Probably the race that is closest to being ‘ours’ these days, Heathside turned out in numbers once again to run, marshal and support on a glorious Sunday morning around Crouch End and Alexandra Palace. I had intended to join the more than 1100 runners, but an ill timed IKEA delivery unfortunately put paid to that so my morning workout was restricted to flat pack assembly and swearing (but probably more sweating than the sub-40 speedsters).
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We walked onto the Havering AC track on Sunday 21 May with the knowledge that we were in first position in the league; the two team members on crutches only added to the intimidation we were emitting. However, we were also aware that we would be up against some pretty tough competition in this match.
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The main event of the weekend was the Middlesex Track and Field Championships at Lee Valley, where we had a great turnout, a decent haul of medals and some PB performances.
Read MoreThe weekend before last (April 30th), John Driscoll was in not-so-sunny and very windy NE Spain for the European Age Group Duathlon Championships, held in Soria. He reports
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Heathside opened their Southern Athletics League campaign with a fantastic win in Cambridge where we defeated London rivals Serpentine, Ryston Runners and, most impressively, the host club, Cambridge and Coleridge.
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The outstanding news of the weekend (along with Heathside’s triumph at the Cambridge SAL, which gets its own special report) was that Mike Stocks managed to not only run 100 miles in The Thames Path 100, but to win the race too! Other races include Hackney Half, Maratona Sant’antonio in Padua, Last Friday of the Month, Belfast marathon and a triathlon in Gran Canaria.
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Months of hard training and long runs finally came to an end on Sunday for at least 42 Heathsiders, who ran in the London marathon. Cheered on by Heathside’s bobble hat rabblers and the unique London public, there were great performances and PBs, and an unforgettable day was had by all.
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A few people ran in races away, or, in some cases, very far away, from London. Highlights include the Middlesex Young Athletes League, Watford Open meeting, the Hamburg and Southampton marathons, and the Solitudelauf half marathon.
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Marathon season has kicked in – sometimes hot, sometimes cold: luck of the draw. This week our lot ran the 26.2 (42.2) in the heat of Boston, Massachusetts and the relative cool of Boston, Lincolnshire, after last week’s Paris, Rotterdam, Hannover and Brighton, and next Sunday’s little matter of London.
Read MoreWe had three Heathsiders in action in Brighton, where the field is led out by a fume-spewing Mod-themed motor cavalcade of mopeds and Mini Coopers. Additional points to the organisers for including hundredths of seconds in finishers' times but not bothering to list their running clubs.
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