From Brighton to Milan, marathon madness is here

Spring marathon madness has arrived! In the run-up to London next weekend Heathside was represented in the Brighton, Milan, Paris and Rotterdam marathons. Dan Madams ran a perfectly timed race in Rotterdam, I hear, to post the fastest time of the weekend for our lot, while Sandra was unlucky enough to land a faulty chip in Paris, but will hopefully be consoled by a great self-timed run of 3:40:57. 

In Milan David weirdly seems to have achieved a better gun time than chip time, posting what seems to be a big PB and Ken also appearing to have run a new best. Further to the north in Rotterdam on a cold and very windy day Dan and Gavin ran together until 30k in what Gavin described as an eight-man peloton, with Dan at this stage breaking away to leave Gavin behind, albeit only 22sec off his PB in the end.

Others were not so lucky, with Sandra racing in Paris only to find out her chip was faulty - very frustrating, I imagine. Word has it she ran 3h40, in line with Chris. Closer to home Sarah, Fran and Claire raced in cold sunny conditions in Brighton, with a group of Heathsiders tackling the Thames Towpath 10 and the Newham 10k also among this weekend’s road races. We also have track & field results from early season local events, with Jacob, Daumantas, Mo and Xelia testing their speed/jumping at the Highgate and Lee Valley opens.. At the Lee Valley Open Xelia was meant to run the 200m but had to withdraw because of a painful tendon in her leg, although that came after a U17 club record in the long jump. 

Milan Marathon, 15/04/2012

63rd David Hellard 2:45:02 (chip time) 2:44:54 (gun time)

107th Kenneth Heney 2:52:56

Rotterdam Marathon, 15/04/2012

189th Dan Madams 2:44.41 (38th in the 34-49 age group)

252nd Gavin Evans 2:49.47 (5th in the 50 – 54 age group)

Brighton Marathon, 15/04/2012

2870th Sarah Birchall 4:00:30 (PB)

4890th Francesca Wood 4:24:12

4883rd Claire Sliwerski 4:26:42 (PB)

Paris Marathon, 15/04/2012Andrew Murphy 2:56:14
1563 Dan Findlay-Robinson 3:07:11

Claire Quinn 3:37:54

9014th Chris Hewertson 03:40:31 

Sandra Buckton unofficial 3:40:57

Thames Towpath 10, 15/04/2012

24th Marcus Tillotson 1:03:54

29th Trevor Wilson 1:05:51

104th Brian Boyle 1:12:49

339th Alice Parish 1:27:58

Newham 10k, Stratford, 15/04/2012

269th Dan Williams 47:33 PB

598th Arthur Keitch 55:58 PB

Lee Valley Open, 14/04/2012

800m

8th Mohamed Mohamed 2:01.12

400m

8th Mohamed Mohamed 55.95

U17 Women

Long Jump 

1st  Xelia Mendes-Jones 4.95m (U17W Club Record)

High Jump 

2nd  Xelia Mendes-Jones  1.20m

Highgate Early Season Open Meeting, 11/04/2012, Parliament Hill

3000m

11th Jacob Howe 10:03.1

200m

Daumantas Dulius 24.98s

Parkruns

Ally Pally

1 Rob SHULMAN 00:17:57

3 Brian HEFFERNAN 00:18:48

24 Lyn EVANS 00:26:15

Finsbury Park

2 Rob SALTER 00:17:49

3 Stuart MEIKLEJOHN 00:18:41

19 Izaiah TURNER-FLAVIUS 00:22:11

26 Gabi JOHNSON 00:23:00

40 Jayne SALES 00:25:32

Hampstead Heath

8 Nick DE SAUSMAREZ 00:21:01

12 Elspeth STORRAR 00:21:38

27 Michiko THOMAS 00:24:31

64 Andrew SULSTON 00:28:48

77 Bob GOULD 00:30:30

Highbury Fields

20 Barbara TOMASZCZYK 00:23:44

31 Steve WOOLF 00:26:37

Oak Hill

5 Eddie BAYNE 00:19:33

Pymmes

3 Adrian ESSEX 00:24:02

Manchester

76 Ben CLARKE-JANSSEN 00:23:38