It was a busy weekend for racing, with the Berlin Marathon finally taking place. There were some terrific times there as well as in the Hackney and Ealing Half marathons, and the Triffic Trail 10k and the NW London XC YAL.

NW London XC League YAL, #1, Horsenden Hill, 25.09.21

Simon sent in this report “After almost 2 years the Juniors were back running Cross Country with the traditional season opener with the North West London Youth Cross Country League at Horsenden Hill/Berkeley Playing Fields. Overall numbers were down about 30% on the last race held here, a reflection of the impact the pandemic has had on Clubs and their membership. However, London Heathside had a good compliment of 30 Juniors taking part with several debuts. The weather was good and the ground perfect with a good covering of grass. Ideal for those running the Mini-Marathon next week. Team wins for the U11 Boys, U15 Girls and U17 Men while the U13 Girls finished 2nd. Individually Amy Kirk (U13G) was 1st, Bedo Draskoczy (U17M) 2nd and Issy Watkins (U15G) 3rd,

The U11s got things going with Rory Willis a week after his Chingford League win first Heathsider home in 4th place. Soon after Sean McNeely and Charles Roberts crossed the line in 8th and 9th place. Conors twin Brother Conor followed in 16th place with James Hampton Phillips 17th and W Edwards 20th the Boys won the team event. Debutant Mia Beeby was our only U11 Girl finishing in 10th place as a yr 5 she has another year running in this age group.

In the U13's Ben Redland was running well in the top 5 before twisting his knee and having to retire sp Sam Turner who has had a great track season was the first Heathsider home in 5th place, Frank Bailey just crossed the line under 13 minutes to finish 8th and debutant Noa Sotiroff was 19th to see the team finish in 4th place. The Girls competing against a strong Cookham team finished in 2nd place. Amy Kirk won her first race in Club Colours with a very controlled race pulling away from the 2nd placed runner after the half way point. Caitlin Roberts was 4th with Jessica Lappin 8th and Lila Blustin 11th showing the depth the Club has in this age group.

Our U15 Girls are arguably our strongest age group this year and they produced a dominant performance to win the team competition anchored by Issy Watkins in 3rd place with Hattie Munday 5s behind in 4th Mia Rosen was 6th only a further 5s behind followed by Ruby Walls in 7th and Milly Watkins 12th. It was great to see Hattie and Ruby back running after injury. The boys team was more depleted however George Saint produced a solid debut to finish 18th and Artie Feeny-Willings having gone out hard 30th place.

The U17 Men also look very strong this year and won the team event led home by Bedo Draskoczy in 2nd place Roni Kizilkaya was next in 5th with Janak Subberwal and Lee Ake in 10th/11th just under the 18 minute mark. Arthur Reed was 18th and Avery Dietrich 20th. In the Womans race Maia Hampton Philips and Tess Walker enjoyed a race long tussle with Tess coming in one place ahead of Maia.

Well done to all who took place and Kabir and Zac for their team management on the day. The next race will be Met League at Claybury on the 16th.

Results

U11 Boys 2,000m 20 runners

1st V Chopra (Harrow) 7:51

4th Rory Willis 7:55

8th Seb McNeely 8:31

9th Charles Roberts 8:39

16th Conor Roberts 9:06

17th Jude Hampton-Phillips 9:14

20th Wes Edwards 9:54

Team:- 1st London Heathside 37 pts

U11 Girls 2,000m 12 runners

1st Q Bookless (Cookham) 8:02

10th Mia Beeby 9:35

Team:- 8th London Heathside 49 pts

U13 Boys 3000m 25 runners

1st A Phillips (SBH) 11:42

5th Sam Turner 12:18

8th Frank Bailey 12:59

19th Noa Sotiroff 14:27

Team:- 4th London Heathside 58th

U13 Girls 3000m 17 runners

1st Amy Kirk 13:19

4th Caitlin Roberts 14:01

8th Jessica Lappin 14:57

11th Lila Blustin 15:06

Team:- 2nd London Heathside 24 pts

U15 Boys 4000m 32 Runners

1st G Hawkins (Dacorum) 13:51

18th George Saint 15:47

30th Artie Feeny-Willings 17:41

Team:- 8th London Heathside 114 pts

U15 Girls 4000m 28 runners

1st J Heller (Cookham) 15:11

3rd Issy Watkins 15:51

4th Hattie Munday 15:56

6th Mia Rosen 16:01

7th Ruby Walls 16:12

12th Milly Watkins 17:48

Team:- 1st London Heathside 20 pts

U17 Men 5000m 20 runners

1st J Bailey (Highgate) 16:04

2nd Bedo Draskoczy 16:17

5th Roni Kizilkaya 16:45

10th Janak Subberwal 17:57

11th L Ake 19:22

18th Arthur Reed 19:22

20th Avery Dietrich 20:11

Team:- 1st London Heathside 28 pts

U17 Women 5000m 17 runners

1st G Milnes (Dacorum) 17:29

10th Tess Walker 21:26

11th Maia Hampton-Philips 21:39

Team:- 7th London Heathside 77 pts

Berlin Marathon, Berlin 26.09.21

Further afield three Heathsiders ran in the Berlin marathon, with Damien Lane leading the trio with a terrific sub 3 time of 2.58.30, very closely followed by Nick Ohora with a time of 3.00.00.23

Results

1023th Damien Lane M50 02:58:30

1175 Nick Ohora M45 03:00:23

4365th Jim Connell M45 3:36:24

Ealing Half Marathon, Ealing, 26.09.21

Filipe Cardoso was delighted to have got a PB at the Ealing Half and here is his report:

Three Heathsiders went to West London to take part in the Ealing Half Marathon. It was a great day for a PB with mild weather and amazing support. Besides the official water stations, local residents were out in big numbers to cheer on the runners and hand out water and sweets. The course was undulating but for Heathsiders who train on the north London hills, they should find the course flatter than a typical long run. The hills did not seem too steep or too long.

