The Bottomists, Boxing Day cross-country race, run over Hampstead Heath, first started by the Late Ted Fosbrook, a coach & runner for the club but, now organised by his daughter Deborah Laing. It was...
In the Serpentine RC New Years Day, 10k road race, several Highgate runners were in very good form. Out of the large field, in which 200 women took part Karina Harris was the first woman in 37:02 and...
Jim Ryun [Born 29th April 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Racing Weight 76kgs, 6ft 2inches tall. This gave him a sleek appearance, with an impressive stride. To my mind, he was the ‘the greatest miler’...
Usain Bolt, the World record holder of the 100 & 200m and, gold medallist at three Olympics & Don Quarrie, an Olympic 200m gold medallist in 1976, 2nd in the Olympic 100m Final and, six times he...
Alex Jackson, finished 48th in the 'Elite Race 2' in the FNUL Christmas 5 mile road event, at Battersea on the 19th of December, where he did a personal best time of 25:42.7, improving on the...
Out at Hillingdon, near Hillingdon House farm, Uxbridge on Saturday the 13th of December, it was the younger age groups of the club, who ran so well, in the cross-countries, three of those achieved...
Highgate Harriers had their best result. so far this season, by having their 12 scoring men in the first 38 places out of a field of 372 finishers, in the third of five league matches. It was over the...
OSCAR BELL, had his best Met League result at Wormwood Scrubs, after improving his 5k track & Road times this year down to 13:45.75/13.52. The first to lead, after the initial rush, at the start on...
Only two athletes have won the Olympic 110m High Hurdles title in Olympic history and, they were Lee Calhoun (USA) in 1956 & 1960 and Roger Kingdom in 1984 & 1988. However, an interesting comment was...
Highgate Harrier Leon Wheeler, running for Kings College, in the London University Colleges event indoors, at Lee Valley on the 23rd of November, not only did he run his fastest time for 1500m indoors...
Highgate Harriers men came away from Horsenden Hill, with another victory on Saturday, in the Metropolitan League, in the 2nd of 5 fixtures and, with hopes still high of finishing the season top of...
THOMAS BUTLER, who had been trying to win the senior race for the last half a dozen years, made no mistake at Horsenden Hill, over the comparatively dry course, after the rain in the week Alastair...
Sonny Allen, was first out of 99 finishers in the London Youth Games cross country for fore Under 17's on Saturday the 8th of November. Allen's time was 11.04 and she beat two quality runners Jonjie...
SEFFU JAMAAL who came 2nd in the London Cross of 2023, and 3rd in 2022, led all the way to take London Heathside to team victory, over the fairly dry surface. After a mile he was 30 metres up on...
Claybury, Woodford LIAM DEE, brother of Jamie Dee, who won the previous Met League senior race in February, went away from Flurry Grierson and Roger Poolman, after the second of two laps of three. Dee...
James Lindsay, was a close 2nd in the 'M75' 100m in the European Masters Championships in Madeira, on the 13th of October which was faster than his 14.5, when winning the 'over 75 year old's sprint...
To my mind David Hemery, like the ‘late’ Ron Clarke, was a perfect Genteman of the track. It was an amazing breakthrough when David Hemery ran his World record 400m Hurdles of 48.1 in Mexico City, on...
In the National senior men's cross country relays, at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, Highgate's senior Men's A team came 7th of 172 clubs declared. The Highgate quartet comprised of Pete Chambers (15:57)...
Highgate women won the team prize for the Patricia O'Connor Cup at Fryent Park, Kingsbury on the1st of November. The race was held in conjunction with the Liddiard Cup Mens' race, which in the past...
At Wormwood Scrubs cross-country course, Highgate Under 20''s were 4th of 11 clubs in the South of England cross-country relay won by Windsor Slough & Eton's team in 31.10.on the 18th or October...
On the 11th of October, at Claybury, near Woodford, over the steep hilly course, Highgate men set out with 'Great Hopes' to win the League for the 14th consecutive time, this season. Out of the 23...
Jennifer Lovell, the current President of Highgate Harriers, on the 27th of September, was honoured by England Athletics at the London Volunteer Awards for being a 'Dedicated Official' in the London...
In the Vitality 10k, that weaves its way around the City of London, on the 28th of September there when several Highgate runners who took part, but not from the 'A' team on the roads, except for...
Richard Dawson, a popular Highgate Harrier, died recently. Richard, who was only in his 50's, was a good 400/800 runner on the team and ran 1:52.14 for 800 in 1995 at Crystal Palace. Greg Smith, a 400...
Highgate Harrier, Sean Renfer, has now run all his six consecutive marathons inside 3 hours. In this year's BMW Berlin marathon on the 21st of September, he was the leading Highgate Harrier in 2:28.11...