Bronze at World age group Duathlon championships, local Half Marathons, & Porto Marathon
The first action to report took place in Aviles, Spain, where two Heathsiders achieved great results competing for GB in their age group categories. Kelly Thorneycroft came away with the bronze medal in the women's 30-34 sprint race, being second quickest over the run legs, whilst Karina Kaufmann nabbed fourth in the women's 40-44 long race, only a couple of minutes off a medal.
2021 World Duathlon Championships, Aviles, Spain, 7.11.21
Age 30-34 Female Sprint (Run 5.1k, Bike 21.2k, Run 2.8k )
3rd Kelly Thorneycroft 1:14:27 (18:10/2:25/40:01/2:44/11:06)
Age 40-44 Female Race (Run 9.6k, Bike 42k, Run 5k )
4th Karina Kaufmann 2:25:31 (38:14/1:59/1:20:07/2:25/22:45)
Reading Half Marathon, Reading 7.11.21
Seyfu Jamaal put in a customary fine performance at the Reading Half Marathon, placing 8th in a high quality field, in a race won in 1hr 2min
8th Seyfu Jamaal 1.07.03
Victoria Park 10K and Half Marathon, Victoria Park, 6.11.21
Jamie Morris celebrated his new V45 status by running a 10K PB in Victoria Park, and came in as 1st overall Vet to boot. In the half marathon, Julia Kelk was ably paced to comfortably under 90 minutes and a PB by Lenny Martin and Nick Hodges–Gibson, while Steve Pennington tuned up for the upcoming Valencia Marathon by being the first Heathsider home and picking up the V50 award
10km Race
7th Jamie Morris 36.47 PB (1st Vet)
Half Marathon
18th Steve Pennington 1:23.04 (1st V50)
37th Nick Hodges-Gibson 1:28.58
39th Julia Kelk 1.28.57 PB (8th F, 3rd FV40)
40th Leonard Martin 1.29.01
Dorney Lake Half Marathon, Windsor, 7.11.21
10th Josie Hinton 1.25.25 (2nd Female)
Porto Marathon, Porto, Portugal, 7.11.21
Felipe Cardoso ran the Porto Marathon under bright blue skies and managed a 9 minute PB –not far off sub 3 hr now! He sends in this report:-
“After 4 months of training, I ran my 3rd non-virtual marathon on Sunday in Porto. The sky was clear, with a high temperature of 15c. The route changed this year due to maintenance work at the iconic Luis I bridge, meaning that we did not ran past the Porto wine caves on the south side of the river Douro. The route is mostly flat along the Atlantic coast and river bank, although the cobbled stone sections were hard on the legs. A new course record was achieved by Zablon Chumba from Kenya in 2:08:55.
I stayed with the 3 hr pacer who was brilliant. He kept us motivated throughout the first half of the course. At this point he was replaced by a quiet pacer who ran the rest of the way. Unfortunately, quite a few of us started falling behind. Especially after a section at 28km, where we went down a narrow street to Cais da Ribeira (riverfront promenade) and back up again to the riverside avenue.
I lost site of the pacer at 30km and went into "damage control mode", trying to make it to the end without losing too much time ”.
139th Filipe Cardoso 3.06.02
Park Runs
Saturday saw a large number of Heathsiders participating in Parkruns, including 1st place finishes for Beth Hawling, Seyfu Jamaal, Chris Holmes, Monika Newton, and Jessica Vinluan
results can be found here
Compiled by Mark George, with thanks to contributions from Jacob , Felipe Cardoso (plus pic), and Jamie Morris