South of England XC Relays, plus Abingdon & other Marathons

running order :

SEAA XC relays

Abingdon Marathon

Amsterdam & Yorkshire Marathons

Centurion 100

Parkruns

South of England Cross Country Relays         Wormwood Scrubs     18 Oct

The highlights were 2nd place for the U15 boys team ( pic ), including an individual 2nd fastest leg from Charlie Nicholson, and 6th place for the Senior Women team ; The U17 Women and the Senior Men teams also achieved Top 10 placings . Results with approximate distances as follows :

U13 Boys (3x3km, 36 Teams)

1st SBH 20:20

25th London Heathside 23:43

(Michael Schofield 7:30, Dylan Lewis 8:21, Alexander Panchal 7:50)

U15 Boys (3x3km, 30 Teams)

1st Hercules Wimbledon 19:04

2nd London Heathside 19:20🥈

(Charlie Nicolson 5:56, James McGuire 6:43, Alex Kirk 6:40)

U15 Girls (3x3km 29 Teams)

1st WSE&H 20:45

24th London Heathside 25:47

(Sky Parke-Antonis 8:29, Greta Lawrence 8:50, Rebecca Hare 8:27)

U17 Men (3x4km 22 Teams)

1st Havering 25:51

12th London Heathside 28:10

(Dylan Mills 8:54, Ennio Kaloukian 9:27, Tam Mergia 9:48)

U17 Women (3x4km 17 Teams)

1st Eastbourne 29:41

9th London Heathside 33:56

(Lila Blustin 11:31, Margot Hunt 11:14, Rose Schofield 11:10)

Senior Women (3x4km 33 Teams)

1st Herne Hill Harriers 29:10

6th London Heathside A 31:46

(Eliza Bond 10:21, Lucy Browne 10:43, Hattie Barnes 10:40)

22nd London Heathside B 36:36

(Martha Murray 12:15, Lucy Daly 12:43, Ciera Kennedy 11:38)

Senior Men (4x5km 30 Teams)

1st Belgrave Harriers 50:51

9th London Heathside 54:56

(Barry Kelly 13:05, Andy Barnes 13:47, James Haynes 13:56, Sammy Keenan 14:06) 

Abingdon Marathon Oxfordshire 19 Oct

4 Heathsiders ( pic ) participated in the Abingdon marathon, led home by Laurens and Mathew with 2hr 47 & 2hr 50 times respectively ; Phil equalled his PB to the second ! , as he reports :

"Abingdon marathon does what it says in the tin. Race was excellent yet again, fantastic organisation, the forecast rain held off until after the start, and everything else went smoothly on a cool overcast day. A race consisting of mostly club runners made for some fun banter in pace groups early on. I chatted to another runner who was a Guinness world record marathon holder who ran London marathon as a shrimp, but was awarded the record with the Guinness category of ‘crustaceans’. … This chat used up around 4 miles. It was an education … I wish i’d sprinted 5 steps earlier “

54        Laurens Price – Nowak            2.47.03 PB

71        Mathew Jones                        2.50.26

209      Philip Hogg                              3.02.57   = PB

286      Jamie Morris                           3.11.47

Amsterdam Marathon           19 Oct

Tom Fancett managed a PB with a sub 2hr 40m time at Amsterdam

 279      Tom Fancett                2hr 37m 13s    PB

Yorkshire Marathon               York                 19 Oct

 Gavin participated in the Yorkshire Marathon, proving even for a seasoned veteran it may never be too late to encounter new hazards that can adversely affect your performance, as he reports

 “ The Yorkshire Marathon was this year run under perfect conditions – a very light breeze and 15-degrees most of the way. The gently undulating course is scenically lovely and the event is very well organised.

 I had trained diligently for it and was aiming to go under 3:10. However, I experienced a rather severe stomach within half an hour of the start, forcing me to take long pit stops along the way. After the second one, I kinda lost the will to live and morosely jogged to the end, with a time of 3:38:30 (my worst in 27 years) after which I had a little inner dialogue that went like this: “Never again drink three little bottles of concentrated beetroot juice plus one Red Bull plus three Pro Plus pills 15 minutes before a race.”

1421     Gavin Evans                 3:38:30    (4th V65)

Centurion Autumn 100              Goring, Oxfordshire                18 Oct

  Filipe completed this epic and gruelling race at the weekend, and reports :

“  This Saturday morning I attempted a 100 miles trail event for the 2nd time at the Autumn 100 in Goring, Oxfordshire.

The race consists of 4 out and back 25 miles legs in different directions, with 1,500m of elevation. You run on the Thames Pathway and on the Ridgeway.

The weather conditions were perfect and the trails were completely dry.

Hugh Tibbs finished 1st in just over 13 hours. He set a new course record and ran the fastest trail 100 miler in the UK.

Sophie Seward won the ladies race in 18:25.

 As for my own race, it started well but I was getting slower as I progressed through legs 2 and 3. Luckily, Alex Sweet paced me during the last 25 miles and ensured that I finished in under 24 hours and set a new PB.  “

Filipe Cardoso             23h 48 m      ( 25 mile split times   4:23 ; 10;29 ; 17:25 )  

  and results from the previous week ;

Run Bournemouth                 12 Oct

Supernova 5K            

35        Liam Hazelton             19m 48s         

 Half Marathon                       

613      Stephanie Megret       1hr 40m 42s    PB       60th F 

Run Through Regents Park 10K               11 Oct

43        Lior Diamant               43m 17s          PB

136      Stephen Lacey             51m 53s         PB

Parkrun

99 Heathsiders participated in Parkruns over the weekend - highlights include 1st place finishes at Grovelands for Melvin Lewis and Chiara Borg, and for Peter Gould at Ally Pally,

full results can be found here

compiled by Mark George, with thanks to marathon reports from Phil and Gavin, and XC results from Simon