St Albans half win for Katy
Highlights for this week’s race report include Katy placing first woman in the St Albans Half in a new PB, a decent turnout at the track & field fixtures with some vital support from our U17 ladies in the SAL Parliament Hill match, and belated news from the Comrades Marathon in South Africa and the Stockholm Marathon.
Katy looks to have knocked a big chunk off her half marathon PB in the St Albans Half Marathon, despite what I hear was a wrong turn at some point, to finish 15th overall and claim first prize for the women’s race. While there were at least eight other Heathsiders in the same race Steve may have been the only one running the Southend Half Marathon, where he finished fifth and first V40.
Both of our track & field teams were competing this weekend, the SAL team at Parliament Hill and the SML team at Braintree. We had a decent turnout in the end at the SAL fixture, but it was a far cry from that of Thames Valley Harriers and High Wycombe and we ended up tied with Highgate in last position. A strong head-wind on the home straight made for some frustrating running, in particular for the sprinters but affecting everyone that couldn’t hide behind a human windshield. From the women’s team perspective it was a pleasure to have some of our young athletes on board to lend a helping hand and score some vital points, with Angelica, Lily, Yanna and Xelia acquitting themselves very well, and Lily and Xelia taking home PBs. In the SML Adrian reports of another fine team effort, especially Richard's 800m PB and Jake's win in the triple jump. All events were covered except the hurdles, with everyone competing in between two and seven events. We might have come a place higher but for Billy's being barged into the kerb in the 1500 metres. Results added to the list below.
The Stockholm and Comrades marathons are now nearly two weeks ago, but Simon Clarkson got in touch to share his experience of the former, where he managed a new PB in what was his 12th marathon but amid shocking weather conditions: temperature of 3-4 degrees combined with unrelenting driving rain, resulting in a wind chill of –7. The winning time was 3:19, five minutes slower than in 2011, and of 15,968 starters only 14,686 actually finished. Not only was Simon among the batch of finishers, but he also managed to run an even split and pass 1,590 people in the second half to be placed in the top 25% at position 3,820 after a sprint finish. Contrast that with the Comrades marathon, where Mike Stocks (pictured in the screen grab of a video from the race) ran 56 miles in just over 7 hours in the heat of South Africa.
Results as follows
Southend Half Marathon, 10/06/2012
5th 79:48 Steve Monaghan
St Albans Half Marathon, London Colney, 10/06/2012
15th 82:00 Katy Webster (PB) 1st woman
69th 89:35 Trevor Wilson
73rd 89:52 Henry Andrews
109th 92:16 Carl Heap
124th 93:12 James Hedgman
225th 96:32 Elinor East
395th 1:43:28 Stewart Horne PB
419th 1:43:46 Hannah Carmichael
714th 1:52:24 Sandra Buckton
Two Castles Run 10K, Warwick, 10/06/2012
128th 41:12 Will Whitaker
Southern Athletics League, Match 3, Parliament Hill, 09/06/2012
100m Men
A 4th 24.3 Emmanuel Nwaobodo
B 2nd 11.7 Jordan Glaze SB
non-scoring 12.3 Joseph Galea U17
100m Women
A 4th 14.6 Clarisse Goffard
B 2nd 15.0 Angelica Wynter (U17)
200m Men
A 4th 24.3 Emmanuel Nwaobodo
B 2nd 24.2 Jordan Glaze
non-scoring 1st 25.0 Joseph Galea
200m Women
A 3rd 28.1 Lily Beckford PB U17
B 3rd 30.6 Sue Rust PB