Personally, I aimed to hang on to the 1:25 pacer for as long as possible and improve on my 1:29 time from a virtual half. It ended up being a cat and mouse chase, where I would fall behind the pacer uphill and catch up again downhill. I crossed the line a few seconds behind the pacer and was over the moon with my time.

Results

36th Filipe CARDOSO 1:24:43.1 V40 8th in age

218th Eilidh WAGSTAFF 1:36:27.5 FSen 5th in age

1715th Thomas STOTTOR 2:18:06.2 MSen 539th in age

Hackney Half marathon

Seyfu had a superb run finishing in third place in 1.10.45, and Thomas Archer also excelled, finishing 6th in 1.13.02. The results below are incomplete as it is impossible to search the results by club. Results below will be updated when I have the complete list - apologies for delay.

Andrew Hudson reported: “a flat course, pretty good conditions, and a well organised race in Hackney, with several Heathsiders among 40,000 runners serenaded by steel bands and other entertainment as we wended our way through the streets of the borough. The course no longer includes the Olympic Park. On the whole, that's good: when I did the first one, I thought some of the Farah/Ennis/Rutherford stardust would inspire me towards the finish, but in fact the heat just bounces back off the tarmac with zero shade. The price for not going there was more twists and turns in the back end of the race.

None of this stopped Seyfu and Thomas doing brilliantly at the front, and Maura recording a PB. Nuno and I were returning after long layoffs, but glad we had run. Apologies to any Heathsiders who I have missed out."

Results

5K

2nd Andy Barnes 16.06

96th Lily McKay 20.39

Half Marathon

3rd Seyfu Jamaal 1.10.45

6th Thomas Archer 1.13.02

26th Jake Evans 77.54

36th Chris Rampling 79.08

74th Tom ivermore 81.49

80th Ewan Gult 81.59

98th Paul Kelland 83.00

150 Josie Hinton 84.40

203rd Catrin Tayler 85.33

694 Nic Traver 92.27

1017th Andrew Wooding 95.12

1138th Yen Vo 96.19

1338th Nick Hodges-Gibson 97.46

1001st Clare Hartley-Marjoram 95.07

1350th Maura Bellio 1.37.52

2046 Lily McKay 1.41.53

2439 Annabel Judd 1.43.47

6553th Andrew Hudson 2.00.28

6746th Nuno Otero 2.01.17

Triffic Trail 10k, Trent Park, 26.09.21

An enthusiastic group of Heathsiders took part in this hilly run on the trails and paths of beautiful Trent Park. The start was delayed by half an hour due to traffic caused by petrol queues, but this failed to dampen spirits. It was a great morning, sunny and just about cool enough. Everyone staggered home with huge goody bags, and bright green shirts, and in addition there was quite a haul of prizes for the women - Cinzia was 1st senior (2nd woman), Jessica Vinluan was second vet (4th woman), Tanya Addison was 1st super vet (5th woman) and Caroline White was first V60 (16th woman)

Results

27 Chiara BORG 00:44:19 1st senior 2nd woman

39 Jessica VINLUAN 00:46:28 2nd Vet 4th woman

42 Tanya ADDISON 00:46:37 1st super vet 5th woman

58 Thomas GODEC 00:48:28 15th Senior

71 Daniel WRAPSON 00:49:52 20th Senior

81 Guillaume PICHOIS 00:49:51 22nd Vet

85 Michael GRAY 00:50:33 24th Vet

87 Caroline WHITE 00:50:52 1st 60+

89 Rebecca MARSHALL 00:50:55 9th Vet

91 Darrell OSBORNE 00:51:13 27th Vet

115 Ann WOULFE 00:52:40 11th Vet

130 Alun Nash 00.53:53 7TH 60+

134 Rob SAMBROOKS 00:53:27 40th Vet

202 Bea VEGA 00:58:45 29th Vet

211 Nick DE SAUSMAREZ 00:59:34 45th Super Vet 45

241 Nick DEMOS 01:00:58 49th Super Vet 49

Lee Valley Autumn Throws Fest, Lee Valley, 25.9.21

Shot Putt (3kg)
6th Helene Kehoe (VW55) 7.43m

Hammer (3Kg)
6th Helene Kehoe (VW55) 19.34m

Javelin (700g)
5th Marcel Baczek (U17) 31.57m

Last Friday of the month 5K, Hyde Park, 24.09.21

Pete sent in this mini report: “Only two Heathsiders flying the flag it seems – and both V60s. Hot, sunny and a bit breezy, and on the two lap course - first time clockwise for me.”

Results

55th Pete Crockford 19:57 3rd V60

116th Alun Nash 26:00

Parkrun results from the weekend can be found here, and there were first places for Emma Watson, Hannah Yip, Liz Drake and Leo Burningham.

Compiled by Caroline with thanks to Pete Crockford, Filipe Cardosos and of course Simon Baker (as always the chief reporter!!!)

Berlin Marathon, Hackney and Ealing Half, YAL XC and Triffic Trail

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