Latest News and Notices:
17th June 2008
The HRRL AGM (where next year's races finalised) was held at Wide Lane on 16th June. Twelve fixtures for next season have been decided and are updated in the Local Race Diary. Race Directors may update this diary with details of their events - update permission will be granted on request to the league secretary (see contact page). If any event is cancelled it will be discarded from the league.
The league was extended to 12 races partly to allow for a potential increase in the risk of cancellations, due to new Health and Safety policies. It also introduces further redundancy to allow clubs to manage clashes they may have with other events. The team thresholds will be unchanged - only the men's best 8 results and ladies' best 7 will be counted. The individual leagues will now count the best 7 results from 12 instead of 6 from 10, thus allowing up to 5 races to be dropped.
Next season's B-League will be split into two divisions, as agreed at the May 19th Road Race Clubs meeting. This is tentatively indicated by a pink line in the league list summary, but is subject to how many clubs join or rejoin the league.
In all there were 3,446 HRRL runs in all races, up 13% on 2006-7 - see club stats. Let's see if we can do even better next year!
9th June 2008
The Winchester 10k, the final race of the current series, was held on a fine Summer's day. The HRRL results analysis and the final league positions are now available.
Special congratulations to the following:
- Winchester, for a clean sweep of wins for men's and ladies' A & B teams
- Southampton RC and Portsmouth Joggers, for hotly contested Men's A& B teams 2nd & 3rd Places
- Southampton RC and Farnham Ladies A teams, taking 2nd and 3rd places, with Victory ladies running a close 4th
- Salisbury men and ladies, Stubbington Green ladies, and New Forest men, who gain promotion to Division 1
- Fareham men and ladies, Romsey ladies, and Andover men, who gain promotion to Division 2
- Toby Lambert, David Knapman and Richard Gowan, heading the individual Men's league
- Karen Rushton, Kathy Harvey and Sue True, heading the individual Ladies' league
- and to Simon Stevens, 4th in the men's individual, and the only runner this season to score in all 10 races
Prizes for the league will be distributed as usual, at the first race of the 2008-9 series.
15th May 2008
Race Directors and Club officials planning road races should take note of this Road Safety Policy from ACPO which has been brought to our attention thanks to Colin Goater.
21st April 2008
There is a new GPS product on the market from a British company, Sports-Log, for tracking and analysing runners' route and pace data. HRRL
runners will get a 10% discount. Please use the link right
- if you decide to purchase, a small commission will then enable enhancements to the league website.
26th November 2007
Hampshire AA Important Notice: Clubs are reminded that Race Officials requiring registration should complete the registration form as follows. Go to www.ukathletics.net. Click on 'Officials' on top bar. Click on 'Endurance Officials' on left hand drop down window. Click on 'Officials Licence Application Form'. Complete and send with Passport size photo and a letter with experience. They will also need a CRB check before a Licence is issued but don't delay for this to be done. (see CRB guidance).
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Top tips for running:
1) join and use your best suited local running club (why?)
2) use good quality, comfortable running shoes, in good condition
3) allow yourself ample warm-up and warm-down
4) train for distance first, then speed
5) keep a training diary; don't increase total mileage by more than 10% a week
6) prepare adequately for your planned races
7) listen to your body; take injury seriously
8) drink enough water to avoid dehydration, but not too much
9) if you lose excess weight, you will run faster with no additional effort
10) whatever you do, enjoy your running