In an exciting Saturday afternoon at Trent Park, with an enthusiastic Heathside turnout, we won the Fraternity Cup for a second consecutive year. The other big excitement of the week was that Lily Beckford is to be congratulated on being selected as Haringey’s Junior Sports Performer of the Year. Wonderful news Lily, and very well deserved!
Read MoreSome highlights: Ruari McGonagle had another strong performance, finishing in second place in the Boys U11 race; the Boys U15 team finished with top honors for the second straight week (WELL DONE!); and several young people competed for the first time.
Read MoreThis was another busy week, with many fantastic runs in extremely difficult and muddy conditions on Parliament Hill, as well as a handful of runs elsewhere, including a marathon in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Read MoreThere was such a good turn-out for the 2nd Met League that barely any other races get a mention this weekend. You might need a brew to accompany Captain Chris’s epic report.
Read MoreIt was a fairly quiet week for results, possibly due to it being the “lull” between the end of the Summer race season and the beginning of the pre-London Marathon preparers, plus there were no Cross-Country fixtures either. For those who did run, especially on Sunday morning, it was in very wet and windy, though still quite mild, weather conditions (in the London area, at any rate). Any results that have come to light seem to be dominated by our Veteran runners, especially at the Stevenage Marathon. Guess it was the younger members turn to have a lie-in!
Read MoreIn a richly varied week for 86 intrepid Heathside racers, pride of place goes to Jacob Philips who won the Under-17 3-mile event in the North of Thames Cross-Country championships on Saturday in an impressive time of 17.52.
Read MoreIt was a busy schedule this weekend with XC relays and the latest instalment of the Rob Jackson road race championships. There were also some popular autumn marathons, but the biggest news was Tom Aldred's first place at the Amsterdam Half Marathon.
Read MoreThe big excitement at the weekend was of course the first Met League cross country event of the season, held at Claybury, where over 100 Heathsiders turned out to race in the sunshine. Among the many successes, special mention goes to Ruairi McGonagle for winning the 1500m under 11s race. Leigh James also deserves a special mention for her amazing time in the Eindhoven marathon coming in well under 3 hours.
Read MoreStaring out the window into the gloom and lashing rain it appears that, somewhat predictability, the weather’s turning just before the start of the cross country season (which will no doubt absolutely delight the hardcore at Heathside!) With the first Met League meeting of the season right on the horizon, a few Heathsiders took advantage of what may have been the last days of summer to get in some pre-season XC practice and posted some very impressive times around the country, boding well for Claybury at the weekend – most notably, Andrew Brooker romped home with top honours in a five-miler at Nonsuch Park.
Read MoreAfter a quiet week last week, Heathsiders made up for it this week, with numerous victories and no fewer than 15 events to report on, participating in races under ideal conditions in Victoria Park and as far afield as Loch Ness and Berlin.
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