The main event this week was the SEAA Masters and Inter-counties cross-country championship in Hospath, which saw many great performances. There were also some excellent performances at the Lee Valley Minithon and PBs in several road races.
Read MoreThe “raging torrent” running through the middle of the Met League course at Uxbridge on Saturday was undoubtedly the highlight of the running weekend. But in addition to the excitement of the river there were many excellent results at Uxbridge and elsewhere as you'll see in this bumper race report. At the Met league the women’s team was first, and there were first individual places in the under 13 boys - Spike Blake, and under 11 boys - Benji Bediako. Other weekend highlights include the Sunday League, Valencia marathon (a pb for Jo McKeown), Last Friday of the Month, the Perivale 5 and more.
Read MoreThe bulk of last weekend’s action took place up the road in Cockfosters (made a nice change to end up there for a reason other than falling asleep on the Piccadilly line after one too many…) as Trent Park hosted both the NWLL Cross County meet for the youngsters, while the Sorority and Fraternity Cups took place straight after for the seniors. News of some strong running and more Heathside silverware to follow below, along with some PBs from northern Spain, a new V60 club record and a couple of other PBs spotted on Power of 10 in the results section!
Read MoreA good weekend for Heathsiders with our women - Rebecca Piggott, Josie Hinton, Kelly Thorneycroft, Rosa Serafina - winning the London Cross Country championships at Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath, and Seyfu Jamaal taking gold as the first U20 in the 10k men’s race.
Read MoreSunday brought part two of the weekend’s cross-country fest, with 47 Heathsiders (21 ladies and 26 men) braving the cold weather to run in Trent Park in the second race in the Sunday league cross-country. Seventeen of them had run the day before in the Met league, making their performance in the tough conditions all the more impressive.
Read MoreThis week’s report is mainly on the Met League, as there wasn't much happening elsewhere apart from a couple of Heathsiders that were in action – Bridget Napelton at the Regents Park 10k and Chloe Martin-Brown at the George Munday 10K. Thanks to Sue Rust and Simon Baker for their contribution to the report.
Read MoreLondon Heathside added more silverware at the Norh London XC Championships, and Seyfu Jamaal claimed his second win in a week to pick up the individual prize. Heathside bagged a second trophy as the Men’s team were crowned Champions in the team event ( six to score ), with the Vets team in 4th place.
Read MoreIn this week’s report, we have details of great performances by both young athletes and adults in cross country races in Kingsbury, great runs in the Dublin, Frankfurt and Beachy Head marathons, and an ultra marathon along the Thames.
Read MorePart one of this week’s round up goes back to the previous weekend and focuses on the first Sunday League race of the season, which featured a large Heathside turnout and individual victory for Seyfu Jamaal.
Read MoreIt was a quieter weekend for racing, than last week, but still eventful, with Benjy Bediako and Suraya Frost winning gold at Lee Valley Minithon, and some great results at the South of England xc Relays and at the much loved Abingdon Marathon. And not to forget Heathside hosted Finsbury Parkrun – supplying smiles, marshalls and pacers.
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