Heathside trio win fruit at Hasty Hare

Highlight of the week was the ‘Hasty Hare’ Sri Chinmoy 5k at Battersea Park, which saw fruity prizes for 13-year-old Rose Garrett as the first under-16 girl, 61-year-old Michael Abrahams as the first V60 and Kelly Thorneycroft as the fifth woman. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Liam Garrett cantered in as the first of 32 Heathsider home and the second boy under 16.

Meanwhile, our Adrian Essex is representing Britain in the European Masters championship in Aarhus, Denmark, and we’ve heard he was part of the silver medal-winning 4 x 100m squad. More next week.

Sri Chinmoy ‘Hasty Hare’ 5k, Battersea Park, London, Monday August 7

This well-stocked race (260 finishers) was run in optimal conditions on the flat and fast two-lap Battersea course – cool, windless with a just a hint of drizzle. The result was a brace of PBs from the 32 Heathsiders, all of whom broke 24 minutes, with 18 getting under the 20-minute mark, including four of our women.

First home from our lot was 15-year-old Liam Garrett who was just seven seconds behind the Chelmsford lad who was the first U16. Liam’s time was an eye-rubbing 16:35. Behind Liam, in quick succession, were Simon Dunderdale, Pete Bakewell and Andy Barnes, all under 17 minutes with the first two of them getting PBs. But the only male fruit-winner was Mike Abrahams, who was the first V60 in a time of 20:57.

Our first woman was Kelly Thorneycroft, who sets herself commendably high standards. So she was slightly disappointed in her PB of 18:01 as she’d been hoping to break 18-minutes. Still, she won a piece of fruit and a chocolate as the 5th woman (a nice touch from the Sri Chinmoy people – although Kelly wasn’t around to collect it).

The second Heathside woman was the rapidly-improving Eilidh Wagstaff in a PB time of 18: 51. Third was 13-year-old Rose Garrett in 19:12 – a time that won her the prize for the first girl under 16. She was followed by 21-year-old Lily Woolcock in 19:34. Kelly, Eilidh and Lily are all in their 20s with years of improvement to come, which augers well for our cross-country future.

Also worthy of mention are Luisa Pointon, who, despite nursing an adductor strain, put in a PB time of 20:38 and Sue Eedle, who was the third V60 woman in 24:12

Regent’s Park 10k series, Sunday August 6

Simon Brown and Ed Adams put in a solid performances in the Regent’s Park 10 series on Sunday, with Simon arriving in 12th place in 36:05 and Ed coming 36th in 38:24. There were at least five Heathsiders among the 583 finishers.

Bearbrook 10K - Aylesbury Bucks, August 6

Club stalwarts Martin Potter and Jackie Wastell ran together, holding hands, in the Bearbrook 10k in Aylesbury on Sunday. Martin reports there were good conditions for the single lap course, with an uphill first half with downhill second half. They both came in at 45:59, giving Jackie 3rd place among the V55 women. For Martin it was a big PW.

Parkruns

Forty seven of our runners competed in 16 parkruns on Saturday. There were first places for Charles Hardy in Grovelands (16:52), Stu Meiklejohn in Oak Hill (18:27), Mario Cadete in Ally Pally (19:01), William Griffiths in Sheringham (18:05), Rachel Newstead in Ganaavan Sands (19:55) and Ursula Wilson in Orange, Australia (21:53). Here are the full Heathside Parkrun results for Saturday - http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2017&eventdate=2017-08-05

Results

Sri Chinmoy ‘Hasty Hare’ 5k, Battersea Park, London, Monday August 7

(32 Heathsiders 260 finishers)

 21st Liam Garrett 16:35 (aged 15 – 2nd boy under 16)

23rd Simon Dunderdale 16:37

32nd Pete Bakewell 16:57

33rd Andy Barnes 16:58

39th Simon Brown 17:24

59th Kelly Thorneycroft 18:01 (5th woman)

66th Doug Rendle 18:10

72nd Christopher Jarvis 18:31

81st Gavin Evans 18:49 (5th V50)

82nd Eilidh Wagstaff 18:51 (11th woman)

86th Phil Hogg 18:59

94th Rose Garrett 19:12 (aged 13 – 1st girl under 16)

95th Thomas Godec 19:18

98th Liam Hazelton 19:33

99th Lily Woolcock 19:34

104th Tom Bedwell 19:41

105th Mark George 19:44 (8th V50)

107th Philip McDermott 19:47

124th Andy Naylor 20:31

125th Matthew Picot 20:33

127th Louisa Pointon 20:38

131st Alice Hosking 20:45

132nd Nick de Sausmarez 20:56

134th Michael Abrahams (1st V60) 20:57

139th Tom Hosking 21:16

141st Daniel Wrapson 21:16

142nd Emilia Vynnycky 21:24

145th Natalie Whitworth 21:37

178th Rebecca Sweet 00:23:15

180th Ben Montilla 23:18

193rd Gabi Johnson 24:05

199th Sue Eedle 24:12 (3rd FV60)

Regent’s Park 10k series, Sunday August 6

12th Simon Brown 36:05

36th Edward Adams 38:24

150th Anthony Chin 46:31

298th Marianne Gibson 53:12

1043rd Erin Burns 58:09

Bearbrook 10K - Aylesbury Bucks, Sunday August 6

Jackie Wastell   45.59     26th female    3rd FV55

Martin Potter     45.59     130th Male      18th MV50 (PW)