Weekend XC Races Mastered, Ultra-Marathon tamed and Indoor Records Broken
Another action packed week with Cross Country, Road races and Indoor Athletics. Martha Jolly set a new U15G 60m record.of 8.17s at Lee Valley, Seyfu finished 3rd in the Milton Keynes Winter Half. A bumber field enjoyed the open spaces of Trent Park in the Sunday League and both veterans and juniors (representing Middlesex) enjoyed the Southern Masters and Inter-Counties races at Lloyd Park, Croydon. Filipe Cardoso finished a superb 4th in the Dawn to Dust Ultra-marathon.
SEAA Masters Cross Country Championships
9 Heathsiders took part in the South of England Masters Cross Country as part of the Inter County meeting with Tanya Addison and Ann Woulfe running in the Womens Race. Martin was our first man home leasing the V50-59 team to 7th place. Gavin Evans was first over 60 home with the team finishing in 5th place. .
SEAA Masters Cross Country Championships, Lloyd Park, Croydon 11.12.21
Senior Women and V70 6000m
1st C Coulon (VW45) 26:40
34th Tanya Addison (VW50) 30:10
83rd Ann Woulfe (VW40) 34:08
Senior Men V40, V45, V50, V55 8,000m 233 runners
1st N Torry (Serpentine) 33:54
52nd Martin Potter (V50) 39:39 (8th V50)
73rd Mark Jefford (V55) 40:40 (15th V55)
151st Tony Killiea (V55) 45:24 (29th V55)
164th Gavin Evans (V60) 46:09 (19th V60)
210th Marco Maserati (V60) 50:50 (28th V60)
224th Mark Jefford (V55) 53:14 (46th V55)
233rd Carl Heap (V65) 57:17 (6th V65)
Team (V50-59) 1st Southampton AC 47 pts, 7th London Heathside (Potter, Jefford, Killiea)
Team (V60-69) 1st South London Harriers 21 pts, 5th London Heathside (Evans, Maserati, Heap) 89 pts
Sunday League - Trent Park - Meeting 3
A great compliment of Heathsiders assembled at Trent Park for the Sunday League Cross Country in certainly better weather than the Fraternity/Sorority Cup. They were not alone with a large field of 398 runners taking part. Ismail was the first Heathsider home in 8th and Karina the first Heathside Women home. The last Sunday League race of the year is this next Sunday 19th December at Fairland Valley Park.
Sunday League, Tent Park, 12.12.21
10km 398 runners
1st J Fox (North Herts) 25:52
8th Ismail Abukr 28:00
28th Filippo Minelle 29:31
85th Lee Connor (V50) 32:58
93rd Tony Shearer (V35) 33:23
118th Rob Shulman (V55) 34:18
153rd David Hallam (V50) 35:48
161st Karina Kaufmann (VW40 ) 36:21 (23rd Woman)
170th Maura Bellio (SW) 36:40
196th Daniel Wrapson (V35) 37:54
216th Fabio Espirito Santo 39:05
219th Caroline White (VW60) 39:13
222nd Marco Maserati (V60) 39:19
234th Nick Dodd (V65) 40:04
236th Jo Irwin (VW50) 40:11
237th Guillaume Pichois (V40) 40:12
244th Nilesh Goswami (V55) 40:47
256th Rebecca Marshall (VW40) 41:17
267th Emilia Vynnycky (V50) 41:33
283rd Sue Eedle (VW60) 42:37
290th Niamh Walby (SW) 43:13
296th Rebecca Taylor VW45) 44:12
304th Tara Tapper (VW45) 44:55
342nd Beatriz Vega (VW45) 48:08
352nd Bob Gould (V75) 49:30
378th Louise Cripps (VW60) 55:37
South of England Inter-County Cross Country Championships
Several Juniors won their first County vest at the weekend competing for Middlesex at the Southern Inter-County race in Croydon. Faced with a hard course at the end of 4 successive weekends of races this was a real challenge for the runners. Koppany Szentes (U13B) finished highest in 32nd place, Kiara Corkin 32nd in the U13 Girls race while Hattie Munday’s 39th place in the U15 Girls race was the last scorer and saw Middlesex finish in 2nd place overall. David Baah-Okyere, Mia Rosen, Sam Turner and Greg Berrisford Sweet all gained valuable experience and a taste of representative racing.
