2018 News

Bright and early on Saturday 1st December, the 16 runners in the selected Blues cross-country teams and a full bus load of supporters left Cambridge to travel down to Wimbledon common and the Headquarters of the Thames Hare and Hounds club, who kindly organise the Blues match every year. The atmosphere on the bus was […]

Fiona Bunn | 2 December 2018

For many runners at Cambridge the annual Varsity match is the biggest race of the term and the 24th of November was the date that had been underlined in training calendars for some time. This was the day when we would go up against our Oxford counterparts and the culmination of weeks of miles, sessions […]

Jose Gray | 27 November 2018

An annual fixture in the early cross country season is the RAF vs Eastern Counties vs CUH&H competition, with both our opponents having a large pool of athletes to draw on and this being the last race before varsity selection there was a slightly more serious atmosphere than cuppers.  The conditions were also more serious, […]

Jose Gray | 29 October 2018

Cuppers cross-country is the annual inter-college race and was the first chance to test the legs over a more traditional grass course after the fast and furious Freshers 5km. A large turnout of 54 runners from 22 different colleges escaped the Cambridge bubble on a coach to run the course at St Neot’s Priory park, […]

Fiona Bunn | 20 October 2018

It’s that time of year again when everyone (well maybe not everyone) is getting just a little excited for cross country to get going and the college league is kicked of with Freshers Fun Run. To give everyone a proper taster of what’s to come as we go into the XC season the weather decided […]

Jose Gray | 7 October 2018

September training camp went on a Highland adventure this year, with about 30 intrepid Hareys venturing up to Pitlochry for a week of training, coinciding conveniently with the Pitlochry Highland Games. Most arrived at the Atholl centre on Thursday 6th , which turned out to be a pretty perfect base camp for the week with […]

Fiona Bunn | 16 September 2018

PBs galore in the men’s squad – I’ve listed as many of the current squad’s PBs down below as I could find, but let me know if I’ve missed you out (or there’s a mistake in the results)! At the start of the track season James Coxon made the semi finals of BUCS 1500m (and […]

Su-Min Lee | 7 September 2018

With no sign of mud and cross-country throughout a hot and dry summer, Hareys took to the track, road and hills. To say there were a fair few PBs would be a considerable understatement. I’ve listed as many of the current squad’s PBs down below as I could find, but let me know if I’ve […]

Su-Min Lee | 5 September 2018

  May week has a special feel in Cambridge with everyone out to have a good time and celebrate finishing exams. The Harey’s celebrated in style starting with a takeover of Robinson May Ball, floating down the Cam on lilos and wrapped things up in style with Cambridge Distance evening. Fast flat 5k’s don’t come […]

Jose Gray | 15 June 2018

Men’s 5000m race. The varsity competitions are a rite of passage for any sportsperson at Oxbridge and running is no exception. The cross country race against Oxford is held at the beginning of December but early May gives Cambridge runners another opportunity to pit themselves against our Oxford counterparts, this time on the track. Harey […]

Jose Gray | 19 May 2018

The first day of BUCS kicked off with the 1500m heats. MacGregor Cox ran 4:01.18, just one place off qualification for the semi-finals, with James Coxon coming very close to the Blues Standard with a 3:53.74, qualifying for the semi-finals. Niamh Bridson Hubbard was part of an incredible feat of synchronised finishing, coming third in […]

Fiona Bunn | 14 May 2018

Feeling inspired by the Harey gods of men + women who ran the London Marathon this year? If you’d like to represent CUH&H at the London Marathon in the Varsity Match make sure you enter the ballot which opens on Monday 30th April ! Failed ballot entrants will be prioritised when allocating the Brasher slots […]

Fiona Bunn | 24 April 2018

At the 2018 BUCS Cross Country Championships, the CUH&H Men’s A team managed a glorious surpassing of their 2017 bronze, to secure a silver medal. Held at Hillingdon Farm, Brunel University, thousands of runners from all over the UK descended upon an extremely muddy, and at points sharply undulating route. Course features including a river […]

Jose Gray | 4 February 2018