A bit of everything this week - a track meet, road races, triathlons (sprint to long course). Most remarkably of all, Jacob "track" Howe and Angela went totally off road and did the gruelling Grasmere Guides Race, a fell race not for the faint hearted.
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An eclectic mix of reports this week from Heathsiders who were turning in stellar times in a variety of places, as Phil Hogg decided that running against other athletes wasn’t enough of a challenge and took on transport instead over in Wales, while closer to home Rebecca Bunting careered round a Common and Andy Barnes led home a quartet who powered round a Park. Aside from this there were a number of track meets taking in PB sprints and middle distances runs and a wet 5000m in Wimbledon.
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"The Southern Athletics League finished on a successful note with London Heathside securing promotion in the final fixture at Woodford," reports John Flahive.
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Pride of place this week goes to our Tony Killilea who is now the top-ranked V50 steeplechaser in the United Kingdom, following his impressive performance in the World Masters Track and Field Championship in Lyon. Neil Davies also put in a strong showing in the V65 1500 meter event.
Read MoreIt started with a dinner idea and ended with another dinner idea – this time at MacDonald’s though. Ash had walked the West Highland Way (from Glasgow to Fort William) a few times and Paul had climbed several Munros along the way, so they were the movers, with Sarah, Rob and I following eagerly in their wake – five super veterans. Then we were joined by Stuart (Meiklejohn), who speaks the local language and, at a mere 35, is ten years younger than the next one up. But unlike the rest of us, Stuart is an 800 meter specialist…
Read MoreProbably the best result for Heathsiders was that it was a sunny, warm and dry weekend for a change! A quiet week for racing, with a dearth of competitive events on the calendar, saw more Heathsiders running in Saturday morning Parkruns (36 in total) than in all other events combined. Two members took part in the AJ Bell London Triathlon, and three travelled up to God’s Own County, viz. Yorkshire, to run up hill and down dale in a two-day endurance event. And David Spencer proved that age is just a state of mind by winning his 100m event, in a time only 3 and-a-bit seconds slower than the 38 years younger Usain Bolt’s WR!
Read MoreIt is the height of summer so not surprisingly a very quiet racing weekend. The most exciting event without a doubt was the Finsbury Parkrun, where a massive 24 Heathsiders turned out to join the Boyles in their swansong run there before they (very sadly for us) depart for pastures new. Amongst the other racing highlights were the Last Friday of the month 5k, the August Regent’s Park 10k (part of the Summer Series), Self- Transcendence 5K, Watford Graded Open, the LICC, a French duathlon, and a Floridian triathlon.
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We had three Heathsiders at the BMAF Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham over the weekend and all returned home with a medal.
Read MoreAfter the mass turn-out at last Tuesday’s club handicap, there are only a few (all high quality) races to report on this week. We have a gold medal performance at the European junior athletics championships from former Heathsider, Lily Beckford, speedy runs at the Watford open from Tom Fancett and Ryan McCrickerd and others, hard-fought battles for podium finishes between super-vet Ruth Miller and vet Sandra Buckton at the Hillingdon triathlon, as well as an exciting podium finish, and, potentially, a club record in an ultra marathon by Monika Newton.
Read MoreA mix of mainly 5ks and 10ks this week with plenty of rivalries going on. Richard Macaulay came in just ahead of Ryan McCrickerd in the Self Transcendence 5k, whilst Dan and Joe McKeown went back to Coventry to seek out some local rivals. PBs for Rich, Ryan and Joe and a great run for Dan too. Meanwhile plenty of Heathsiders were both marshalling and running in the Standard Chartered Great City Race. A couple of half marathons for Lea and Henry too, plus an Alpine swimrun event for Jane complete last week’s results.
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