As might be expected, there are no races to report on for the Christmas weekend. However, Heathsiders made up for it by taking to parkruns in record numbers, with 95 running on Christmas Eve and 65 on Christmas Day.
Read MoreThe snow and freezing conditions for most of last week and this past weekend meant many events were cancelled. But despite it all, Seyfu broke the club record for 5 miles, coming 7th place in the Battersea Under Lights Christmas 5 mile race on Friday and Malakai set 4 new club records in the Pentathlon and won a silver medal at Lee Valley at the weekend!
Read MoreA much shorter than usual report this week, due to a lack of major club cross country events or road races, and luckily the action at the Southern Counties XC took place before the arrival of winter snows on Sunday. There were also good performances in the sprints from our junior athletes at Lee Valley, and a Winter Ultra race
Read MoreAnother busy weekend of cross country running this time over the rolling hills of Trent Park although Brogan and Oliver competed in the Euro XC Trials in Liverpool. Elsewhere Heathsiders were busy with road races and the club hosted a Photofinish Officials course at Finsbury Park.
Read MoreThis week’s report is dominated by action at the London Cross-country championships, with great performances by the youngsters, a win for the women, silver position for Heathside men and outstanding individual runs.
Read MoreThere was an amazing turn-out of 116 Heathsiders for the second Met League race of the season on Saturday, Lenny completed the 4th and final leg of the Centurion 50 mile Grand slam in Wendover Woods and Battersea Half had some impressive results.
Read MoreThere was individual and team success at the North of the Thames XC championships, with wins for Seyfu Jamaal and the Men’s team respectively, plus a top ten for Brogan Wallace at Scottish National short course champs. In addition there was a win at the Young Athletes League for Sam Turner and a second place for Hattie Munday . Elsewhere a couple of marathons took place In New York and Nice in unseasonable warm conditions
Read MoreThis week was quieter than last with the Southern XC Relays held at Wormwood Scrubs. Unfortunately we only managed two full teams with the Senior race marred by poor marshalling which appears a feature of SEAA events lately. Elsewhere Heathsiders tackled marathons/half Marathons home and abroad.
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