Take your Pick with Half Marathons, Club Championships, Vets and Duathalons
Another bumper report this week with track, road racing and duathalons. Tom Aldred set down a marker for the winter finishing 4th at the Paddock Woods Half Marathon. The Club held a very successful Championships at Finsbury Park and the Vets did their stuff at Lee Valley. Heathsiders also got their feet wet at the Hampstead Heath Duathalon.
Milton Keynes Half Marathon
Gavin Evans reports “It was a baking hot summer’s day for the four Heathsiders who trekked to Milton Keynes for its well-organised and efficiently marshalled and watered ‘Festival of Running’ on Sunday May 5 (featuring 5k, 10k, half marathon and 20 mile races). Three of us ran the half, which was already sizzling when the gun went off at the unusual starting time of 10.45. When we finished after midday the thermometer was hovering around the 28-degree mark. It was an undulating figure-of-eight course that took us through some of the prettier parts of MK (yes, really, they exist), starting with a steady downhill and ending with a steep uphill. All of the Heathside times were a bit more conservative than they might have been in cooler conditions. Tom Foy had been hoping for a 1:18 PB but the heat put paid to that and he did exceptionally well to come seventh out of 557 finishers in a time of 1:19:49. Gavin Evans was next in 19th place in 1:24:32, the first super-vet. He did the first two miles in 11:56 and the last two in 14:10. Kwasi Agyei-owusu followed in 24th place in a PB time of 1:27:06. Before the race he said he would be happy with anything under 1:28 and he pulled it off. Glen Brown had an even tougher task in running in the 20-mile race under those conditions, finishing in 204th place out of 587 in 2:54:54.”
MK Half, Milton Keynes, 4.9.21
Half Marathon (557 finishers)
7th Tom Foy – 19:49
18th Gavin Evans – 1:24:32 (1st V50/55/60 & club V60 record)
24th Kwasi Agyei-owusu – 1:27:06 (PB)
20 mile (587 finishers)
204th Glen Brown – 2:54:54
Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5km, Hyde Park, 27.8.21
1st A Bond (V45) (Dulwich) 16:09
7th Richard Macalay (V35) 16:50
21st Robert Shulman (V55) 18:24
22nd Edward Samuel (V40) 18:27
28th Mark Jefford (V55) 18:54
54th Leo Cador Pemberton (V40) 21:17
79th Alun Nash (V60) 25:35
82nd Gabriel Johnson (V50) 25:52
112 runners
Run Through Lee Valley VeloPark, Lee Valley 28.8.21
10km
1st Christopher Gracie 36:40
10 Miles
1st A Prinsep (Unattch) 61:04
27th Alison Harrow (VW50) 1:39:19 9th woman
Half Marathon
1st K Morris (Unattch) 1:16.19
2nd Michael Mohun 1:19.39
90th Ann Spickett (VW45) 2:21.44
RunThrough Chase The Sun Hyde Park, Hyde Park 1.9.21
10km
1st D Edwards (Unattach) 35:04
70th Jessica Vinluan (V40) 49:06 2nd VW40
Paddock Wood Half Marathon
There was good representation of Heathsiders at the Paddock Wood Half Marathon, Tom Aldred finshed a superb 4th place with George Gurney and James Hurrell both in the top 25.
Paddock Wood Half Marathon, Paddock Wood, 5.9.21
4th Tom Aldred 1:08.23
21st George Gurney 1:12.52
22nd James Hurrell 1:12.58
41st Andy Barnes 1:16.30
66th Joseph McKeown
76th Paul Beale 1:20.56
224th Rachel Rosenthal 1:34.33
Hampstead Heath Duathlon (Pondathon)
Club Triathalon co-ordinator Filipe Cardoso sent the following report form the Hampstead Heath Duathlon (Pondathon) “After a cancelled event in 2020, the Hamsptead Heath Pondathon was back on Sunday. Although this year, you had to enter a ballot and could not enter as a team, unless you were part of a selected few.
