I don't think anyone foresaw the SAL result at Croydon last Sunday. With Croydon very near the top of the league table in 2017 (just a single point off promotion), which included a victory over Heathside on neutral ground in Havering, we were a little apprehensive over taking on a strong team in their backyard.
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With the SAL report to come later, the main event of this report was undoubtedly our local race, the Crouch End 10K. By all accounts it was a great success, the races went smoothly and the event was well marshalled with a large number of Heathsiders contributing to the volunteering effort.
Read MoreHeathside's Veteran track and field athletes made a fair start to the league on Monday evening (14th May) at Lee Valley. Unusually for the first meeting of the season there were no defective brass monkeys to be found, although the wind did drive the pole vaulters indoors.
Read MoreNow the Spring fascination with 26.2 miles is over for another year, Heathsiders were busy making tracks at a variety of other distances during the past week, from the regular 10ks around the capital to a 100 mile race out to Oxford and the not often repeated 7.76 miles round a lake in the Peak District.
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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.
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The 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).
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On 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.
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The 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
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After 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.
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