5000s, Chimroy and Preview of Park Run's Return
Lots of action for the Seniors this week including our annual festival of 5000m racing at Finsbury Park, Club records fell the next day at the Sri Chimoy races as well as one runner at the Milton Keynes night of the 5000s. Aquathon and full triatholon action too from Hannah, Felipe and Yuri. As well as the two Adrian’s competing in the Masters Regional Finals. Also included in anticipation of the return of Park Run on Saturday are some Stats on the Clubs favourate Park Run events.
Finsbury Park 5000s
It was great to see Jacob Howe back in London to organise this great event. The sun shone and the track looked as it’s best as over 200 athletes from across the SE of England took part in the 7 graded races. The final two races had pacersthe London Metropolitan University provided physio and there was a fully stocked bar for the thirsty supporters chearing on the runners on a hot summers evening. Fastest Heathsider was Jem O’Flaherty with Gabriel Noaro the fastest woman. Antonio Silva of Thames Valley was the fastest man in 14:34.7 with Beth Hawling (Cheltenham) the fastest woman in a new PB of 16:57.1.
Thanks to Jacob and all the volunteers and officials that helped make the evening so fun and enjoyable. Heathside only results are listed below.
Veterans Inter Regional Meeting, Nuneaton 17.7.21
Although not in Heathside Colours a number of our masters competed in the Inter regional meeting. Adrian Essex reports:- “This season has been a bit slow taking off, but events are coming thicker and faster now. On Sunday 18th July the Veteran's Athletics Clubs from around the country held their annual inter area challenge under the auspices of the England Masters Athletics Association. Delightfully teams from Scotland and Wales were icluded. The venue was the Pingles Stadium in Nuneaton .Four veteran Heathside members took part.
For Vets AC :
Adrian Day (400m M60 66.2s a 7 year personal best and anchor leg on the 4 x 100 M50 relay)
Israel Nworgu (200m 26.5 SB, and a storming start in the M35 4 x 100).
For Southern Counties VAC:
Adrian Essex (1500m 6:39.7 SB, High Jump 1.25m and anchor leg in the M70 4 x 100)
Perhaps worthy of note is A Day's PB in the 400m, a race which doctors and physiologists suggest should be beyond someone of his years. Adrian trains with Israel in a specialist Vets sprints group. It may well be that as a result he is running both faster and smarter.
And remarkable too that the M70 4 x 100 meter relay was fiercely competitive, between 4 teams.”
Well done for the guys proving athletics is not necessary a young persons sport.
Results
200m
M35 4th Israel Nworgu (V35) 26.5 PB
400m
M60 7th Adrian Day (V60) 66.2 PB
1500m
M70 5th Adrian Essex 6:39.4
High Jump
M70 1st Adrian Essex 1.25m
Shot Putt
M60 Adrian Day 5.87m PB
Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park, Saturday July 17
Tom Hollis took nearly three minutes off his 10k PB on a hot, hot Saturday morning at Battersea Park, finishing in a fine time of 34:48. Sarah Swinhoe was the first V50 woman and also broke the club V50 record in a time of 38:37.
Paul Beale was the second Heathsider in a time of 37:18 followed by Matt Collins in 37:59 and me in 38:24. Phil Hogg followed Sarah in 39:34 and Matt Beard in a PB of 40:00.
Big credit goes to Rob Shulman and Eilidh Wagstaff, both of whom ran the club 5k on the Friday night and then the 10k on the Saturday morning. Both said they took it easy on their tired legs but picked up times that many would be proud of with fresh legs – 40:21 for Rob and 45:33 for Eilidh.
