Kader Seyed tops UK U20 marathon ratings with 2:28 in Edinburgh

Our vets line up in Lee Valley

There were several magnificent Heathside performances on track, field and road this week. These include a big PB time of 2:28:42 for Kader Seyed in the Edinburgh Marathon (a new club U20 record, which also puts him top of the UK U20 ratings) a PB of 12.73 in the 100m for our U15 sprint star Suraya Frost, a 5,000m PB for Tom Archer in a time of 14:58, a 100m PB for Mohamed Kamara in a time of 10,79 and a 110m hurdles PB of 14.35 for U17 Trey Corlis.

Be Fit Open Meeting, Lee Valley, Saturday May 27

Simon Baker report that Suraya Frost took a big chunk off her 100m PB at the Befit Open at Lee Valley with PBs as well for Gabriel Edwards and Magdeline Paitoo.

Results

100m
H1E 1st Suraya Frost (U15G) 12.73 PB by 0.67s
H1J 2nd Martha Jolly (U17W) 12.99
H2C 3rd Suraya Frost (U15G) 12.80
200m
H1 2nd Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 26.13 PB by 0.27s
H3 1st Ivy Paitoo (U15G) 28.28 PB by 0.04s
H7 3rd Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 25.63 PB by 0.37s
75mH
1st Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 11.97

BCLF Hurdle Festival, Woodford, Monday May 29

Simon Baker reports from the Hurdle Festival in Woodford, which saw four Heathsider’s competing with U17 Trey Corlis picking up a PB in the 110m event in a time of 14.35.

Results

80mH

A2 6th Imani Quamina (U17W) 12.70

B2 2nd Imani Quamina (U17W) 12.72

100mH 

A2 2nd Thomas Wassermann (U17M) 14.96

B2 1st Montana Dennis (U17M) 14.41 PB by 0.18s

B2 5th Thomas Wassermann (U17M) 15.23

110mH

A 3rd Trey Corlis (U17M) 14.83 

B 3rd Trey Corlis (U17M) 14.35 PB

Cape Wrath 400k Ultra, Fort William to Cape Wrath, finished Sunday May 28.

An exhausted, but satisfied Lenny Martin sent this report after starting to recover from his 400k off-road, up-mountain ordeal:

I took part in the Cape Wrath Ultra, covering 400km (250 miles) of the north west of Scotland starting in Fort William and heading north to Cape Wrath Lighthouse - the farthest northwest point of mainland Britain - over eight days of running, taking in approximately 14,000m of climbing along the way.

Alongside 172 other runners hoping to complete the journey, we set off last Sunday morning for a relatively easy 37km first stage. This was followed by 6 days in wild and rugged country, going over high mountain passes, through deep bogs and rivers, and across rocky heather and peat moorland on stages ranging from an apparently modest (but still tough, thanks to the trackless terrain in Torridon) 35km, to an intimidating 72km on day six.

We were treated to the full range of weather that the west of Scotland has to offer, with day four in particular ranging from needing multiple warm layers and full waterproofs in the morning, to being beaten by sweltering sunshine in the afternoon.

By the following Sunday we were within a stone's throw of Cape Wrath, with only an apparently ceremonial final stage of 24km to go to reach the lighthouse, but this still had a sting in the tail with the final 10km all being on heavily undulating, and totally pathless, bog and moorland.

Eventually 88 of the runners who set out completed the full course, of which I ranked 61st, although I will admit to having given little thought to finish times or rankings through the week, being focussed only on making it to the finish as well as I could.

It was a privilege to be able to experience some truly incredible scenery along the way, and to visit some of the UK's most remote and wildest places, many of which are completely inaccessible other than by a long journey on foot, and despite the many challenges that the week presented it was a wonderful experience that will stay in the memory for a very long time.

Edinburgh Marathon, Sunday May 28

Jacob Howe reports that Kader Seyed ran magnificently to finish 5th in 2:28:42 - a big PB – to improve his club U20 record, go top of the UK U20 marathon rankings, and run the fastest Heathside marathon so far this year. It is worth noting that Kader competed in the SAL on May 20 including leading off the 4 x 100 relay (as well as running in the 1500 and 3000) Perhaps that's the secret to marathon success?

