We start with Cross Country, and the finale for the season for most club members with the Middlesex Masters XC and Young Athletes league respectively
Read MoreThe inaugural Club 5 Mile road race took place in Finsbury Park,starting with one lap of the track & including 3 times up the hill used in the Parkrun. Seyfu was the comfortable winner, with Joe & Scarlett having a good battle for 2nd and 3rd. Emma was the first lady home, followed by Eilidh and Tatyana.
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The big event this weekend was of course the National XC Champs held in the grounds of Harewood House in Leeds on saturday. It was a fantastic day for everyone attending – but the heroes of the hour were undoubtedly our young athletes.
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Highlights from a busy weekend of running include Lemi Mideska’s first place in the U17 category of the NWLL Cross Country league, with Benjy Bediako coming second among the U11s. Josie Hinton was in top form with a PB in the Harrow Half, dipping under 1:20 for the first time as the third woman, while Thomas Foy and Laurie Swan picked up PBs in the low 2:50s in the Seville Marathon,. Meanwhile Elinor East qualified to represent her country in the World Duathlon Champs.
Read MoreOnly one place to kick off this week's report, so without further ado here's Simon Baker's report on another gloriously successful day for Heathside's ladies at the Met League.
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The Cancer Research Winter 10K in Central London was one of the few races that wasn’t cancelled this weekend due to icy roads and tow paths. Many Heathsiders were due to race the Watford H/M and Regents Pk 10K, instead they nursed Bat Mitzvah hangovers, or stayed in bed, or went out on long distance training runs.
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For marathon runners, the winter represents a difficult period of training and conditioning. Most of us indulged over Christmas, and since New Year’s Day, the weather has got worse. It’s colder, wetter, more slippery, it’s dark in the mornings, and the first two months of our training block are very tough. It requires some mental strength and stubbornness.
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This weeks report is dominated by the Southern XC championships. The highlights were a silver medal for the Men’s U20 team, the best position since 1975 ! and a 4th place near miss on the medals from the Senior Women, both great achievements especially when set in the historical context.
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It was relatively quiet week. Although there are only 3 events to report on, the quality made up for it, with Rosa Serafini setting a new club record at the indoor 800m, numerous PBs in the first race of the club road race series at St Albans, and a great run in the Victoria Park 10k by Jessica Vinluan.
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It was a massive weekend for xc racing – with the penultimate races for both the Met League at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday and the Sunday League at Watford. Full technicolour reports of both are given here, plus a few non xc race results too.
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