th Anniversary embroidered badge the Stomp has to be the one of the best value local events. Long may it continue under CoSARC."

Steve Bennett adds, "I bumped into a few other Hardley Runners in this annual event celebrating its 30th year.

After pre-race bro-hugs from Mark Lee, a large group of us including Alice Ryder, Paul Blundell set off on the 30K route. Matt and Callum Tanner were doing the 20K and soon turned off. I made a mistake of chatting to Sue Sleath - now Sue is lovely - but she's fast....and so I found myself putting in a little more work than normal and pulled clear of the other Hardley 30K group until Natalie Green shot past me at 17 miles!

As always a great event with a choice of 10, 20, 30 or 40K routes to run, jog or walk, well signed and organised."

Click on the logo to see some pictures.  And you can read more about the event here.

Southern Cross Country Championships - Brighton - Saturday 27 January 2018

Vicki Clarke reports

"On Saturday 27th six Hardley Runners made the trip down to Brighton for the Southern X/C Championships. Stanmer Park is on the side of the South Downs and with 250m of climb in 8k for the women and 440m in 14.4k for the men it was always going to be a tough course. The deteriorating weather ensured that it was a memorable race for all the Seniors!

On arriving the course was already muddy, but passable, so myself, Natalie Green and Chris Harris lined up amongst a packed line up of high standard athletes. As the gun went the rain started on cue, turning the course into a complete slip fest, with the uphills getting harder, and the downhills becoming treacherous. Despite that, I personally enjoyed it, and would recommend it to others to give it a go. Natalie ran a great race leading the team in in 124th, I was 184th and Chris finished us off in 339th. For me it was a great day out, and the souvenir hoody and Brighton night out post-race, definitely made it a fantastic trip. Well done to everyone who finished! Vicki

The men's race didn't start until 2:50 after nearly 1,700 runners had already churned up the course. The rain continued throughout the race and the wind turned stronger and colder. Andy Kellaway had to pull out on the first of 3 laps to protect a calf injury in the slippy conditions. Dale Purdom finished in a creditable 523rd position out of the 740 finishers." 

Mick Anglim adds,

"I've been competing in cross country races for over 55 years on 4 continents and the combination of terrain, mud and adverse weather made this one of the toughest. I took over 15 minutes longer than on the same course 3 years ago and finished in 724th place, almost in the dark!"

You can see the full results here

CC6 Race 6 (of 8) Kings Garn - Sunday 21 January 2018

CC6 Captain, Simon Ibbotson, reports, ""WET WET WET and very muddy describes the 6th CC6 held today at Kings Garn Gutter Inclosure at Stoney Cross. 6 ladies and 10 men ran for Hardley. Jane Morgan led home the ladies in 11th place and Dan Powell the men in 13th place. Well done everyone! 

Next up is Denny Wood in four weeks time, on the 18th February"

Here's an album with 700 pictures.

Hardley results are below.  The full results are on the CC6 website (see Links tab above).

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
11	Jane Morgan	V50		25	Tamsin Roberts	S		27	Hannah Cockle	S
16	Vicki Clarke	S		26	Hannah Du Preez	S		77	Annie Bruce Low	V70
Men
13	Dan Powell	S		53	Paul Blundell	V50		75	Roger Morgan	V50
19	Nathan Renyard	S		60	Andy Kellaway	V50		82	Dave Wilson	V60
38	Matthew Tanner	V50		61	Mick Anglim	V70
42	Jack Fairbrother	S		63	Simon Ibbotson	S

HRRL Race 6 - The Stubbington 10K - Sunday 14 January 2018

Jane Hodge reports,

“The Stubbington 10km is a well organised HRRL race and the conditions were good enough yesterday for 4 PBs (Vicki Clarke, Graham Robbin, Tim Anetts and Paddy Butler who says he's not sure whether it was the Marcothon or the sea air what done it), a PB for the course (James Clarke) and a number of placings (Malc Renyard and Mick Anglim 2nd and 4th V70 respectively, Jane Hodge 3rd V55 and Jan Anglim 4th V70). There was little wind and it was not as cold as it has been so it was a very enjoyable race. Not only was the course fast and traffic free but you got a decent goody bag for your money (long sleeved technical bright green T-shirt, power bar, banana, water) and the results were posted very quickly.

I recommend you enter early for the 2019 race as it always fills up quickly.”