Results

5. Kader Seyed (U20) 2:28:42

Stretford BMC, Saturday May 27

Tom Archer ran a track 5,000m PB, breaking 15min for the first times at the Stretford BMC meet.

Result

5000m B

8. Thomas Archer 14:58.14

South London Athletics Network Meeting, Tooting Bec, Saturday May 27

Simon Baker reports from Tooting that Mohamed Kamara went under 10.9 in the 100m for the first time, coming third in his race in 10.79.
Results

100m
X4 3rd Mohamed Kamara 10.79 PB by 0.13s
200m
X10 6th Adrian Day (V60) 29.97
400m
X1 4th Adrian Day (V60) 68.07

Last Friday 5K, Hyde Park Friday May 26

James Hurrell ran an excellent 15:52 in this event to finish in fourth place and Sarah Swinhoe broke her own club V50 record by 22 seconds in a time of 19:13. Also noteworthy was Connor Brown’s 15th place in 16:48 and Lizzie Nelmes’s PB of 19:30.  Seven Heathsiders competed, all finishing in 20 minutes or less.

Results

4th James Hurrell – 15:52

15th Conor Brown – 16:48

23rd Dan Jons – 17:28

50th Rob Shulman – 18:31

61st Sarah Swinhoe – 19:13 (club V50 record)

77th Lizzie Nelmes – 19:30

92nd Leo Pemberton – 20:10

Southern Counties VAC League - Herts & North Middlesex Division, Lee Valley, Monday May 22

The Vets League kicked off on Monday night with 14 of our athletes taking part. There were several fine performances, including a first place in the V70 shotput for team captain Adrian Essex.

Results

100m

M35 1st Asha Osei 11.39

M40 1st Kurt Fullerton 12.52

M50/2 5th Tony Killilea 14.34

M60 2nd Michael Salousti 14.52

M70 1st Adrian Essex 15.26

W35 4th Lorna Stevenson 18.8

400m

M35 2nd Richard Macaulay 57.67

M40 1st Valentin Valeanu 60.75 PS

M40 2nd Andrew McGeary 63.43

M50 DNF Ivan Ross

1500m

M35 3rd Richard Macaulay 4:34.57

M35 8th Andrew McGearly 4:56.84

M35 9th Valentin Valeanu 4:58.74

M50 10th Steve Crowley 5:43.91

M50 13th Pete Crockford 5:47.97

M50 20th Adrian Essex 7:51.55

SW 9th Kimberli Butler (VW35) 6:24.87

4x100m

4th London Heathside 54.71

Long Jump

W35 2nd Lorna Stevenson 2.87m

Shot Putt

M50 (6Kg)

6th Steve Crowley 5.60m

W35 (4Kg)

5th Lorna Stevenson 5.58m

W50 (3Kg)

10th Dulce Laluces 3.77m

Discus

W60 (1Kg)

2nd Dulce Laluces 10.80m

Hammer

M35 (7.26Kg)

5th Ivan Ross 15.26m

M70 (5Kg)

1st Adrian Essex 21.40m

Hackney Half Marathon, Sunday May 21

If you were wondering why there were no reports or results from the Hackney Half last week, well, they are still not up on Power of 10 and the event organisers have not included the club affiliation of the more than 20,000 runners who took part and no Heathsiders have sent in reports or results. Watching the event on my Sunday run, it seemed like there were at least 10 club members were in the field. The first I spotted was Tom Livermore, whose time was 1:16:54 – a fine time for a warm and sunny day. The official results can be found here

Parkruns

What may be a record number of Heathsiders (91 in 40 races) took part in Parkruns on Saturday. There were wins for Olivia Desborough in Highbury Fields (18:26), Peter Gould in Ally Pally (17:30) Lily Woolcock (20:27) and Johnny Forsyth (17:35) in Finsbury Park and Amy Cook in Hampstead Heath(21:54). Full Heathside results are here.

Report by Gavin Evans with thanks to Simon Baker, Lenny Martin, Jacob Howe and James Hurrell.