This week’s highlights include action in the Youth development league, a spectacular performance in the South Down 100k, great runs in the Edinburgh marathon and much more.
Read MoreThere was a vast range of distances and activities this weekend, with the MYAL and SAL taking up the bulk of the weekend for many. In the MYAL, the club hosted the Finsbury Park match and our enthusiastic young athletes rose to the challenge again with victories in all but one age group with 22 event wins. There were also some tremendous performances in the SAL. Rebecca Bunting breezed in first woman at the Hackney Half.
Read MoreMedals were collected across the board in a variety of events at the Middlesex County championships. Elsewhere the Heathside women’s team triumphed at the Southern Counties Vets League, with the men in second place. We had 3 participants at the Night of the 10000m at Parliament Hill, and Rebecca Bunting set a course record at the Oak Hill parkrun
Read MoreTwo big events featuring outstanding Heathside performances took place on Sunday – the Middlesex Young Athletics League (MYAL) on Parliament Hill and the North London YMCA 10k (former Crouch End 10k).
Read MoreRoad racing took centre stage again with the Vitality 10,000m snaking it’s way through Central London it also acted as a British Road Race Champs with our awesome ladies continuing their exploits from the winter taking 3rd place. There were also Heathsiders competing on the roads at Milton Keynes, Battersea and Hyde Park. On the track great performances and new PBs were set at at Harrow, Dagenham Wormwood Scrubs and Battersea again. In the states Liam Garrett set new PB’s in the 1500m.
Read MoreThere was a huge variation in competition this week from 100m to 100 miles and there are many standout achievements, and PBs. Special congratulations go to Michael Stocks who achieved the V50 British record for 100 miles and James Hamblin who got a new club record for the hammer.
Read MoreIn this week’s report, we have news of super-speedy runs and a new club age category record at the Boston marathon, new track record at Harrow and Lee Valley, as well as a new course record at Ally Pally parkrun
Read MoreThis weeks highlight was Evangelista Divetain breaking the club record 10K record by 8 seconds at the French National Championships.There were also other good performances at events over distances from 5K to marathon, including a number of PB’s, plus first place finishes from Harry Klieman and Brogan Wallace at Battersea Park. In addition Sue Eedle set a club 10K record for her age group
Read MoreHeathside’s Spring marathon season kicked off on Sunday with an exceptional performance by our women in Manchester – a brace of PBs from Rebecca Bunting (2:41:47), Josie Hinton (2:50:02) and Catrin Tyler (2:52:10) that might have given us the first women’s team place (watch this space).
Read MoreLots of different Action this week with Road Relays some last Cross Country and Indoor action and road races home and abroad. Highlight of which were the women’s 9th and men’s 19th places in the Southern Road Relays in Milton Keynes to both qualify for the National Road Race Championships.
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