Despite the recent cold weather, it was warm day with sunny spells. The race started with 3 lengths of Parliament Hill Lido, followed by a run and swim at the men's, ladies and mixed ponds. The final run finishes at the race track. In total, you swim 930m and run 4.4km.
This was my 2nd Pondathon and I improved my time by 2:40.”
Hampstead Heath Duathalon, Parlaiment Hill, 4.9.21
1st R Slater (V40) 33:66
5th Luks Melon (V40) 35:20
7th Sergio Di Noto (V40) 36:10
31st David Hallan (V50) 41:32
37th Filipe Cardoso (V40) 42:30
61st Hannah Yip 45:13
66th Katie Belkin (V40) 45:49
152nd Steven Murnane (V40) 1:13.44
London Heathside Club Championships 2021, Pt 1
The Club held the first part of the Club Championships on Tuesday. Organised at short notice because of the impending track repairs over 100 club members took part in a range of events including 100m, 300m, 400m, 1500m, Discus, Hammer and High Jump. The 2nd part of the championships is scheduled for Tuesday 21st September.
Highlights included Middlesex County Champion and Scottish bronze medalist Cian O’Donnell winning the 100m on his home track. Hattie Munday winning the U15 1500m race after a year away with injury. Twlub records for Jerome Henry (Hammer) and Elkie Baker (300m). There were also a host of PB’s to cap a great season.
Many thanks to organiser Jacob Howe and all the volunteers and officials that maked the meeting happen.
LH Club Championships (Part 1), Finsbury Park Athletics Track, 7..9.21
100m Race 1 Wind: -2.7
1st Nyemah Anderson (U13) 13.9 PB by 0.18s AAA Grade 2
2nd Palermo Guisset (U13) 14.9 PB by 0.15s
3rd Ivy Paitoo (U13) 15.1 PB
4th Chigozirim George (U13) 15.9 PB
5th Rita Montero (U13) 17.4 PB
100m Race 2 Wind: -1.1
1st Tyree Stephens (U13) 14.4
2nd Eden Brown (U13) 14.6
3rd Gedeon Okitemungu (U13) (Unattached) 15.1 PB
4th Yahya Haji (U11) 20.5 PB
100m Race 3 Wind: -0.1
1st Imani Quamina (U15) 13.3 AAA Grade 4
2nd Magdeline Paitoo (U15) 13.4 AAA Grade 4
3rd Martha Jolly (U15) 13.6
4th Ella Burridge (U15) 13.9
5th Ella Mai Hancock (U15) 14.6
6th Sapphire Thorbourne (U15) 14.8 PB
7th Nina Williams (U15) 16.0 PB
100m Race 4 Wind: -0.9
1st Milton Cooper (U15) 12.4 AAA Grade 4
2nd Montana Dennis (U15) 12.6 PB by 0.09s
3rd Jared Monaghan (U15) 13.0 PB
4th Joshua Adeoye (U15) 13.5 PB by 0.27s
5th Michael Lee (U15) 17.0 PB
100m Race 5 Wind: -1.3
1st Chiamaka George (U17) 14.9
2nd Chidera George (U17) 15.1
3rd Izzy Ohajah (U17) 15.3
4th Chison Chidi-Naeily (U17) 16.5
100m Race 6 Wind: -1.8
1st Cian O'Donnell 11.0
2nd Carlos Mingoes 11.2
3rd Asha Osei (V35) 11.6
4th Jeffrey Chu 12.6
5th Frankie Frost (U20) 12.7
6th Chrispin Lema 13.2
7th Fabio Espirito Santo 14.5
300m Race 1
1st Elkie Baker (U13) 51.9 PB New 13 Girl Club Record
