Regents Park 10k, Luxembourg Night Marathon, Stockholm Marathon, Hyde Park Triathlon

There isn't a main event to report this week, but Heathsiders were out and about enjoing themselves in a variety of events, including night marathons in Luxembourg,  open water swims in Hackney, and of course following the Brownlee's footsteps at the Hyde Park London Triathlon.  

Standout performance of the weekend is Adam's win at the Regents Park 10k, with a time of 34min38secs especially impressive following a Finsbury parkrun win the previous day.  Jane, Sandra and Claire all raced with success at the London Triathlon, unlike some of the elite men they managed to correctly navigate the swim course,  kicking off the triathlon season in style for the club.  

We had four Heathsiders at the Comrades marathon, one of the word's top endurance races, from from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in South Africa.  Most of you have read the gory details in Rob's report on facebook, it is an extremely tough race with plenty of suffering but Rob did say it was an incredible experience due to the people they met en route and the crowd support.  

From Luxembourg, Henry reports: 
Having completed the Midnight Sun Marathon a couple of years ago, this was the second attempt at running a marathon at that time of day for new member Daniel and me.  Starting at 7pm this proved a challenge on top of existing jet lag from a recent trip to Japan.  We ran 17 miles with the 3:30 pacer before the legs started to play the 'cramp' card so the last few uphill miles involved a combination of run/walk/stretch and jog but the incredible crowd support and numerous bands in the city centre made us forget the pain and revel in the party atmosphere all the way to the end.   The finish line was inside the LuxExpo which you enter to a fanfare of DJ beats, strobe lights, and cheer leaders.  As if that isn't enough a free beer is handed to you as you cross the finish line!  This was definitely a marathon I would recommend to anyone that might not achieve a PB but will certainly take away a night to remember!  



31/5/2012 ING Luxembourg Night Marathon
Daneil Johns 3hr38min08sec
Henry Hamilton 3hr46min36sec (3:30 pacer finished in 3:36 where is Hellard when you need him?) 
Comrades Ultra 89.28km
Mike Stocks 7hr57min
Rob Shulman 9hr57min
Emmerson Paul 10hr44min
Monika Thaler 11hr42min


1/6/2014 Regents Park Summer Series 10k
1st Adam Kirk-Smith 34min38sec
9th Matt Collins 37min28sec
114th Robert Bowler 45min40sec
189th Alice Lighton 49min12sec
370th Terry Vickers 59min45sec
382nd Ciana Smith 59min24sec

31/5/2014 Stockholm Marathon
668th Phil Wright 3hr08min09sec


1/6/2014 Pru Health London Triathlon, Hyde Park
Sprint distance
106th Claire Sliwerski 1hr32min13sec
[13min28sec swim, 4min47secT1, 47min27sec bike, 2min56sec T2, 23min34sec run]

Olympic Distance
76th Jane Higgins  2hr34min58sec
[30min58sec swim, 4min23secT1, 1h11min16sec bike, 2min31sec T2, 45min09sec run]
114th Sandra Buckton  2hr40min39sec
[32min23sec swim, 4min27secT1, 1h13min01sec bike, 2min36sec T2, 48min14sec run]

1/6/2012 The Splash Swim, Hackney Reservoir, 3000m
5th Luka Melon 44min59sec

25/5/2014 BUPA 10,0001397th Robert Bowler 44min58sec (59th Men 50-54)


The club's parkrun results can be found here

The club champs tables have now been updated after the first 6 races of 2014.  note that your best 6 races count, and with 6 races still left there is still time to climb right up that table!  The next race is the Ickenham 5, this Sunday, followed by the Burnham Beeches half marathon on 17th August.