New York Marathon and North London Mud
This week has an international flavour with Heathsiders in action in New York and Porto. Closer to home many more tackled the mud and rain in the Liddiard and Sunday League Cross Country.
New York Marathon, New York, 2.11.23
Conor Brown and Jamie Morris took on the NYC marathon on a just slightly too warm sunny Sunday morning. Conor was planning a fun, take it easy marathon just a few weeks after Berlin and an injury hit Autumn. Jamie was after a big PB after a solid training block. Both plans were knocked by the toughness of the course; Conor and Jamie have jointly declared NYC as "definitely the hardest major". The crowd support was amazing but cheers alone don't get you over NYC's many hills and bridges.
Jamie still took 3 minutes off his PB for 2:47:52, 414th, 21st V45, 24th Brit.
An undercooked Conor was still comfortably sub-3 with 2:54:25, 791st, 8th Irishman.
Ealing Mile, Ealing 3.11.23
James Hurrell with a time of 4:42 was 1st in the Ealing Mile
Lancaster Half Marathon, Morecambe, 5.11.23
75th Shona Taylor (SW) 1:46.03
EDP Porto Marathon, Porto, 5.11.23
892nd Joanna Cramoisan (V45) 3:35.39
Chingford League 4#, Hoggs Hill, 7.11.23
Division 2
24th Andrew Wooding 20.43
Liddiard Trophy, Fryent Park, Kingsbury, 3.11.23
The 75th anniversary of the Liddiard Trophy was hosted by Queens Park Harriers at Fryent Park. Luckily the morning rain had stopped but the soft ground provided a real cross country test. Seyfu successfully retained the Senior Mens title just finishing ahead of George Gurney in 2nd and Kader Seyed in 4th. The senior men finished 2nd overall. Sarah Swinhoe our only woman entry finished a strong 6th place.
Results
Senior Men (8km,138 runners))
1st Seyfu Jamaal 25.34
2nd George Gurney 26.23
4th Kader Seyed 26.55
15th Ismail Abukar 28.35
43rd Sam Williams 32.13
51st Matt Beard 32.47
52nd Valentine Valeanu 32.50
55th Rob Shulman 33.04
72nd Lee Connor 34.06
112nd Nick de Sansmarez 40.40
135th Andy Owen 50.33
Team:- 1st Serpentine 129 pts, 2nd London Heathside 223 pts
Senior Women (8km, 69 Runners)
1st K Olding (TVH) 30.57
6th Sarah Swinhoe 33.25
NORTH WEST LONDON YOUNG ATHLETES CC. LGE 2#, Fryent Park, Kingsbury, 4.11.23
The 2nd NWLL meeting of the year saw a great turnout especially from our U11s. 1 individual win 2nd places and a 3rd place saw 1 team win 3 2nd places and 2 3rd place to cap a superb performance.
Luckily the lunchtime start meant the heavy rain in the morning had stopped. The U11 Girls secured 2nd place with Edith Deakin and Imogen Wraight both in the top 10. The U11 Boys were also 2nd with A Panchal our first runner home. The U13’s only saw one girl E Oxley however the U13 Boys secured 3rd place with Rory Willis 3rd and Charlie Nicolson and Alex Kirk both in the top 10. The U15 Girls packed well and won the race with Margot Hunt 3rd, Rosa Cormacain 4th and Lila Blustin 5th. Sam Turner comfortably won the U15 Boys race 27s ahead of Ennio Kaloukian with the team finish 2nd. The U17 Men were 3rd with Fred Beale (U20) guesting next home was led by David Baah Okyere with Artie Feeny Willings and Ben Ryan completing the team. Milly Watkins was our only U17 Woman finishing 2nd.