2nd Maya Westgate (U13) 52.5 PB
3rd Caitlin Roberts (U13) 55.1 PB
4th Lila Blustin (U13) 56.5 PB
5th Lucy Ryan (U11) 66.1 PB
6th Yahya Jahi (U11) 70.3 PB
300m Race 2
1st Milton Cooper (U15) 42.4
2nd Artie Feeny-Willings (U15) 48.7 PB
3rd Michael Lee (U15) 49.3 PB
300m Race 2
1st Magdeline Paitoo (U15) 44.2 PB by 1.14s AAA Grade 3
2nd Imani Quamina (U15) 45.9 PB
3rd Ella Burridge (U15) 47.0
4th Ella Mai Hancock (U15) 47.6
400m Race 1
1st Fabio Espirito Santo 69.7
2nd Katherina Bradshaw 69.9
3rd Jennifer Wing 72.3
4th Catherine Jeremiah (VW35) 85.1
400m Race 2
1st George Warren (U20) 52.0
2nd Vladimir Woodham-Smith (Belgrave) 53.4
3rd Joshua Ndionyemma (U20) 54.3
4th Moses Matundu 61.7
5th Valentin Valeanu (V45) 64.5
1500m Race 1
1st Hattie Munday (U15) 5:09.6 PB AAA Grade 4
2nd Kiara Corkin (U13) 5:11.2 AAA Grade 2
3rd Emilia Watkins (U15) 5:11.3 AAA Grade 4
4th Lucy Corkin (U15) 5:15.4 PB by 0.26s
5th Ruby Walls (U15) 5:18.1 PB
6th Amy Kirk (U13) 5:33.6 PB by 12s AAA Grade 4
7th Caitlin Roberts (U13) 6:09.8
8th Maya Westgate (U13) 6:17.1
9th Lila Blustin (U13) 6:32.5 PB
10th Lydia Negatu (U13) 6:54.7 PB
1500m Race 2
1st Benjamin Bediako (U15) 4:58.8
2nd Gregory Berrisford Sweet (U15)) 5:00.9 PB by 11.2s
3rd Ivor Joslin (U15) 5:14.6 PB
4th Eric Beale (U15) 5:14.6 PB by 5s
5th Koppany Szentes (U13) 5:21.3
6th Sam Turner (U13) 5:21.4
7th Ben Ryan (U15) 5:29.0 PB by 8s
8th Frank Bailey (U13) 5:37.5
9th Lucas Hobson (U13) 5:39.8 PB
10th Dylan Hobson (U13) 5:45.1 PB
1500m Race 3
1st Gavin Evans (V60) 5:06.6
2nd Tom Bryant (V40) 5:06.8
3rd Justin Badger (V55) 5:08.1
4th Emma Watson 5:08.7
5th Laura Hunt 5:16.9
6th Jennifer Wing 5:18.5
7th Katherina Bradshaw 5:24.9
8th Ian Gordon (V35) 5:25.0
9yh Danny Sanders 5:26.2
10th Joe Starkey (V35) 5:31.9
11th Ciara Williams (Hillingdon) 5:38.1
12th Fungai Mugomba 5:42.3
13th KJ De Morais 5:53.4
14th Fabio Espirito Santo 5:57.3
15th Tanya Adddison (VW50) 5:57.7
16th Yen Vo (VW40) 6:08.6
17th Catherine Jeremiah (VW35) 6:12.5
18th Osa Eghosa 7:06.2
1500m Race 4
1st Oliver O'Connor (U20) 4:20.0
2nd Roni Kizilkaya (U17) 4:27.4
3rd Tom Fancett 4:28.7
4th Frederick Beale (U17) 4:33.3
5th William Griffiths 4:42.8
6th Beth Hawling 4:45.1
7th Valentin Valeanu (V45) 4:52.2
8th Dillon Aujla (U17) 4:56.1
9th Luke Pike Mullins (U17) 4:56.5
10th Gareth Marshall (V35) 4:58.0
11th Jacob Phillips 5:24.1
12th Lee Connor (V50) 5:24.4
HJ (U13)
1st Sam Turner (U13) 1.35m PB by 5cm AAA Grade 3
1st Jerome Henry (U13) 1.35m PB by 5cm AAA Grade 3
3rd Roderic Alonso-Pascual (U13) 1.30m PB AAA Grade 4
4th Frank Bailey (U13) 1.30m B by 10cm AAA Grade 4
HJ
1st Moses Matundu 1.62m
2nd Joseph Jones (U17) 1.50m
3rd Artie Feeny-Willings (U15) 1.45m
