Marathon mania is drawing to a close for another season but is not quite over yet. Leigh had a great run at the Hamburg marathon at the weekend and there were some excellent times at the Fleet and Wimbledon Halfs and at the LFOTM 5K. And Rachel Normand won the Highland Fling ultra!
Read MoreThe highlights this week include a phenomenal run and international debut by Heathside’s rising star, Jem O’Flaherty, great performances at the Middlesex championships and Heathside’s open track meeting, as well as fantastic comebacks and club records in half marathons and 10K.
Read MoreThe weekend was dominated by the heat of the London Marathon for our men and women, and the Mini-Marathon for our juniors. Tom Aldred took 20th place out of more than 40,000 competitors in a time of 2:29:18 and Rebecca Bunting was the 21st woman in 2:58:12 – leading our women’s team to first place (unconfirmed).
Read MoreOn Saturday, a slightly depleted squad (due to various injuries, exams, holidays and marathons) of hardy Heathsiders headed to Ipswich on an unusually sunny and pleasant mid-April afternoon.
Read MoreThe marathon season began in earnest this weekend, with 3 big marathons of Manchester, Paris & Rotterdam featuring Heathside representation. In the majority of cases the activity comprised a mixture of good runs, PB’s, landmarks achieved or narrowly missed, as well as some bonhomie with competitors from other clubs
Read MoreAfter a week’s break for Heathside’s race reporters, we now bring you 2 weeks of results, covering an historic run by Michael Stocks, representing England in his debut at 100km, stunning PBs and 5km times from U20 men Liam Garrett and Jem O’Flaherty, and races ranging from 5K to half marathons, as numerous Heathsiders put the finishing touches to their marathon preparations.
Read MoreThe Intercounties Cross Country champs were held in muddy conditions at Loughborough, and our juniors representing Middlesex put in good performances, notably top 50 placings in the Under 17 race from Jem O'Flaherty and Liam Garrett
Read MoreWe paid a price for a magnificent few days of snow running: most of the best-laid plans for weekend races were scotched by cancellations. But to the huge credit of numerous Heathside volunteers the Mini Marathon trials went ahead on Sunday at our Finsbury Park track and saw first places for Spike Blake (u-13), Thomas Archer (u-15) and Jem O’Flaherty (u-17) and a second place for Lily McKay (u-17).
Read MoreDespite the Nationals dominating the weekend for many, Heathside was also well represented at a handful of marathons, half marathons and ultras, scattered around the country and further afield.
Read MoreThe English National XC Championships are over for another year ……. it was a terrific, picture perfect day for XC - freezing, but sunny, and muddy enough to make it interesting, with impressive running by all.
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