Results
Girls Under 11 (2000m 38 runners)
1st S. Davies (TVH) 6.55
6th Edith Deakin 7.17
10th Imogen Wraight 7.17
14th Livia. Belkin 7.28
18th Mathilda Hinson 7.43
22nd Margot. Dalton 7.59
30th J. Andre 8.35
Team:- 1st SBH 29, 2nd London Heathside 48
Girls Under 13 (3000m 25 runners)
1st A. Porter (SBH) 12.39
22nd E. Oxley 16.14
Team: 1st Harrow 30 pts, 8th London Heathside 100 pts
Girls Under 15 (4000m 13 runners)
1st A. Johnson (ESM) 15.15
3rd Margot Hunt 15.41
4th Rosa Cormacain 16.11
5th Lila Blustin 16.43
Teams:- 1st London Heathside 26pts, 2nd Highgate 31pts
Under 17 Women (5000m 11 runners)
1st M. Rosen (Bar) 19.02
2nd Milly Watkins 19.26
Teams:- 1st Highgate 29 pts, 4th London Heathside 38pts
Boys Under 11 (2000m 51 runners)
1st D. Pascal (SBH) 6.19
9th A. Panchal 6.51
14th Kit Young 7.01
21st K. Duberry 7.12
24th D. Lewis 7.19
43rd W. Edwards 7.57
Teams:- 1st SBH 16 pts, 2nd London Heathside 68 pts
Boys Under 13 (3000m, 43 runners)
1st J. Hayward (ESM) 11.31
3rd Rory Willis 11.48
7th Charlie Nicolson 12.19
9th Alex Kirk 12.34
31st N. Grela Bekele 14.11
40th Pip Young 15.52
Teams:- 1st ESM 27 pts, 3rd London Heathside 50 pts
Boys Under 15 (4000m, 34 runners)
1st Sam Turner 13.53
2nd Ennio Kalovkian 14.22
17th W. Goshong 15.12
20th T. Mergia 15.18
24th L. Bestmann 15.01
Teams:- 1st ESM 39 pts, 2nd London Heathside 40 pts
Men Under 17 ( 5000m, 22 runners)
1st L. Bailey (Hig) 16.18
6th Fred Beale (U20) 7.47
12th David Baah Okyere 18.21
17th Artie Feeny Willings 19.47
22nd Ben Ryan 21.53
Teams:- 1st Highgate 26 pts, 3rd London Heathside 56 pts
Sunday League 3#, Trent Park, 4.11.23
Another fine turnout from Heathsiders at a very muddy Trent Park for the latest Sunday League race.
Results
1st J Bell (Watford Joggers) 26:56
54th Filipe Cardoso (V40) 31:36
68th Matthew Cockerill (V50) 32:20
75th Harry Owrid 32:59
79th Rob Shulman (V50) 33:03
81st Sarah Swinhoe (VW45) 33:07
83rd Kieran Thompson 33:17
90th Tony Shearer (V40) 33:39
91st Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 33:42
96th Lenny Martin 33:57
104th Oliver Murray (V50) 34:14
112th Lee Connor (V50) 34:37
122th Matt Beard (V50) 35:03
135th Emma Simpson (SW) 35:47
136th Chris Greenwood 35:48
137th Karina Kaufmann (VW35) 35:50
140th David Hallam (V50) 35:54
141st Steve Crowley (V55) 35:55
165th Andrew Wooding 36:49
167th Holly Fenton (VW35) 36:55
191st Satu Hietanen (VW50) 37:46
199th Fabio Espirito Santo 37:59
218th Marco Maserati (V60) 38:34
223rd Katie Belkin (VW45) 38:43
228th Caroline Curtin (VW35) 38:56
254th Caroline White (VW65) 40:05
278th Michael Hickey (V60) 41:17
295th David Walton (V60) 42:02
298th Nick De Sausmarez (V50) 42:08
305th Ken Townson (V50) 42:31
312th Emilia Vynnycky (VW45) 42:51
320th Katy Sinka (VW55) 43:15
343rd Edyta Szot (VW45) 44:18
347th Rebecca Taylor (VW45) 44:33
361st Madeline Minson (VW55) 45:12
407th Caroline Mcgraw (VW50) 48:31
450th Louise Cripps (VW65) 57:44
Parkrun
Only 62 Heathsiders ran in parkrun last Saturday compared to 104 last week maybe due to the cancellation of Ally Pally and Finsbury Park runs. Unusually there were no first place finishes. Full results can be found here.
Compiled by Simon Baker with thanks to Jamie Morris