Freezing Fred Hughes and Red Hot Indoor Action
Lets start the report in a sub-zero St Albans on Saturday morning.
Fred Hughes 10 Mile Race, St Albans, 18.1.20
Andrew Hudson reports,"14 Heathsiders headed north to St Albans for the Fred Hughes 10 miles on Sunday 19th. It was crisp and cold, but good for running apart from some frosty sections, especially on the first lap. Sara Black won her category (Women 45) and was the 8th woman overall in I hour 5mins 50. Natan Doran was the first Heathsider home, followed by Dominic Jones. A bit lower down the field, Sif Sumarlidadottir and Filipe Cardoso ran together and pushed each other on for much of the way, with Sif 4th in the W45 category. Caroline White was second in the W55 category. Next stop on the way to the Rob Jackson Trophy: the Watford Half on 2 February."
Result (10 miles 919 Runners)
1st A Brampton (unatt) 52:36
35th Natan Doron 01:01:50
55th Dominic Jones 01:03:55
70th Joseph Clemoes 01:05:04
83rd Sara Black 01:05:50 (1st VW45, 8th woman)
86th Matthew Cockerill 01:06:01
117th Kwasi Agyei-Owusu 01:08:24
124th Richard Peachment 01:09:16
177th Sif Sumarlidadottir 01:12:15
178th Filipe Cardoso 01:12:23
243rd Leo Pemberton 01:15:54
318th Andrew Hudson 01:19:05 (5th VM60)
327th Angharad Harris 01:19:38
357th Caroline White 01:21:34 (2nd VW55)
680th Roger Black 01:34:04
Gloucester Marathon, Gloucester 19.1.20
Two Heathsiders had a successful day out at the Gloucester marathon, on a cold, bright Sunday morning. There were some hills and some icy areas but otherwise the course was fine and traffic free. Our two participants finished within 43 seconds of each other but each had very different intentions going into the race. Michael Kennedy has set himself the target of one marathon a month for a year. After the disappointment of the cancellation of the Sheffield marathon in January due to flooding, he plan was back on track with a comfortable 8th place finish in 2.54..01. Rob Shulman needed a qualification time for Comrades marathon in South Africa in June. A prized A pen entry is awarded for a sub-3, so that was the target. He finished in 9th (2nd V50) position in 2.54..43, faster than he had planned but was feeling good on the day so went with it. Both Michael and Rob need to recover quickly as both have trail marathons/ultras in a fortnight.
Result (287 Runners)
1st D Holmwood (Finch C) 2:44.06
8th Michael Kennedy 2:54.01
9th Rob Shulman 2:54.43
Victoria Park January 10k, Victoria Park, 19.1.20
And closer to home Jack Hardy came home in 15th place in the Victoria Park 10k and Annabel Litchfield the 5th Female.
Results (10Km, 322 runners)
1st R Collett (Worthing) 33:50
15th Jack Hardy 37:14
40th Annabel Litchfield 40:20 (5th Woman)
London Indoor Games, Lee Valley 18-19.01.20
For those who like to perform indoors during Winter there were again a host of PB's and club records set at Lee Valley. The London Games is a fun competittion spread over two weekends with the Seniors and U20's racing last weekend and the U17/U15/U13s competitng next week. The 60m saw a host of new PB's inspired by the high quality field. Over the longer distance Scarlett Parker claimed new 200m and 400m V45 records from Tony Killilea who himself just missed out on the 400m V55 record.
For those looking for indoor athletic action entries are now open for the the Middlesex Championships in March with events for U15 and above.
60m Men
Cian McDonnell 7.09/7.09 PB
Carlos Mingoes 7.30/7.24 PB
Leon Seale (U20) 7.35/7.26 PB
Deji Agbede (U20) 7.43/7.37 PB
60m Women
Eleanor Ball 8.15/8.10
Milou Eijsbroek (U20) 8.22/8.29 PB
200m Men
Scarlett Parker (V45) 27.36 PB (New V45 Club Record)
200m Women
Milou Eijsbroek (U20) 27.64 PB
400m Men
Scarlett Parker (V45) 59.33 PB (New V45 Club Record)
Tony Killilea (V55) 64.19
Fabio Espirito Santo 68.19
800m Men
Fabio Espirito Santo 2:35.10
South London Athletic Open Meeting, Carshalton, 4.1.20
Unfortunately missed but congratulations to Eleanor Ball who improved her own Senior indoor 60m record in the first of three runs at the South London Open. Looks like she is in great form for the rest of the indoor season and for defending her Middlesex Title.
60m
Eleanor Ball 8.07/8.06/8.04 PB (New Club Record)
Running Commentary Podcast
Gavin Evans featured in this week's Running Podcast. He says "This week I ran through north London mud and drizzle with Paul Tonkinson for his wonderful podcast Running Commentary. (It also features Asmelash Abrha, Paul Jarman, Rob Shulman, Sarah Swinhoe, Howard Gold, Louise Le Ray and Jackie Wastell)" https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mighty-gavin-evans/id1083410032?i=1000462767877&fbclid=IwAR3v9cqJ2DjDTPlZrt-s3oOoCLpYtarp8arLeB-w3-SgHyHoPx7SxVzHZ1s
It's a great listen.
Park Run 18.1.20
112 Members took part in 30 different Park Run's with 1st places recorded by Rebecca Bunting (Whitstable), Garath Marshall (Barclay) and Keith Burrows.(Western Springs). Rebecca's time of 18.13 was the 10th fastest Womens time of the day. Here are the full Heathside results:
https://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2017&eventdate=2020-01-18
Report by Simon Baker and also to Caroline White, Rob Shulman and Andrew Hudson