Duathlons, triathlons, half and full marathons and Youth Middlesex YA relays

Too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet, too long, too short, too flat, too hilly, too tired, too – ok,ok so that was just me this week! And then there were the Invictus Games to put of it into some kind of perspective. But Heathsiders were out and about all over the place, not just in the UK (which it still is for now at the time of writing, which is on Independence Referendum night – so who knows come the morning…) but also abroad, participating in runs in Eire, Estonia, France, Italy and Poland. Maybe the club should change its name to “London Heathside International AC”! Apologies to all for the lateness of this week’s report.

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Greg BellComment
Maidenhead Half, Regents Park 10k, Derwent Water Trail and various

It was a fairly routine weekend for our runners, with not much to report other than some road races and various parkruns. The triathlon season is winding down and the cross country season is yet to begin! There were, however, some excellent results at the Regents Park 10k with Jim Connell breaking 40 minutes for the first time and another cracking run from the unstoppable Cathy who was the second female finisher of the day. Caroline White and Jo Irwin also had good runs, finishing first in their respective age categories. Tom Stephenson ran an impessive time at the Maidenhead half marathon finishing with a PB of 74min12secs. We also have a PB from Mike Bironneau of 38min03sec at the Bedford 10k.

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London HeathsideComment
Hothersall breaks 1500m record

Another big and busy week for Heathside’s runners, swimmers and triathletes, now that most of us are back from our holidays (a quick count shows that at least 74 of our members took part in races last week).Several results stand out but none more so than Ni’ia Hothersall’s new club record for the 1500m in the Watford Open – 4:36.25. Well done Ni, and please, please, delay your departure to Aussie-land.

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Gavin EvansComment
Pride 10k, City2Surf, Ultra12

A quietish weekend, but a good mix of racing nevertheless, from 100 metres to 50 miles. Most notable was Leigh James coming third woman with a brand new PB in Pride 10k, and, Monika Newton completed the gruelling 50 mile Ultra12 coming in very impressively 4th woman in the Solo Female race.

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Caroline WhiteComment
Djanira coasts to Southern Inter-County silver

Top honours in this week’s race report goes to Djanira Costa for winning silver in the U20 hurdles in the Southern Intercounties on Sunday, a day after she turned out for her club for the final SAL fixture, while Gavin’s account of his London tri – “a long litany of idiocy” – cannot fail to make you laugh, as luckily it did him, too. [report updated]

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London HeathsideComment
Tom wins big in Battersea

Relatively slim pickings this week, what with summer holidays and all, but pride of place goes, once again, Tom Aldred who won the Civil Service 10k last Wednesday by a massive margin in 32 minutes – a time made even more impressive by the baking heat.

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Gavin EvansComment