It was the highest turn out ever at London Heathside’s Finsbury Park track for the North London Inter Borough Championships, taking everyone by surprise, especially organizers Russell, Ruth and Rachel who were responsible for organizing the event on Sunday 1st March 2015. A total of 250 juniors turned up to race, from the under 7s up to the under 17s, representing four North London boroughs which included Camden, Hackney, Barnet and Haringey. London Heathside’s Juniors were out in force.
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It was another memorable and busy week for Heathsiders, featuring the climax of the cross-country season for many runners with the National Cross championships on Parliament Hill; a few also headed to indoor athletics tracks and to the roads for half marathons and marathons.
Read MoreGood turnout at the Sunday league cross country in Royston this week. Other Heathsiders did road races from 5 miles in Vicky Park up to 20 miles in Bramley. It looks like we had Heathsiders too in the South of England Masters' Championships inc British Masters Pentathlon at Lee Valley, but results don't seem to be out for that yet - watch this space.
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Days later, and I’m still rubbing my eyes, looking at the results of the Met League in disbelief. Did London Heathside Senior Women really pull off an extraordinary victory, storming from third place to win the Division One title at the final race of the season?
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Sparse picking this week, but good stuff nevertheless. Aside from a 10k PB from Emerson Paul and some fine Parkrun showings, lit was all about the South of England Cross Country championships at lovely Stanmer Park, near Brighton, where 58 of us braved the hills, appreciated the firm ground and relished the views: 15k for the men; 8 for the women (odd, that, but don’t get me started…)
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After many weekends of large and frenetic cross country events, this past week and weekend were extremely quiet, although definitely not mud free. There were small but impressive turnouts at two cross country events - the Chingford League on Saturday, and the Sir Sefton Brancker Trophy last Thursday and at a trail run in Hampshire, meaning the biggest turnout by far was at the Fred Hughes 10 in St Albans on Sunday, the first of the Club championship road races.
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With the racing calendar looking rather threadbare this weekend Heathsiders' running was firmly concentrated on cross country. Some of the die hards will say that's exactly how it should be, especially when you see how exciting the Women's section of the Met League is getting as we near the final race next month.
Read MoreAfter a very brief Christmas break, Heathsiders were soon back running, either on the roads (or park footpaths) or braving bleak cross-country conditions; a few could even be found racing in indoor athletics tracks.
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