South of England Inter-County Cross Country Championships, Lloyd Park, Croydon 11.12.21
U13 Boys 3000m, 104 runners
1st J Meyburgh (Surrey/WSE&H) 11:10
32nd Koppany Szentes 12:10 (2nd Middlesex runner)
88th Sam Turner 13:16
1st Surrey 31 pts, 6th Middlesex A ( Mythen, Szentes, E Philips, Jelfs) 123 pts, 11th Middlesex B (Pflug, Turner, A Philips, Stripp) 324 pts
U15 Boys 4000m 109 runners
1st G Stubbs (Herts/SBH) 13:28
53rd David Baah-Okyere 15:01 (2nd Middlesex runner)
99th Greg Berrisford-Sweet 15:56
1st Hampshire 44 pts, 11th Middlesex (Brook, Baah-Okyere, Cattini, Bailey) 206 pts
U13 Girls 3000m 119 runners
1st J Walsh (Surrey/Brighton&Hove) 12:24
33rd Kiara Corkin 13:22 (3rd Middlesex runner)
1st Surrey 32 pts, 8th Middlesex A (Shaw, March, Corkin, Mossi) 120 pts
U15 Girls 4000m 105 runners
1st A Svihalkova (Middlesex/TVH) 15:07
39th Hattie Munday 16:15 (4th Middlesex runner)
77th Mia Rosen 17:10
1st Kent 63 pts, 2nd Middlesex A (Svihalkova, MacDonald, Panoutsou, Munday) 72 pts, 19th Middlesex B (Barlow, Bishop, Rosen, Saunders) 284 pts
BeFit Academy Indoor Open
Martha Jolly produced the best of a host of great performances at Lee Valley on Sunday setting a new U15G club record of 8.17 in the 60m which was also the 10th fastest in the UK this year. Rufus Tansey also set a new 300m PB.
BeFit Academy Indoor Open Meeting, Lee Valley, 12.12.21
60m
SX1 2nd Grace Wood (U13G) 9.86
SX6 1st Martha Jolly (U15B) 8.28
SX24 7th Helene Kehoe (V55) 9.52
SW1 3rd Helene Kehoe ( V55) 9.50
SW1 4th Grace Wood (U13G) 9.71 PB
SW7 3rd Martha Jolly (U15G) 8.17 PB New U15G Club Record 10th fastest in UK this year
200m
SX1 2nd Grace Wood (U13G) 32.26 PB
300m
SX6 2nd Rufus Tansey (U20M) 36.98 PB
600m
SX1 1st Grace Wood (U13G) 2:07.93 PB
800m
SX3 8th Artie Feeny-Willings (U17M) 2:31.75 PB
South London Network Early Season Indoor Open, Carshalton, 12.12.21
Etienne Munday took the opportunity to get some early season High Jumping in and setting a new PB by 5cm by jumping 180cm the 72nd highest by a U20N this year..
High Jump (12 athletes)
1st Etienne Munday 1.80m (U20M) PB by 5cm
Run Through Battersea Park, Battersea Park, 11.12.21
A good number of Heathsiders opted to run a 5 or 10km around Battersea Park with Kieran Morris 1st in the 5km race followed by Chris Gracie in 3rd and Brogan Wallace the 2nd woman. In the 10km Matthew Rallinson was 2nd
5km 134 runners
1st Kieran Morris 15:49
3rd Christopher Gracie 16:27
13th Brogan Wallace 17:35 (2nd Female)
20th Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 18:35
21st Lily Woolcock 18:47 (4th Female)
22nd Stephen Topp (V45) 18:58
10km
1at A Kilby (Walton AC) 31:23
2nd Matthew Rallison 31:53
9th Graham Wilkinson 33:17
17th Conor Brown 35:10
28th Daniel Johns 36:33
92nd Louisa Pointon 42:06 (10th Woman)
Run Through Chase the Moon Olympic Park, Stratford, 8.12.21
10km 228 runners
1st L McIntyre (Unattch) 33:46
8th Marco Serena (V40) 36:52
88th Michael Gray (V40) 49:09
Milton Keynes Winter Half Marathon, Milton Keynes 12.12.21
Great running in the Milton Keynes Winter half with Seyfu 3rd and Olivia 2nd woman.
Result
1st S Robinson (Lincoln Wellington) 1:06:46
3rd Seyfu Jamaal 1:07:25
59th Olivia Desborough 1:26:27 (2nd SW)
93rd Danny Olive (V45) 1:28:55
Dawn to Dusk Ultra, Redbridge, 12.12.21
Filipe Cardoso reports on this Ultra Marathon which he came 4th:-
"On Sunday, I took part in the Dawn to Dusk Ultra in Redbridge, North East London to fund raise for Age UK. It was organised by the Sikhs in City Running Club, which counts among its founding members, Faujah Singh, the oldest marathoner in the world.
The race consisted of running 2km laps during 8 hours. There were also a 10km, a 22km and a marathon option. The weather was pleasantly mild for this time of the year. The course is undulating and you never had to run more than 1km to get some cheers.
Each time you passed the start, you could see on a giant screen how well you were doing. The minimum distance to earn the ultra medal was 50km and that is where most runners stopped. This made it quite motivating to see your name climb up the ranking in the later stages, even though it did not seem you were overtaking anyone. At the end, besides the standard medal and T-Shirt, you were given amazing hot food (chick pea curry and samosas).
Result
1st J Rodriges (East London Runners) 7:12.24
4th Filipe Cardoso 7:57.18 36 laps 72.5km Average 6.35 min per km
Parkrun
63 Heathsiders ran in parkruns at the weekend. Congratulations for first place finishes go to Janak Subberwal (Ally Pally), Rebecca Piggott (Ally Pally) and Julia Bijl (Burgess). Full results can be found here.
Report by Simon Baker and thanks to Filipe Cardoso