5 star show at Manchester Marathon; PBs galore elsewhere

Since it’s Manchester, if I’d left myself more time I’d have thrown in a bunch of laboured Oasis puns but we’ll just have to Roll With It as we reflect on a magnificent effort from 5 Heathsiders who took on the 26.2 miles and enjoyed some Morning Glory, led home by distance king Tom Aldred as he finished in 5th place, with an incredible time of 2:27:08 (perhaps even more incredible that this wasn’t even a PB!). 

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All The World's a Stage...

Sebastian Harrison competed in a Sprint Tri and reports: "I did the East Leake Triathlon on Sunday just past. It was a sprint triathlon so 400m swim (pool), 22km cycle and 5km run. I got PBs in both the swim (6:28) and the run (17:58), which I am very pleased with. 

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Half marathon heaven and club records smashed

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.

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Ruairi McGonagle: Heathside's teen wonder

Ruairi 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.

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National XC Champs 2017

After 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.

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Chilly, hilly at Ally Pally! Heathside stun at Royston

In 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.

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