400m Men
A 4th 54.7 Nathan Cyrus
B 4th 76.0 John Flahive
400m Women
A 3rd 65.6 Sue Rust
800m Men
A 3rd 2:02.3 Mohamed Mohamed U23
B 3rd 2:19.1 John Flahive
800m Women
A 3rd 2:37.6 Yanna Raykov
B 1st 2:33.4 Lily Beckford PB (U17)
1500m Men
A 4th 4:51.0 Chris Hartley
B 4th 5:07.8 Miron Woldemichael
non-scoring 5:13.9 Eddie Bayne SB
1500m Women
A 2nd 5:10.2 Sue Rust
B 2nd 5:45.3 Katherine Vinnicombe SB
3000m A Women
A 4th 12:16.7 Katherine Vinnicombe PB (the non-youth kind)
5000m Men
A 2nd 15:41.4 Tom Aldred
B 2nd 16:38.9 Chris Hartley
Non-scoring: Ed Samuel and Gavin Evans
110 Hurdles
A 3rd 22.7 Eddie Bayne
400m H Men
A 4th 78.4 Israel Nworgu
B 3rd 70.2 Eddie Bayne
1500m Steeplechase (no water jump)
A 1st 5:41.6 Sue Rust
2000m Steeplechase (ditto)
A 2nd 6:23.9 Tom Aldred
B 3rd 7:36.7 Paul Lemmon
4x100m Relay, Women
3rd 59.6s London Heathside (Angelica, Sue, Katherine, Lily)
4x400m Relay, Men
DQ I think
High Jump Women,
A 3rd 1.20m Lily Beckford
B 3rd 1.00m Sue Rust
Pole Vault Men,
A 2nd 2.20m Nathan Cyrus
B 2nd 2.20m Dave Walton
Long Jump, Men,
A 2nd 6.71m Jacob Wilson PB U20
B 2nd 6.11m Emmanuel Nwaobodo
Long Jump, Women,
A 4th 3.82m Angelica Wynter
Triple Jump
A 2nd 12.57m Jacob Wilson
Shot Put, Men,
A 2nd 9.05m Nathan Cyrus
Shot Put, Women,
A 3rd 6.42m Yanna Raykov
B 3rd 6.07m Iva Raykov
Discus, Men,
A 3rd 25.12m Nathan Cyrus SB
B 2nd 24.90m Emmanuel Nwaobodo
Discus, Women,
A 4th 18.31m Angelica Wynter
B 3rd 13.61m Katherine Vinnicombe
Hammer, Men,
A 2nd 20.05m Bill Washburn
B 2nd 19.59m Dave Walton
Hammer, Women
3rd 13.22m Sue Rust SB
Javelin, Men, A
A 1st 52.13m Kaz Baczek PB
B 1st 39.85m Nathan Cyrus SB
Javelin, Women,
A 3rd 31.36m Xelia Mendes-Jones PB
B 3rd 16.43m Iva Raykov
SML, Match 3, Braintree, 09/06/2012
100m
A 5th Jake Miller Lopez 13.3
B 5th Norman Mitchell 15.1
200m
A 5th Carlos Miller Lopez 27.4
B 5th Adrian Essex 28.1
400m
A 3rd Richard Macaulay 58.5
B 4th Jake Miller Lopez 68.4
800m
A 4th Richard Macaulay 2:12.4
B 4th Alex Macaulay 2:28
1500m
A 6th Billy Shortt DNF
B 2nd Alex Macaulay 4:55.2
5000m
A 5th Norman Mitchell 19:05.2
B 3rd Billy Shortt 19:23.5
110m Hurdles
A 4th Norman Mitchell 25.8
400m Hurdles
A 4th Carlos Yebra 73.1
B 3rd Norman Mitchell 75.7
3000m Steeplechase
A 4th Richard Macaulay 11:56.6
B 1st Tony Killilea 11:56.6
High Jump
A 5th Jake Miller Lopez 1.40m
B 4th Adrian Essex 1.00m
Pole Vault
A =5th Adrian Essex 1.00m
B =2nd Tony Killilea 1.00m
Long Jump
A 6th Tony Killilea 4.39m
B 4th Jake Miller Lopez 4.30m
Triple Jump
A 1st Jake Miller Lopez 11.39m
B 3rd Carlos Yebra 9.29m
Shot
A 4th Richard Macaulay 8.40m
B 4th Alex Macaulay 6.45m
Discus
A 5th Richard Macaulay 19.48m
B 5th Tony Killilea 13.02m
Javelin
A 6th Tony Killilea 20.03m
B 5th Adrian Essex 19.38m
Hammer
A 4th Richard Macaulay 18.92m
B 4th Adrian Essex 17.21m
4x100m Relay
5th London Heathside 52.9
4x400m Relay
5th London Heathside 4:49.8
Parkruns, 09 June 2012
Ally Pally
2 Dominic JACKSON 00:19:06
3 Steve BUTTLING-SMITH 00:21:02
6 Joanne IRWIN 00:23:38
Delta
18 Emilia VYNNYCKY 00:27:12
Finsbury Park
4 Dan FINDLAY-ROBINSON 00:18:33
11 Brian BOYLE 00:20:37
26 Gavin PARISH 00:22:43
37 Agi PALANKI 00:23:49
43 Dan S WILLIAMS 00:24:46
55 Alice PARISH 00:26:34
Hampstead Heath
29 Andrew Simon CONWAY 00:24:36
Wimbledon Common
58 Karen HILLARY 00:21:51
Stockholm Marathon, 02/06/2012
3820th Simon Clarkson 3:45:29 (PB)
Comrades, South Africa, 02 June 2012, Durban to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (56 miles)
264th Mike Stocks 07:04:35