Introduction
Hayley Higham (born 3 January 1974 in Dorchester) is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009.
She works as a Maths teacher at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and runs for the Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club. She has competed for England in the Commonwealth Games and for Great Britain in a number of competitions. In December 2004 she won the European Cross Country Championship in Heringsdorf.
In December 2009 she won the European Cross Country Championship in Dublin after coming out of retirement from competitive running. She followed this up a month later by coming fourth in the 2010 International Edinburgh Cross Countryfourteen seconds after winner Tirunesh Dibaba over the freezing 5.8 kilometre course.
Career highlights
- British National Championships
- 2002 - 1st, 5,000 m
- 2003 - 1st, 10,000 m
- 2003 - 1st, 5,000 m
- 2006 - 1st, 5,000 m
- Other competitions
- 2004 - 1st, European Cross Country Championships
- 2007 - 1st, Cross Internacional de San Sebastián
- 2008 - 1st, Belfast International Cross Country
- 2009 - 1st, European Cross Country Championships
Personal bests
| Distance | Mark | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 m | 8:58.98 | 4 July 2001 | Cardiff |
| 5,000 m | 15:16.44 | 23 July 2005 | Heusden |
| 10,000 m track | 31:45.14 | 12 June 2004 | Utrecht |
| 10,000 m road | 32:31 | 5 February 2006 | Chichester |
| Half marathon | 1:12.11 | 1 October 2006 | Newcastle |