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The weather was perfect for racing on this beautiful end-of-summer weekend, cool but sunny, favouring the triathletes by raising the temperature a little. Races were varied as usual, ranging from a 5k, a 10k, a couple of half marathons, a full marathon, a couple of triathlons and an aquathlon, along with track, and the NW London Young Athletes XC League and of course some parkruns! Something for everyone.
Read MoreThe Heathside net was spread far and wide this weekend, not only geographically (with members taking part in events in Estonia, Hull, Bristol, Cornwall, Essex, Herts, and the big GNR up in Newcastle), but also in type, as Heathsiders competed in Road Running, Multi-discipline, Parkruns, and Track & Field events (with Ruth Miller ensuring the youngsters were ferried to Hayes in West London for a big meet there). While closer to home, 11 took part in the Duathlon on Hampstead Heath, braving the chilly waters of the Mens’ and Womens’ ponds!
Read MoreThe highlights this week include an impressive performance from Andy Barnes (3rd place, 57:58, PB) and a welcome comeback from Steve Woolf in the Harlow 10, an exciting update on the club championships, a dramatic finish in Kingsmeadow, not to mention a few half marathons and even an aquathlon in Lea Valley.
Read MoreA bit of everything this week - a track meet, road races, triathlons (sprint to long course). Most remarkably of all, Jacob "track" Howe and Angela went totally off road and did the gruelling Grasmere Guides Race, a fell race not for the faint hearted.
Read MoreAn eclectic mix of reports this week from Heathsiders who were turning in stellar times in a variety of places, as Phil Hogg decided that running against other athletes wasn’t enough of a challenge and took on transport instead over in Wales, while closer to home Rebecca Bunting careered round a Common and Andy Barnes led home a quartet who powered round a Park. Aside from this there were a number of track meets taking in PB sprints and middle distances runs and a wet 5000m in Wimbledon.
Read More"The Southern Athletics League finished on a successful note with London Heathside securing promotion in the final fixture at Woodford," reports John Flahive.
Read MorePride of place this week goes to our Tony Killilea who is now the top-ranked V50 steeplechaser in the United Kingdom, following his impressive performance in the World Masters Track and Field Championship in Lyon. Neil Davies also put in a strong showing in the V65 1500 meter event.
Read MoreIt started with a dinner idea and ended with another dinner idea – this time at MacDonald’s though. Ash had walked the West Highland Way (from Glasgow to Fort William) a few times and Paul had climbed several Munros along the way, so they were the movers, with Sarah, Rob and I following eagerly in their wake – five super veterans. Then we were joined by Stuart (Meiklejohn), who speaks the local language and, at a mere 35, is ten years younger than the next one up. But unlike the rest of us, Stuart is an 800 meter specialist…
Read MoreProbably the best result for Heathsiders was that it was a sunny, warm and dry weekend for a change! A quiet week for racing, with a dearth of competitive events on the calendar, saw more Heathsiders running in Saturday morning Parkruns (36 in total) than in all other events combined. Two members took part in the AJ Bell London Triathlon, and three travelled up to God’s Own County, viz. Yorkshire, to run up hill and down dale in a two-day endurance event. And David Spencer proved that age is just a state of mind by winning his 100m event, in a time only 3 and-a-bit seconds slower than the 38 years younger Usain Bolt’s WR!
Read MoreIt is the height of summer so not surprisingly a very quiet racing weekend. The most exciting event without a doubt was the Finsbury Parkrun, where a massive 24 Heathsiders turned out to join the Boyles in their swansong run there before they (very sadly for us) depart for pastures new. Amongst the other racing highlights were the Last Friday of the month 5k, the August Regent’s Park 10k (part of the Summer Series), Self- Transcendence 5K, Watford Graded Open, the LICC, a French duathlon, and a Floridian triathlon.
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