Adrian Essex adds an update from the weekend. Two club records from the Sri Chinmoy 10k at Battersea Park on Saturday July 17: Sarah Swinhoe – 38:37 (V50) (ranked 3rd in the UK), Gavin Evans – 38:24 (V60) (11th in the UK)
Results (181 finishers)
1st N Bowker Clapham Chasers 31:23
25th Tomos Hollis 34.48
26th Sion Lewis 35:00
47th Paul Beale (V50) 37:18
56th Matt Collins (V45) 37:59
60th Gavin Evans (V60) 38:24
63rd Sarah Swinhoe (V50W) 38:37
76th Philip Hogg (V50) 39:34
85th Matthew Beard (V50) 40:00P91st Robert Schlman (V55) 40:21
94th Isobel Rea (V45W) 40:48
137th Eildh Wagstaff 45:33
Soar MK 5000 PB Special, Milton Keynes 17.7.21
RACE L 7th Christopher Vincent (V40) 18:04.25 PB
Splash and Dash Aquathon, Royal Docks 20..7.21
Hannah Yip made he Aquathon debutath the Splash and Dash event at the Royal Docks (750m + 5k) on Tuesday 20 July! She reports “ I came 7th out of a very small field (and probably 1st F), although the 5k felt terribly short and is reflected in the unrealistic time (I would think an extra 4 or 5 minutes should be added in reality!)” A reminder the Club have an active Triathlon Group co-ordinated by Felipe Cardosso.
7th Hannah Yip 38:33 (750m Swim 14th 17:49, 5km Run 4th 20:44)
Dorney lake Triathalon, Eton, 18.7.21
Felipe himself competed on Sunday and sent this report:- “I just wanted to give you a report on Dorney Lake Triathlon this Sunday, the location for the rowing events during London 2012.
Yuri and I took part in the standard event (1.5km swim + 40km bike + 10km run). It was a scorching sunny day which meant that no wetsuits were needed for the swim section. This was my first triathlon and you could tell I'm a beginner by the poor buoy sighting and zig-zag swim. The bike section was a bit confusing as the 8 laps of the course is a bit short of 40km. Yuri had a couple of setbacks after his chain fell off at 40 km/hr and doing an extra lap. By the time we got to the running section, the sun was burning and you could see that most people were struggling in the heat. Still, we both managed to complete in under 3 hours which was our target.”
Results
166th Felipe Cardoso (V40) 2:43:17 (Swim 37:16, Cycle 1:13.17, Run 48:56)
168th Yury Christov 2:43:37 (Swim 30.14, Cycle 1:10.19, Run 59:53)
Finsbury Park 5000s, Finsbury Park, 16.7.21
5000m
Race 1 of 7
2 Yen Vo W40 21:39.005 Trudy Kearney SW LONH 22:14.5412 Michael Gray M40 LONH 22:52.6513 Peter Hurst M40 LONH 22:59.68
14 Carmen Cabrera Arnau SW LONH 23:03.08
15 Jackie Wastell W55 LONH 24:00.11
17 Steven Murnane M45 LONH 27:43.29Race 2 of 7
1 Filipe Cardoso M40 LONH 19:37.20
3 Elinor East W35 LONH 20:09.965 Catrin Tyler SW LONH 20:21.906 Shannon Sinclair SW LONH 20:25.13
9 Jessica Vinluan W40 LONH 20:52.2411 Leo Pemberton M40 LONH 20:53.1716 Joel Hawes SM LONH 21:33.63
Race 3 of 7
1 Jonathan Halliwell M35 LONH 18:36.56
3 Steven Pennington M50 LONH 18:55.015 Jonathan Shipley M45 LONH 18:59.266 Tom Griffiths SM LONH 19:09.73
7 Gareth Marshall M35 LONH 19:11.54
8 Natan Doron M35 LONH 19:15.47
9 Paul Mercer M45 LONH 19:16.22
10 Tony Killilea Tony M55 LONH 19:19.30
11 Celine Bradley W35 LONH 19:25.74
13 Sara Garcia SW LONH 19:38.49
15 Eilidh Wagstaff SW LONH 19:41.42
20 Pete Crockford M60 LONH 20:03.81
22 Julia Kelk W40 LONH 20:23.57
23 Fabio Espirito Santo SM LONH 23:26.79
Race 4 of 7
3 Chris Hartley Chris M55 LONH 17:53.74
4 Jake Spencer M35 LONH 17:58.50
5 Martin Potter M50 LONH 18:15.26
7 Lily Woolcock SW LONH 18:26.23
8 Rob Shulman Rob M55 LONH 18:28.75
9 Kwasi Agyei-Owusu M35 LONH 18:36.30
10 Justin Badger Justin M55 LONH 18:36.98
13 Paul Kelland M55 LONH 18:44.39
16 Valentin Valeanu M45 LONH 19:06.12
Race 5 of 7
3 Andrew Barnes M35 LONH 17:05.56
5 Will Fielding Will SM LONH 17:10.44
