The two main racing events this weekend for the club were the Gloucester 50k where Mike Stocks cruised home to first place in an incredible time of 3.23.26, and the ever popular Watford Half, where 31 Heathsiders competed, led home by Tom Livermore who came 16th in an excellent time of 1.16.
Read MoreThis week's running mainly centred around one of the longest cross country meets of the year at the Southern Championships, back at our very own Parliament Hill this year. More on that below along with news of some indoor action and club records as well as some speedy times at Hyde Park over 5k and 10k.
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Six out of seven Heathsiders broke the 40-minute mark in the Victoria Park on Sunday, four of them finishing with personal bests. They were led home by Matthew Cockerill who ran a PB of 36:09.
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Twenty three Heathsiders travelled to Watford on Sunday to run in the penultimate fixture of the Sunday cross-country league. The numbers were considerably down, compared to the previous day’s mass turn-out, but the runners made up for it with their enthusiasm – something that was much-needed, given the conditions.
Read MoreIt was a great week-end for cross-country. One hundred and eleven Heathsiders travelled to the end of the Piccadilly line this week-end to discover Trent Park, venue of the penultimate fixture of the Met League. It has idyllic scenery, which, when translated into cross-country language, equates to undulations and long, long hills…lots of them. The recent rain meant that there was enough mud in places to keep even the most hardened cross-country runner reasonably happy, although it failed to transform the course into the mud bath that many had feared.
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This year's county champs were held in Hillingdon on a course mostly famous for: a) its short but very nasty hill, b) not being Wormwood Scrubs.
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A summary of all the Boxing Day and New Years Day running.
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Nothing but parkruns to report over the Christmas weekend, but for many this meant a double helping, with runs held on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
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In this week’s race report, we have exciting results from Wilian, where numerous Heathsiders ran in the Sunday cross country league and there was both an impressive debut run by Phoebe Crockford and a welcome return to cross-country from Charles Hardy and Tim Marshall. We also have results from the Velopark 10 mile race and belated results from the Inter-counties cross-country championships.
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London Heathside’s V50 women retained their South of England Masters cross-country title in Oxford on Saturday, while the V50 men came second for the second year. Meanwhile, in the U-13 boys’ event, our Ruari McGonagle was the second fastest Middlesex runner in the Inter-Counties event.
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