It was a relatively quiet racing week for most before XC season bursts on the scene next week, but very big news for Rebecca Bunting who headed off to Spain to compete in the European 50k Championships representing GB and who came 5th overall and got team gold! There were also impressive times at the Chicago Marathon, and closer to home at the Ridgeway 15K trail run
Read MoreThe main event was the London Marathon, with Heathsiders led home by Tom Aldred and Olivia Desborough respectively, amongst several other quality runs. The mini marathon also took place the day before. Away from Central London, there were Heathsiders participating at Wales’s biggest race, the Cardiff Half Marathon, and the cross country season got off to a fairly low key start at Dagenham.
Read MoreThere were rich pickings from the Heathside weekend results at the weekend. These included a first place for our U17 women in the Southern Road Relays (Hattie Munday, Ruby Walls and Izzy Watkins), firsts for Seyfu Jamaal (30:37) and Amy Cook (a 37:58 PB) in the Middlesex 10k and a V50 PB of 34:35 for Ed Boden in the same race.
Read MoreLess action this week as we transtion into the winter road and cross country races. However Seyfu broke the Club overall 5000m record and is looking in good shape for the coming season.
Read Moren what was a sombre week for the nation, this week’s highlights include the Middlesex Road relays, SAL, a win and a V50 club record in half marathons
Read MoreThe highlight of the weekend was a big win for Seyfu in the Big Half. Elsewhere there was fun on the Heath in the annual Duathlon (Pondathon) and earlier in the week young Heathsiders headed off to Southend, the highlights being Malia Anderson-Watson coming first in the discus, and Jayden Smith and Kingston Bennet coming first in 75m, and Kingston also first in 150m and long jump. We also now have the Heathside Club Champs results Pt 2.
Read MoreThis week saw a mix of events, comprising an ultra marathon in South Africa, track and field action including the England Athletics Championships ( u15 & u17 ), a road Vets record, and a 10 mile win at Lee Valley
Read MoreIssy Watkins produced our best performance over the weekend breaking the club U17W 800m record and taking the gold medal at the South of England Champs. Cian upgraded his 2021 bronze to silver in both the 100m and 200m at the Scottish Champs, and at SAL match 4 we achieved a good number of wins despite the heat and a reduced team.
Read MoreUndoubtedly a quieter week for race action, with no big club events, nevertheless fine performances were recorded over the 5 and 10K distances at various road and track events ( pic is from the Chase the Sun 10K ). The highlights were road race wins on different days at Battersea Park for Seyfu Jamaal and Rebecca Bunting, over 10K and 5K respectively.
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