This Bank Holiday weekend was fairly quiet race-wise for Heathsiders but there were nevertheless plenty of PBs to report. Ollie and Vicky Pound both ran PBs at the Worcester Half Marathon, and Gavin and Alice Parish ran 10k PBs at the Self Transcendence 10k Battersea and Regents Park 10k respectively. Andy Welshman ran 82min45sec in the North Lincs Half Marathon, which he reccomends as a pancake flat half on closed rural roads with fanstastic views. What more could you want?
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A quietish weekend for racing, but it was obviously a case of quality over quantity, as there were some excellent performances in the Antwerp Marathon from Joe McKeown, Plymouth Half from Jim Connell, in the Bracknell Half from Jesper Lycke, from the handful of Heathsiders who managed to enter the Thames Towpath 10 before it filled up.
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Despite some delay (apologies) in reporting them to you the facts of the Easter weekend remain the same: it was a good ‘un for Heathside, with three team podium finishes across the Victoria Park 5 and the London Easter 10k, and cheerful reports of races elsewhere in the country.
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Here's a run-down of last weekend's track and field action, with special thanks to John Flahive for the SAL report. LICC results are included at the bottom; a separate report for road races will follow.
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We're into the swing of spring and everyone has a spring in their step. Apart from those who did marathons at the weekend and are now waddling like Wombles.
Read MoreOn Friday Cathy had a great run coming first woman in the Last Friday of the Month 5k in Hyde Park in a fantastic time of 18.42, and Tony Killilea also had a good run there, finishing in 17.49 (a London Heathside V50 record for that distance).
Read MoreThe weekend saw Heathsiders at several half marathons around the country, with some excellent results. Notable performances this weekend are podium finishes from Mark Anderson at Dorney (third place with a 77min17sec PB) and David Hellard at Richmond, and a 10k PB from Alex Weatherhill at the Eastleigh 10k.
Read MoreOn a sun-kissed weekend four Heathside teams delivered accomplished performances at the star-studded Southern road relays, the Fleet Half produced several PBs, several of our YAs ran in the English Schools XC and there were also promising results at the county indoor track & field champs.
Read MoreIt was a weekend of glory for Heathside’s best, brightest and fastest. It is hard to know where to start, but perhaps we should go with age because 63-year-old Adrian Essex not only picked up a PB in coming second in the pole vault in the British Master’s National Championships; he came first in the 60-plus age group in the 60m hurdles in 11.86, making him a British champion.
Read MoreThe biggest Heathside turnout of the weekend was at the Reading Half Marathon, where we had 17 finishers.
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