Off-road challenges, triathlons, racing comebacks & more

Heathsiders are continuing to make the most of the triathlon and funky multi-sport/challenge opportunities on offer during this so-called summer, but this latest batch of results also features some traditional road running and athletics so there is no need yet for a club identity crisis.

Plus, we’re a friendly, open-minded bunch, our triathletes will soon be able to wear Heathside-branded kit to show off the trinity of navy, red and gold, and all this off-road ultra endurance stuff has got be good for the cross-country season, too. Plenty of reasons to endorse the alternative fitness programme in other words.

On that note, we have belated results from last weekend for a South Downs R'n'R' challenge that Sarah Buckton and Chris Hewertson participated in, and for a Enduroman Half Iron in the New Forest that Paul Mercer did. The Run’n’Ride is a team event, where teams of two share one bike between them and over two days have to cross 106 miles of the South Downs, sharing the running and cycling between them. Sarah and Chris did it for Asthma UK and if anyone wants to donate you can do that here.

Another event that needs explaining is the Endure 24 that Rebecca Bunting did – although on second thought maybe the name says everything … Anyway, it’s a 24 hour team relay trail race, and Rebecca ran. A lot.

On the triathlon front, Paul’s half iron man took in a 1.9km open water swim, 90km bike on the ‘undulating’ roads of the New Forest and a half marathon trail run around the grounds of Avon Tyrell outdoor pursuits centre. Closer to home but requiring an evil early morning start, seven Heathsiders took part in Race 2 of the Hillingdon Triathlon series (sprint distance). It was a smallish but competitive field dominated by Hillingdon triathletes, but we hope to be able to report podium finishes soon enough with a bit more training from our nascent tri section. Unusually, the cycle was the third leg in this tri, and after a good run a puncture meant Claire Morrissey had to take her first ever DNF. Still, she had fun. Meanwhile, Gabi got a kick out of finding herself momentarily ahead of Gavin Evans in a race (exiting the swim) – “rather novel”, she said.

On the more classic running-only/athletics side of things we had three Heathsiders race half marathons this weekend, one do a 23 mile fell run, and others did a 10 mile and 5.7 mile race. The latter featured Coach Jacob Howe, who made his racing comeback after 10 months off due to injury and was pleased, nay astonished, to finish the Newcastle city centre to Blaydown route in less than 40 minutes. Onwards and upwards! According to the race website every finisher received a “special bottle of proper beer” - brewed by Wylam Brewery in Heddon-on-the-Wall, the home village of the Blaydon Race founder, Jim Dewar.

Turning to athletics Johnny Naylor and Henry Damon from our young athletes section got some good results at the London Schools Championship. We also have full results to report from the second fixture of the Youth Development League from last weekend, where Darnell Plummer, Issayah Boers and Liam Garret did particularly well.

Plain ol’ running/athletics results:

Notts AC 10 Mile Road Race, 07/06/2013
14th Andy Welshman 60:57 (6th V40-V50)

London Schools Championship, Battersea, 08/06/2013

1500m U17
3rd 4:26.3 Johnny Naylor

High Jump U15
2nd 1.60 Henry Damon (PB according to Power of 10?)

Blaydon Race, 5.7 miles, 09/6/13, Newcastle
208th     36:20   Robert S Salter
546th     39:36   Jacob Howe

Southend Half Marathon, 09/06/2013
11th     77:56   Steve Monaghan
37th     83:14   Robert Shulman

St Albans Half Marathon, 09/06/2013247th Henry Hamilton 97:21 

Swaledale Marathon, 09/06/2013

23 mile fell run
22nd Simon Brown 3hrs 40
“Conditions were bright and sunny, but with a clarity of air that really showed off the magnificent views of Arkengarthdale and Swaledale”

Parkruns

Ally Pally
1 Jonathan HOPKIN 00:18:58
7 Gyorgy CSATLOS 00:20:37
54 Lyn EVANS 00:27:05

Cardiff
152 Cheryl EVANS 00:24:16

Hampstead Heath
4 Daniel MCKEOWN 00:17:27
11 Phil WRIGHT 00:19:11
22 Cathy COLLINS 00:21:03
40 Jane HIGGINS 00:22:29
44 Georgie KENNEDY 00:22:58
48 Claire THORNHILL 00:23:14
57 Andrew SULSTON 00:24:33
80 Claire SLIWERSKI 00:26:35

Highbury Fields
104 Sarah ILLINGWORTH 00:26:14

South Manchester
22 Laurence ARNOLD 00:19:42

Whitstable
35 Julie KHAN 00:24:07

Youth Development League results from 01 June are at the bottom of the report due to length

Multi-sport/Alternative/Funky/Crazy races:

Enduroman Half Iron, Avon Tyrell, New Forest, 02/06/2013
8th Paul Mercer Total: 06:31:53 - Swim 0:41:35 (1.9km)/ Bike 03:39:05 (90km)/ Run 1:57:49 (half marathon)

South Downs Run’n’Ride (R’n’R challenge), 01-02/06/2013
Chris Hewertson and Sarah Buckton ( 2 competitors, 1 bike)
Day One: 59 miles in 10:34:08
08:42:53 19:17:01 02:54:19 02:33:43 02:50:03 02:16:03 10:34:08
Day Two: 47 miles in 09:41:24
07:45:03 17:26:27 02:26:53 02:07:29 02:33:19 02:33:43 09:41:24
(StartTime FinishTime CP1 CP2 CP3 Finish Overall)
5th out of 12 teams

Endure 24 08-09/06/2013, Wasing Park Estate, Aldermaston
Rebecca Bunting: 7 laps of a 5 mile loop in 24 hours, averaging 38min per lap
00:37:55/ 00:36:25/ 00:37:30/ 00:42:08/ 00:51:21/07:43:05 (?)/01:00:49 (?)