HT 3kg
1st Jerome Henry (U13) 23.95m m PB by 1.40m New U13 Boy Club Record
2nd Roderic Alonso-Pascual (U13) 12.40m
HT 3kg
1st Fabienne Weston (U17) 19.36m
2nd Izzy Ohajah (U17) 18.72m
3rd Sapphire Thorbourne (U15) 18.72m
HT 4kg
1st Milton Cooper (U15) 27.00m AAA Grade 4
2nd Trey Corlis (U15) 22.19m
3rd Thomas Wassermann (U15) 21.67m
4th Michael Lee (U15) 13.51m
HT 5kg
1st Joseph Jones (U17) 18.17m
HT 3kg
1st Helene Kehoe (VW55) 18.16m
HT 4kg
1st Maria Fiorella Brancanto (VW35) 17.70m
HT 7.26kg
1st Joel Hawes 27.90m
2nd Israel Nworgu 11.21m
DT 0.75kg
1st Elkie Baker (U13) 20.11m AAA Grade 3
2nd Ivy Paitoo (U13) 14.93m
3rd Paloma Guisset (U13) 14.71m PB
DT 1kg
1st Jerome Henry (U13) 15.38m
2nd Roderic Alonso-Pascual (U13) 10.71m
DT 1kg
1st Izzy Ohajah (U17) 17.35m PB
2 Fabienne Weston (U17) 14.86m
DT 1.25kg
1st Thomas Wassermann (U15) 20.11
DT 1kg
1st Noelle O'Regan 24.76m
2nd Helene Kehoe (VW55) 15.83m
3rd Maria Fiorella Brancanto (VE35) 11.85m
DT 1kg
1st David Walton (V60) 19.81m
DT 2kg
1st Joel Hawes 32.85m
Eastern Counties Masters League
Adrian Essex provides the following report ”In what is still one of the strangest of seasons, at the final match in another league with no points scoring, the key was so low as to be almost subterranean, but with lots of positives.
Next season, we hope, will be fully competitive again. Both the men’s and women’s teams have won their respective leagues in recent years. If we’d like to do so again then we will be recruiting in the spring.
Claudia took on the entire burden of discharging the Heathside Field Event Officiating, and Zac took to the timekeeper’s stand (just to check the electronic laser display screen had got it right, I suppose).
Unedited highlights can be seen on youtube
I think almost everyone enjoyed themselves.”
Southern Counties Veterans League - Herts & Middlesex Division, Lee Valley, 6.9.21
100 metres
Stuart Amblin (V50) 14.53
Adrian Day (V60) 14.19
Maria Fiorella Brancato (V45) 16.49
Angela Pollitzer (V70) 23.34
400 metres
Stuart Amblin (V50) 64.55
Mark Jefford (V55) 66.56
Adrian Day (V60) 65.69
Maria Fiorella Brancato (V45) 84.57
Angela Pollitzer (V70) 1.56.50
3000 metres
Daniel Johns (V40) 10.47.40
Tony Killilea (V55) 11.08.26
200 metres hurdles
Ivan Ross (V45) 30.8
Medley Relay
London Heathside 4.47.41
Triple Jump
Stuart Amblin (V50) 8.98
Mark Jefford (V55) 8.58
Hammer
Helene Kehoe (V55) 21.01
Javelin
Stuart Amblin (V50) 29.52
Parkruns
92 Heathsiders took part in parkruns this weekend. Congratulations for first place finishes go to Beth Hawling (Highbury Fields, 17:30) and Leo Burnington (Ally Pally, 18.35). Full results can be found here.
Compiled by Simon with thanks to Adrian Essex and Gavin Evans..
