It was yet another hot weekend and Heathsiders were out competing at Parliament Hill track in the SAL, Elspeth was first lady in the Deal 10k, and Clare Miller was first lady by some 15 minute margin at the Grafham Water duathlon. In the SAL the club is still in relegation zone.
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U13 Darnell Plummer qualifies for the National Champs in the 100m, Howard Gold makes his middle distance tri debut, Tom Aldred sets a new course record in the club handicap – all this and more in this week’s race report.
Read MoreThere is just a scattering of results to report this week, lots of shorter races including a great result from Tammela who ran a 5k back in her home town in New York State. At Milton Keynes Clare Miller had a great run in the NSPCC Half Marathon, finshing in 88min23sec and placing third woman in what must have been very tough conditions. There was also the Regents Park 10k where despite soaring temperatures Rob Bowler achieved a PB. Daniel Szajna reports that the youngsters had great races at the Battersea park relays on Monday night with Miron, James and Daniel coming in third among the senior men, and Alex, Charlie and David storming first place in the Under 16's. Dan Madams and Steve Monaghan also ran the 5k on Monday, coming in 10th and 12th amongst a high quality field.
Read MoreThere was a hatful of track and field results this week, with Heathsiders popping up at the South of England Championships and the London Inter-Club Challenge. In this latter, Eugene scored PBs in the 100 and 200, with Henry landing a PB of 1.70 in the high jump. We had a huge turnout in the LICC (do we pronounce it 'lick'?) and no doubt there's plenty more to come over the summer months.
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When this weekend started out looking suspiciously quiet I should have known it wasn’t because club members were hanging their running shoes up.......... On the contrary, as I discovered, it was because they were running even more, and even further away than usual..... on ever more exotic and challenging adventures. The main event locally was our own Hampstead Midsummer 10k on Sunday – with 42 Heathsiders participating, and more helping out - we also had two runners coming first in two Parkruns. But further afield Heathsiders were also to be found amongst other places in the Cotswolds (a hilly 12 miler), on a three day corporate challenge on Dartmoor, in Estonia and Tromso (marathons), and last weekend in New York (5K) and in Berlin (triathlon).
Read MoreAn impressive batch of 27 Heathside athletes took part in the Southern Athletics League event in Ipswich and between them they picked up 19PBs and scores of SBs. There were so many commendable performances that it’s hard to pick out one for especial mention. There were splendid showings from Emmanuel Nwaobodo (who managed a PB of 11.1 in winning the 100m – one of eight events he entered). Lily Beckford, still under 17, won the women’s 400m by 0.7 secs in 58.4 seconds and picked up a PB of 25.8 in the women’s 200m.
Read MoreHeathsiders are continuing to make the most of the triathlon and funky multi-sport/challenge opportunities on offer during this so-called summer, but this latest batch of results also features some traditional road running and athletics so there is no need yet for a club identity crisis.
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Heathsiders were out in full force at the weekend taking part in all sorts of races around the world with plenty of success. In particular Elspeth was first lady home in the Kent Roadrunners marathon, Mike Stocks gained a silver medal in the Comrades ultra, and Chris Burns, Howard Gold and Clare Miller had great success in the Welsh fell race and Claire Morrissey was first lady home in the Coombe Hill race.
Read MoreThe main event of the weekend was the Middlesex County champs at Lee Valley, which took place over two days. There was plenty to celebrate for Heathsiders with some great PBs and SBs. (See the full results below.) There were undoubtedly a few of you at the Edinburgh marathon, but full results are not available yet so we will write that up next week.
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There were three big events this week for the club – Crouch End 10K (plus 250m) and Fun Runs, the SAL and the Hackney Half. The Crouch End event had the largest number of Heathsiders in attendance, with many of them winning various trophies including first male and female. The SAL despite having a smallish turnout did well and results at the Hackney Half were impressive.
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