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	Cat	Cat Pos	Gun Time	Chip Time
18	Tim Anetts	MS	15	00:34:48	00:34:45
308	Paddy Butler	MV55	19	00:42:57	00:42:44
362	Graham Robbins	MS	148	00:44:15	00:44:08
371	Malcolm Renyard	MV70	2	00:44:22	00:44:09
395	Vicki Clarke	FS	15	00:44:41	00:44:14
459	Charles Wilson	MV60	13	00:45:51	00:45:25
479	Mike Smith	MV65	7	00:46:26	00:46:08
515	Mick Anglim	MV70	4	00:47:31	00:47:16
569	Jane Hodge	FV55	3	00:48:38	00:48:13
719	Charmaine Bradford	FV35	34	00:51:15	00:49:45
944	Sarah Kay	FS	75	00:55:33	00:54:48
1455	Jan Anglim	FV70+	4	01:07:15	01:05:16
1655	Annie Bruce-Low	FV70+	7	01:44:09	01:41:45

HCCL Race 4 - Reading - Saturday 13 January 2018

MIck Anglim reports, "The penultimate Hampshire Cross Country League race was held at Prospect Park, Reading on a cold but dry afternoon. Disappointingly Hardley did not have full teams for either men or women.

However Natalie Green and Vicki Clarke flew the flag high for Hardley with Natalie finishing in a season's best of 33rd with Vicki in 69th (having run Southampton parkrun in the morning!)

The course was heavy underfoot and hilly with the men having over 400' of climb in 9.2k and the ladies 5.2k.

Andy Kellaway is getting back to form and finished in his season's best of 135th with Mick Anglim in 157th and 3rd M60 and 1st M70.

Full Results are here 

The next and final HCCL fixture will be on a new venue at Rushmoor, Aldershot on Saturday 10 February.

Our men can still win Div3 if we get our swift youngsters out so please represent your club as there is no HRRL clash that weekend."

The Fifth CC6 - Badger Farm - Sunday 7 January 2018

CC6 Captain, Simon Ibbotson, reports, "Other than the icy wind it was a beautiful morning today for the 5th CC6 of the series, at Badger Farm, Winchester.  Some new fencing and livestock in the form of cows made for an interesting addition to the course this year.  This didn't seem to slow the race as we had some great results. The Clarkes led Hardley home today with James in 9th position and Vicki in 12th position. Very well done to everyone.

The next CC6 is Kings Garn Gutter Inclosure, Stoney Cross in just two weeks time on Sunday 21st Jan starting at 9:30am.  I will send out details nearer the time."

Hardely results are below.  The full results will be on the CC6 website the evening after the race.  Here's a small picture album from Simon and here's one from Hammy with over 1,400 pictures.

Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat		Pos	Name	Cat
Women
12	Vicki Clarke	S		59	Lisa Lewis	V50
20	Lynn McDonagh	V40		130	Annie Bruce Low	V70
Men
9	James Clarke	S		79	Paul Blundell	V50		121	Roger Morgan	V50
28	Brendan Anglim	V40		83	Graham Robbins	S		134	Jon Orpen	S
30	Dan Powell	S		99	Dan Chown	S		176	Mike Sleath	V50
49	Matthew Tanner	V50		111	Ian Hawker	V60		177	Jeremy Barber	V60
64	Jack Fairbrother	S		117	Patrick James	V40
65	Dan Latham	S		118	Mick Anglim	V70

Hants Cross Country Championships - Fairthorne Manor - Saturday 6 January 2018

We are the Champions!

Acting Cross Country Captain, Mick Anglim, reports, "

Congratulations to our Hampshire Cross Country Champions Jane Morgan (W55) and Malc Renyard (M70).

Fairthorne Manor was wall to wall mud and rough underfoot in places as we crossed tractor tracks around the modified courses with the ladies running 8.4k and the men 11.75.

Fortunately the rain stayed away but there was a biting North wind.

Well done to Vicki Clarke as our only Senior runner.

It was disappointing that none of our younger men ran as we were one short of a Senior Men's team. Our Veteran Men finished 12th team."

Hardley results are below.  You can see the full results here

And here are over 4,500 photos by Hammy

Pos	Name	Cat	Cat Pos	Time
Men 11.75K
146	Dale Purdom	M50	8	55:57
150	Paddy Butler	M55	10	56:17
161	Malcolm Renyard	M70	1	58:33
162	Dave Wilson	M60	6	58:51
66	Mick Anglim	M70	2	59:20
Women 8.4K
49	Vicki Clarke	SW	32	40:35
64	Jane Morgan	W55	1	43:46