Jamaal & Bunting lead 57 Heathsiders in London Marathon

This week the London Marathon naturally takes top spot with a string of outstanding results among the 57 Heathsiders who reached the finish line, with Seyfu Jamaal  coming third and breaking the club record in a time of 2:15:30 and Rebecca Bunting coming fourth among the V40s in a time of 2:41:43.

Other events at the weekend included the BFTTA Open at Lee Valley where U20 100m sprinter Montana Dennis broke his PB in a time of 11:44, the Padua Half which Greg Bell ran, and an old one we missed before, the Thames Towpath 10 miler won by Andy Barnes.

London Marathon, Sunday April 26

At least 57 Heathsiders competed in what has been the greatest marathon of all-time (a men’s world record, two men breaking the two-hour barrier and a women’s world record).

On a sunny, warm but not too hot morning our Seyfu Jamaal came third in the open field and broke the club record in a time of 2:15:30 and Rebecca Bunting, coming back from back surgery, was the 4th V40 woman in a time of 2:41:43, just 29 second off her PB. Jamaal ran an evenly paced race, going through the half in 1:07:21 while Bunting went through the half in 1:20:01.

Five of our runners finished in under 2:40, 11 under 2:45, 14 under 2:50 and 21 under 3:00 (including four of our women). And many got PBs (not all indicated here).

And former Heathsider Brogan Wallace (now running for Shettleston Harriers in Glasgow) was the 6th woman in an outstanding time of 2:35:01.

Our second man was Sam Macaulay who ran a PB time of 2:24:40. He went through the halfway mark at 1:13:24, meaning he completed the second half in 1:11:16 – a big negative split.

Third was Tom Livermore in a PB time of 2:29:40. He went through the half in 1;14:27 – close to even splits.

He was followed by V40 Sion Lewis in a PB time of 2:30:29, and James Hurrell in 2:32:43, three minutes off his PB.

Our second woman was Francesca Stocco who beat her PB time by more than four minutes, finishing in 2:55:47, having gone through the half in 1:17:15.

Third was Lucy Browne in a time of 2:56:53, an 8:35 PB. She went through the half in 1:27:36. She was followed by Anna Rawsthorne in a time 2:59:54.

Heathside’s fifth woman was V55 Sarah Swinhoe, running soon after the personal tragedy of the death of her partner, club stalwart Richard Peachment. Despite disrupted training, she finished in 3:04:55, fourth in her age group.

The other Heathsiders who got under 2:45 were Andrew Baldock, 2:41:13, Thomas Foy, 2:41:5, Greg Whiteley, 2:42:39, Arturo Garcia-Huidobro Prieto, 2:43:17 and Etienne Daries, 2:43:42.

Several other Heathsiders excelled for different reasons:

·       The sixth Heathside woman, V50 Rebecca Taylor, broke her PB by more than six minutes, finishing in 3:10:03.

·       Another V50, Sara Black was next in 3:12:56 – an impressive time, especially considering that she had run the Boston Marathon six days earlier.

·       V50 Aaron Smith was running his debut marathon. He had 3:30 in mind, then said he would aim to get close to 3:20 and went through the half in 1:39:01 but he sped up and finished in 3:14:17 – a big negative split.

·       V50 Hugo Cox did his debut marathon in almost even splits, going through the half in 1:30:35 and finishing in 3:01:49.

Results

3rd Seyfu Jamaal, 2:15:30 (3rd in the open field, club record, PB)

70th Sam Macaulay, 2:24:40 (PB)

182nd Tom Livermore, 2:29:40 (PB)

224th Sion Lewis (V40), 2:30:29 (PB)

304th James Hurrell, 2:32:43

386th Brogan Wallace (ex-Heathside). 2:35:01 (6th woman, PB)

748th Andrew Baldock, 2:41:13

789th Rebecca Bunting, 2:41:43 (25th woman, 4th V40 woman)

796th Thomas Foy, 2:41:51

856th Greg Whiteley, 2:42:39

922nd Arturo Garcia-Huidobro Prieto, 2:43:17

966th Etienne Daries, 2:43:42

1183rd Oscar Mino, 2:46:04

1190th Alistair Rooms, 2:46:12

1254th Dominic Jones, 2:46:44

2233rd Daniel Flowers, 2:54:51

2395th Francesca Stocco, 2:55:47 (PB)

