In a huge field, where many World class road runners competed, in the Valencia Ibercaja 10k road race, on the 11th of January and won by Andreas Almegren of Sweden in a new European Record of 26:46...
Back on the 17th of December, in the 'Run Through Chase the Moon 5k' road race in Battersea Park, the winners were Highgate's Felix Kent, who is studying at Durham University. He was, was the first...
Derek Wood (JD Wood) died at 95, peacefully at home in Enfield his wife Jacqui related. Derek ran at the White City over 3 and 6 miles back in the 1950's, and worked his way up to being a Bank Manager...
Highgate Harriers Men's team, are still going for their 14th consecutive yearly victory, at their next Metropolitan league fixture on the 7th of February at Trent Park, despite the Cross Challenge...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...