Hillingdon Triathlon Series, Race 2, 09/06/2013
600m (lake) swim / 6km run / 25km bike
14 Howard Gold 01:22:28: 00:12:45 00:25:25 00:44:18
23 Dominic Jackson 01:26:35: 00:12:31 00:28:04 00:46:00
56 Gavin Evans 01:35:07: 00:14:46 00:26:47 00:53:34
83 Jo Irwin 01:46:00: 00:15:37 00:29:53 01:00:30
85 Gabi Johnson 01:47:43: 00:14:55 00:34:45 00:58:03
90 Claire Morrissey DNF 00:16:10 00:28:35 DNF
94 Caroline White 01:58:20: 00:18:23 00:35:37 01:04:20

Royal Windsor Swim, 09/06/2013 3.8km
9th Simon Hazel 65:48

Youth Development League, Parliament Hill, 01/06/2013

Boys U15
100m A
2 Darnell Plummer LHS 12.3

100m B
1 Issayah Boers LHS 12.0

200m A
2 Darnell Plummer LHS 24.6

200m B
1 Issayah Boers LHS 24.2

300m A Bu15 300m B
2 Euan LHS 41.6

800m A
3 David Keto LHS 2.23.6

800m B
5 Antanas Weston LHS 2.42.3
1500m A
5 Luke Gray LHS 5.34.2

Discus Throw A
2 Shazam Ahmed LHS 21.11

Shot Putt A
4 Luke Gray LHS 6.00

Shot Putt B
3 Euan LHS 5.17

Long Jump A
2 Issayah Boers LHS 5.08

Long Jump B
1 Darnell Plummer LHS 4.79

High Jump A
3 David Keto LHS 1.45

High Jump B
2 Antanas Weston LHS 1.30

4x100m
1st 50.6 Darnell Plummer / Issayah Boers / David Keto / Euan


Boys U13
100m A
5 Issac Omondi LHS 15.8

200m A
5 Issac Omondi LHS 32.4

200m B
4 Lucas Elgueta LHS 33.2

800m A
1 Liam Garret LHS 2.26.0

800m B
3 Lucas Elgueta LHS 2.56.9

1500m A
6 Ollie Selby LHS 5.56.1

75mH A
6 Hugh Thomas LHS 17.8

75mH B
3 Ollie Selby LHS 17.0

Javelin Throw A
6 Ollie Selby LHS 8.84

Javelin Throw B
3 Hugh Thomas LHS 7.84

Shot Putt A Bu13 Shot P
5 Issac Omondi LHS 4.06

Shot Putt B
5 Lucas Elgueta LHS 3.14

Long Jump A
2 Liam Garrett LHS 4.40

Long Jump B
4 Hugh Thomas LHS 3.30

Girls U15
100m A
3 Simone Lawrence LHS 13.9 3

100m B
4 Renae Lawrence LHS DISQ

200m A
5 Simone Lawrence LHS 30.1

200m B
5 Shanice Watt LHS 32.9

800m A
4 Molly Harrison LHS 2.51.7

800m B
3 Naomi Conlon LHS 2.54.4

1500m A
6 Dorothy Wright-Spinks LHS 5.50.6

1500m B
4 Octavia Laidler LHS 6.33.3

75mH A Gu15
5 Alex Luca-Cain LHS 15.9

75mH B
3 Sophia Dottore LHS 16.8

Hammer Throw A
4 Naomi Conlon LHS 7.63

Shot Putt A
1 Molly Harrison LHS 7.00

Shot Putt B
4 Octavia Laidler LHS 4.39

Long Jump A
6 Naomi Conlon LHS 3.55

Long Jump B
5 Teakisha Barrow LHS 2.54

Girls U13
75m A
4 Aaliyah Lakeman LHS 12.0

75m B
5 Ellan Conlon LHS 12.1

150m A
5 Aaliyah Lakeman LHS 23.8

800m A
4 Sylvie Allan LHS 2.45.7

800m B
6 Ella Conlon LHS 3.07.4

70mH A
2 Sylvie Allan LHS 14.9

70mH B
3 Ella Conlon LHS 15.5

Long Jump A
2 Sylie Allan LHS 3.80

Long Jump B
2 Aaliyah Lakeman LHS 3.77

Match result (event points/ league points)
1 Wycombe Phoenix Harriers 502 6
2 St. Marys Richmond AC 458 5
3 Highgate Harriers 430 4
4 Vale of Aylesbury AC 388 3
5 London Heathside 276 2