7 Filippo Minelle SM LONH 17:19.98
8 Joseph Mckeown M35 LONH 17:20.67
9 Matthew Field SM LONH 17:26.86
13 Gabriele Noaro SM LONH 17:39.47
14 Michael Cockings M40 LONH 17:46.51
19 Alex Sweet M40 LONH 18:57.67
Race 6 of 7
9 Thomas Stottor SM LONH 16:47.8210 Billy Cochrane SM LONH 16:52.53
16 Conor Brown SM LONH 17:39.35
Race 7 of 7
7 Jem O'Flaherty SM LONH 15:19.20
8 James Wooldridge SM LONH 15:26.62
10 Simon Schüpbach SM LONH 15:29.69
15 James Hurrell M35 LONH 15:46.55
20 Kieran Morris SM LONH 16:12.29
Photos Available from Leonardmartin.photo
New London Heathside Music
The London Heathside music group have produced another great song this time with a summer theme:-
Park Run - A Preview on its return
As most will know after 18 months gap many Park Runs return on Saturday (Alexandra Palace a week later). Heathsiders love a Park Run as well as Club members being the force behind our home Finsbury Park Run the Club’s members have been the largest participants in a host of other Park Runs as shown below. We look forward to noting your runs again from next week. Please ensure when registering at Park Run you put the club’s name down so we can find your results.
Finsbury Park Park Run
Our Home run two laps of the park predominantly on the carriageway watch out for the steep hill which you do twice.
509 races
1st Club 389 different runners 6622 performances
Tom Aldred 41 1st Places Best time 15:27
4th Fastest man Seyfu Jamaal 15:18
23rd Fastest woman Rebecca Piggott 18:51
Highbury Fields Park Run
Still waiting for the go ahead a flat multi-lap course around the square, not sure how the marshalls ensure everyone does the right number of laps!
441 races
1st Club 193 different runners 2674 performances
Olivia Desborough 48 1st Places Best time 18;49
1st Fastest man Seyfu Jamaal 15:08
18th Fastest woman Olivia Desborough 18;49
Ally Pally Park Run
Not restarting to the 31st has two courses the summer is more a cross country course while in winter three times up the famous Ally Pally Hill awaits you.
415 races
1st Club 244 different runners 3695 performances
Rebecca Bunting 25 1st Places Best time 18:04
18th Fastest Man Charles Hardy 17:20
2nd Fastest Female Rebecca Bunting 18:04
Pymmes Park Run
Regarded as one of the most friendly events especially for cake lovers. Generally flat park course.
463 races
3rd Club 62 different runners 323 performances
1st Fastest Man Seyfu Jamaal 15:42
11th Fastest Woman Cathy Jeremiah 19:50
Grovelands Park Run
Another Park land course in pretty surroundings
506 races
3rd Club 68 different runners 2034 performances
3rd fastest man Liam Garrett 16:03
4th Fastest woman Rebecca Piggott 18:28
Hampstead Heath Park Run
Where the Hip 30 something runners go, may have a delayed start, 2 laps around the famous rolling pastures of the Heath.
459 races
14th most wins Rebecca Bunting
4th Club 154 different runners 3,138 performances
19th Fastest man Andrew Brooker 16:53
3rd fastest Woman Rebecca Bunting 18:29
Hackney Marshes Park Run
PB heaven the flatest straighted course possible
597 races
5th Club 126 different runners 477 performances
16th Fastest Man Seyfu Jamaal 15:35
10th Fastest Woman Julia Bijl 17:39
Oak Hill Park Run
A Park course alongside a stream used by Barnet for mini marathon trials
452 races
1st most wins Rebecca Bunting 54
4th Club 70 different runners 572 performances
10th Fastest man Liam Garrett 16:17
3rd Fastest Woman Rebecca Bunting 17:50
Sunny Hill Park Run
A newby on the block but quieter than the others, exactly as the names states Sunny and very hilly
50 races
4th Club 17 different runners 37 performances
34th Fastest man Martin Lewis 19:23
8th Fastest Woman Chiara Borg 21:27
Thanks to Hannah, Felipe, Adrian, Gavin and Jacob for their reports.
