A Run on the Dark Side…
Two brave Heathsiders, Andrew Shreeve and Sandra Marie, ventured south of the river to take part in the 2nd Dartford Midnight Marathon. Starting at 8pm, this was an 8-lap course round The Bridge Lakes of Dartford, with a special “I Beat the Midnight Marathon” tee for those finishing before midnight, an all-night tea wagon and no cut-off time (the last finisher came in in just under 6 hours).
Adam Kirk-Smith was in Norwich where he got 7th in the Lord Mayor’s City Centre 5km. Nick Dodd got a new 5km PB at Bushey - his 3rd PB at this distance in just under a month!
Simon Hazel, who we hope had got his euros before the rate nosedived, was in Frankfurt to compete in a FULL Ironman Tri, part of the European Champs so stacked with professional/elite athletes. With a total of just under 227km to cover (Swim: 3.8km, Bike: 180.5km, Run: 42.2km), Simon finished in a very creditable, but what must have been exhausting, time of 11h54m. He writes: “Following a less than ideal training plan due to working offshore for 4 of the last 5 weeks leading into the race (so no swimming or long bike rides!), I managed to exceed my race expectations. The transitions were somewhat leisurely… I finished 284th in the 45-49 age group, 1591st male and 1716th overall.”
As an alternative to a Parkrun, four of us ran in the Orion Harriers’ 2nd of 3 1st Saturday of the month Epping Forest 5-milers (next one on Saturday 6th August); Doug Rendle got a top-10 and Michael Cockings a top-15 placing in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 1st Saturday of the month 10km (next one - 6th August); whilst 8 Heathsiders ran in the Regent’s Park 1st Sunday of the month 10km (next one Sunday 7th August), where Daniel Jackson and Joseph McKeown got top-20 placings, Cas Wright was 3rd Female and Carl Heap 1st V60. Talking of Parkruns: Tom Aldred led the field home in 16:13 at Highbury Fields, Alex Galloway at Thetford in 17:26, Andrew Welshman at Newark in 19:23.
There were also a couple of Track & Field meetings during the week, one last Wednesday (29th June) in Watford, and at Mile End on Monday. Jacob Howe writes: “A group of us went to Watford for the Open Meet, featuring 17 (count 'em!) x 1500m races and 3 x 3000m races. With better weather than the forecast had suggested, we chalked a series of PBs and SBs, with Adam's very strong run setting a new club senior record, and missing out on the overall record by just a second. There were also a number of runs at Monday's Mile End Open.” The next SAL meet is at Luton on Saturday - see club website or Facebook for details.
RESULTS (Where available, chip times and chip positions are used…)
29/6/16 Watford Open Meet
1500m, race 5
3 Joseph Mckeown 04:53.75 (PB)
3000m, race 1
14 Jacob Howe 10:17.16
17 Jonathan Litchfield 10:27.77 (PB)
19 Bethany Scott 10:30.53
20 Joseph Mckeown 10:45.10
3000m, race 2
6 Andrew Brooker 09:04.62
3000m, race 3
7 Adam Kirk-Smith 08:27.86 (PB)
2.7.2016 ORION HARRIERS FOREST 5 (Epping Forest)
11 Philip Duggan 31:57 M40
18 Lee Connor 33:18 M40
48 Marco Maserati 37:25 M50
99 Greg Bell 43:17 M50
154 finishers
2.7.2016 Lord Mayor's City Centre Classic 5km (Norwich)
7 Adam Kirk-Smith 15:13:4 S
2.7.2016 QEOP 10km
8 Doug Rendle 00:39:23 S
14 Michael Cockings 00:41:15 S
285 finishers
2.7.2016 Dartford Midnight Marathon
9 Andrew Shreeve 03:14:28 M40
62 Sandra Marie 04:05:33 F35
122 finishers
3.7.2016 Purple Patch Spire Bushey 5km
8 Nick Dodd 20:45.00 (1st V50 & PB)
131 finishers
3.7.2016 Regents Park 10km
12 Daniel Jackson 00:37:24 S
18 Joseph Mckeown 00:38:44 S
42 Cas Wright 00:40:16 (3rd F)
72 Carl Heap 00:43:22 (1st V60)
74 Eilidh Wagstaff 00:43:03 S
75 Emma Mattsson-Duggan 00:42:45 (1st FV35)
91 Tom Bedwell 00:46:20 S
113 Tony Chin 00:47:24 V50
183 Anthony Chaimowitz 00:50:01 V40
552 finishers
3.7.2016 Mainova Ironman European Championship (Frankfurt, GER)
1716 Simon Hazel 11:49:51 M45-49 (S: 01:10:59 B: 05:58:19 R: 04:21:04)
3171 finishers
4/7/16 Mile End Open Meet
200m, race 4
4 Ashley Braithwaite 25.21
300m
4 Liam Garrett 42.72
800m, race 1
2 Luke Gray 02:04.04 (PB)
3 Ed Garrett 02:06.26
4 Liam Garrett 02:08.10 (PB)
800m, race 2
1 Adam Bessadi 02:12.09 (PB)
4 Ruairi McGonagle 02:18.75 (PB)
6 Rayan Bessadi 02:32.61
1500m
1 Dan Pettitt 04:24.24 (PB)
2 Ben Wolfe 04:31.15 (PB)
Parkrun: For Saturdays results click here