Finsbury Park 5000s and Fyn Dualathon Championships.

A successful 5000s was held at Finsbury Park on 5th July which was: ‘a very slick and successful open meeting, with so many volunteers making it a delight.’ Other highlights of the racing week were Dualthon World Championships, Run Through Regent’s Park and the Eastbourne 10k.

Finsbury Park 5000s 5th July 2018
The major event last week was our own Finsbury Park 5000s. On top of a small army of organisers and officials doing sterling work in the sun, there were 53 Heathside finishers (listed below, along with a couple of others). Whilst it was really a little bit too hot for the early races, this didn't prove to be a problem, with 35 Heathside PBs recorded. Amongst a whole host of excellent runs, the highlight has to be Liam Garrett running the fastest time of the evening in a PB of 15:06.27 that puts him in the UK top 10 U20s rankings. Not far behind were Ivar Stefansson and Jem O'Flaherty also in PBs, Andrew Brooker and another PB for Seyfu Jamaal. Josie Hinton ran a PB of 18:29.36 for the second fastest women's time of the evening, just ahead of Celine Bradley and Olivia Desborough, both of whom went under 19 mins for the first time. And in race Louisa Pointon hit her sub-20 target by the finest of margins, 19:59.87 in a wonderfully judged run.
Also of note was Pete Crockford whose 18:59.11 in race 3 was a further 8 secs off the club V60 record he had set in the Vets League at Lee Valley on Monday. Pete has run 13 races since turning 60 on Marathon day, 12 of them records. Well done Pete, an inspiration for us all.

2018 Fyn ITU Duathlon World Championships 6-8th July 2018

Karina Kaufman and Gabi Johnson travelled to Odense , Denmark for the World Duathlon championships, having previously qualified for the British Age Group Teams at the Bedford duathlon in March.

Run Through Regent’s Park 7th July 2018
Lewis Hatful ran in the Run Through Regents Park 5K last Saturday in the sweltering heat and finished 8th despite off his PB. Sadly his complementary flapjack melted and the finishers medal burned his neck. He said it was still great fun.

Eastbourne 10K 8th July 2018
Congratulations to Alex Collins for winning the Eastbourne 10K and getting a notable mention in the Eastbourne press. Alex said: ‘It was a great event. Really, really hot, so very hard work!’. Good work Alex.

Parkrun results from 7th July can be found by following the link. Notable results from Richard Macaulay who came 2nd at Highbury Fields, William Griffiths who came 1st at Ally Pally, Monika Newton coming in as 2nd female, 10th overall at Gdynia, Amy Cook 1st female, 23rd overall at Burgess and Rebecca Bunting 1st female, 4th overall at Worthing.

Woodford Open Graded Meet 10th July 2018
Some impressive results are below at a rather cooler slightly windy event.

Complied by Sarah Illingworth who was very grateful for the contributions from Jacob Howe, David Walton, Gabi Johnson, Lewis Hatfull, Alex Collins and Pete Crockford. Photos by Lenny Martin.

Results:
Finsbury Park 5000s 5/7/2018
5000m, Race 1
3 139 Sue Rust W35 20:58.47
4 24 Tom Bryant M35 21:16.94
5 178 Emilia Vynnycky W45 21:24.24
6 57 Sarah Duke SW 21:46.57
8 189 Peter Hurst SM 21:59.34
9 122 Alun Nash M55 22:20.23
10 163 Jackie Wastell W55 22:37.84
12 190 Daniel Cockerill U17M 23:02.81
16 29 Kimberli Butler SW 25:30.54
5000m, Race 2
1 48 Dennis Curry M40 18:48.33
8 5 Ian Anderson M35 19:42.55
9 188 Steffi Luker Edwards U20W 19:46.12
10 162 Peter Ward M35 19:47.59
11 14 Paul Beale M45 19:53.08
12 39 James Connell M45 19:54.36
13 136 Louisa Pointon SW 19:59.87
14 108 Gareth Marshall M35 20:09.48
15 68 Mark George M50 20:12.36
16 160 Paul Tonkinson M45 20:21.76
17 15 Rob Bean SM 20:22.36
5000m, Race 3
2 34 Joseph Clemoes M35 18:26.26
3 187 Andrew Prystawsky SM 18:28.77
4 85 Josie Hinton SW 18:29.36
6 21 Celine Bradley W35 18:36.90
7 176 Jonathon Litchfield M40 18:38.79
9 88 Jonathon Hopkin M50 18:46.39
12 52 Olivia Desborough SW 18:50.13
13 95 Mark Jefford M50 18:52.07
14 55 Natan Doron SM 18:53.51
16 45 Pete Crockford M60 18:59.11
19 159 Samuel Thompson SM 19:07.85
22 87 Philip Hogg M45 19:21.19
23 107 Annabel Litchfield SW 19:30.22
5000m, Race 4
3 152 Alex Sweet M35 17:44.13
4 143 Marco Serena M35 17:47.15
7 36 Matthew Cockerill M45 17:51.84
8 69 James Gibson SM 17:52.99
9 79 Jack Hardy SM 17:58.25
10 7 Steve Armstrong M45 17:59.05
16 59 Gavin Evans M55 18:28.28
18 140 Bethany Scott SW 18:34.53
19 117 Adam Mitchell M35 18:36.81
5000m, Race 5
7 180 Ed Samuel SM 17:07.93
12 77 Daniel Haile SM 17:21.00
16 80 Chris Hartley M50 17:23.17
18 132 Joe Pennington SM 17:32.45
19 37 Michael Cockings M35 17:44.62
5000m, Race 6
9 75 William Griffiths U20M 16:33.08
12 13 Andy Barnes M35 16:41.43
14 106 Sion Lewis M35 16:54.72
5000m, Race 7
1 66 Liam Garrett U20M 15:06.27
2 149 Ivar Stefansson SM 15:12.30
3 126 Jem O'Flaherty U20M 15:15.36
6 185 Andrew Brooker SM 15:25.62
11 177 Seyfu Jamaal U20M 15:43.84

Sprint Duathlon Run 5.5km/ Bike 20km/ Run 2.5km
46th Karina Kaufman 1hr12 min24sec ( 22:24 / 35:19 /10:30) 10th 35-39 AG
118th Gabi Johnson 1hr 21min28sec (25:15/37:07/12:33) 15 th 50-54 AG

Run Through Regent’s Park 5k 7/7/2018
Lewis Hatfull 8th place, 21.

Eastbourne 10 k 8/7/2018
Alex Collins 1st place Chip time 36.38.97

Woodford Graded Open Meet 10/7/2018
400 metres
Luke Grey U20 52:12
1500metres
Thomas Archer U15 4:16.57
Ula Cartwright-Finch 4:52.27
Pete Crockford V60 5:08.23
3000 metres
William Griffith U20 9:47.80
Jack Davis-Black U15 10:31.84