2479th Lucy Browne, 2:56:53 (PB)

2626th Anthony Roache, 2:57:01

2830th Jamie Morris, 2:58:01

3227th Matthew Hill, 2:59:40

3290th Anna Rawsthorne, 2:59:54

3347th Kazuya Saito, 3:00:11

3570th Hugo Cox, 3:01:49

3605th Matt Beard, 3:02:03

3858th Richard Cullen, 3:03:50

4037th Sarah Swinhoe, 3:04:55 (4th V55 woman)

4004th Alexandra Tooth, 3:04:44

4225th Ant Conlin, 3:06:13

4226th Michael Crook, 3:06:14

4494th Yasmin How, 3:07:55

4928th Rebecca Taylor, 3:10:03 (PB)

4934th Benn Thomas, 3:10:05

5415th Sara Black, 3:12:56

5416th Holly Fenton, 3:12:57

5711st Aaron Smith, 3:14:17 (PB)

3290th Tatyana Potiyenko, 3:14:34

5968th Rob Shulman, 3:15:29

7308th Daisy Samantha Jupp, 3:21:14

8495th Ewan Gault, 3:26:01

8774th Frank Boyce, 3:26:59

8977th Tim Chapman, 3:27:43

9737th Hin Yan Tsang, 3:29:49

9841st Serena Baker, 3:30:18

10408th Laura Alderson, 3:32:14

10864th Yen Vo, 3:33:49

11069th Tanya Addison, 3:34:29

11128th Baptiste Leurent, 3:34:42

11136th Michael Leung, 3:34:43

11808th Mia Colleran, 3:36:50

12412nd Kim Butler, 3:38:47

15115th Stephanie Megret, 3:46:04

15263rd Sonia Connor, 3:47:13

24403rd Richard White, 4:12:29

25696th Arianna Freschi, 4:16:33

32160th George Tonkinson, 4:35:16

33610th Maddy Irwin, 4:39:43

57086th Steven Murnane, 6:44:25

Full Heathside results can be found here: https://results.tcslondonmarathon.com/2026/

BFTTA Open, Lee Valley, April 26

Simon Baker sent the following results:

75m
6th Lizzy Paitoo (U12G) 11.06s

100m Rd 1
61st Montana Dennis (U20M) 11.45s PB
62nd Hallam Dixon 11.45s
95th Zackariya Yahya (U16B) 11.96s PB
115th Olorunfemi Obada (U14B) 13.20s
125th Walid Saleh 16.45s

100m Rd 2
54th Montana Dennis (U20M) 11.44s PB
72nd Hallam Dixon 11.71s
88th Zackariya Yahya (U16B) 12.01s
105th Olorunfemi Obada (U14B) 13.30s
113th Waled Saleh 16.79s

200m
39th Nicole Stewart (U18W) 27.53s

300m
10th Edith Waites (U16G) 44.12s

Padua Half, Padua, Italy, Sunday April 26

Greg Bell sent this report:

"This was a fast, flat course starting in the spa town of Abano Terme and finishing in the historic centre of Padua, Italy (not far from Venice). It was a sunny, hot day, hitting 28°C+ by midday. I got cramps, so had to walk for a few kms. My race time was well over the hoped for 1h50m-ish at 2h28m. Oh well, tutti frutti as they say here..."

Thames Towpath 10 Mile, April 12
We missed this one earlier – which saw Andy Barnes winning in a time of 55:39.

Results

1st Andy Barnes, 55:39

21st Steve Monaghan, 1:04:21

41st Chris Vincent, 1:10:01

78th Marcus Lloyd, 1:17:25

132nd Madeleine Minson, 1:28:17

155th Marianne Gibson, 1:31:27

Parkruns

Ninety-six Heathsiders competed in 34 Parkruns last Saturday. There were wins for Chloe Wilkenson in Finsbury Pak (19:35) and Jonathan Shalom in Churchill Parkway (19:02). The fastest Heathside Parkrunner of the day was Melvin Lewis who came second in Groveland in 17:59. Full Heathside results here

Report by Gavin Evans with thanks to Simon Baker, Sandra Buckton, Greg Bell and Rebecca Bunting.