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We were awash with half marathons this weekend, producing some outstanding times and reflecting the exhaustive and obviously effective marathon training in progress. Fastest Heathside man over the half marathon distance was Tom Aldred finishing in an impressive 1.08 at Reading in 18th place, and fastest Heathside lady was Kelly Thorneycroft, also at Reading, where she finished in 1.22.
Read MoreRuairi McGonagle this year established himself as the brightest star in the Heathside firmament. Over the past month the 13-year-old has added to his Met League and Middlesex triumphs by winning the Northwest Young Athletes cross country league, picking up 14th place in the National Cross Country championships and coming first for his county, and 24th overall, in the national Inter-Counties Cross Country Champs. He speaks to Gavin Evans about running for Heathside.
Read MoreThe highlights this week include an impressive performance in Loughborough from Heathside’s rising star, Ruairi McGonigle, new national champions and club records at the British Masters championships and super-fast times in the Finchley 20 and half marathons in North London, Surrey and elsewhere.
Read MoreLots of speedy running from our lot, but it’s our juniors who take top honours this week. A shout-out for 10-year-old Hattie Munday who ran all the Met Leagues and all the Northwest London junior leagues, taking the medal for coming fifth overall in the NWYL.
Read MoreAfter a week of fairly vile weather, conditions weren't too bad for the National XC Championships in Wollaton Park. The course had lost its beloved log hazard, but there was plenty more for the grizzled XC lover to appreciate, combining mud, water hazards, some fast stretches, and a remarkable profusion of tussocks.
Read MoreFirst up in this week's report (and why not) is a splendid double victory for Team Heathside at the RunThrough VeloPark events, where competitors' endurance, patience and even sanity are put to the test by running laps of the one-mile circuit.
Read MoreHeathside successfully hosted the Northwest London Young Athletes League XC on the Heath Extension on Saturday, with a full complement of volunteers. "Everything went perfectly," reports Dave Robertson, qualifying this with: "No-one went off-course or was seriously injured."
Read MoreIn the Met League (results still "provisional" at time of writing), the Junior Men (U17/U15) were 1st placed on the day (7th for the season), Ruairi McGonagle won the U13 Boys event; the Senior Women A's finished 2nd on the day and 2nd overall in Division 1, whilst the B's look like having to face the drop back to Div.2. However, the Women C's finished as the League's highest placed C team at 4th in Div.2.
Read MoreThe 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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