Take your pick: Half-marathons, XC relays, indoors and more

This latest batch of results goes back to the end of February, and provides good news in the form of four Heathside men making the top 20 in the Milton Keynes half, a win for our hastily cobbled-together women’s team in the Horsenden Hill cross-country relays, and PBs from Jo and Rob. 

The Horsenden Hill cross-country relays kind of crept up on us, having been postponed from their usual early autumn slot to after the Nationals and turnout consequently suffering. We did manage to put together a women’s and men’s team, however, so many thanks to all those involved in getting that organised, and to John and George for running two legs so that the men could field a “full” team. Wanda, who turned out for Heathside on the track last summer and is a nifty runner to say the least, ran the opening leg in the fastest time of the day, with Iva crossing the line in second place on her leg after Fiona Kennedy (ESM) ran the fastest Vet’s time (14:19). Claire, who turned out despite running a half the next day, overhauled ESM’s Patricia Thomas shortly before the main hill and was just too good to be caught, so a comfortable win in the end. Thanks to Kabir for the colour on this. Steve’s opening leg of 11:44 was among the faster times on the day, with only 11:15 from Highgate’s Ryan McKinley really standing out as much swifter times. George ran the second and sixth leg, and John the third and fifth, with Dom taking over the fourth leg. Conditions were firm underfoot and the weather mild. Our young athletes took part in the final cross-country fixture of the North West Young Athletes League, also held at Perivale on the same day of the relays, but results were not yet available.

Sunday proved to be a busy day for Heathsiders, with a bunch of half marathons to choose from, the Festival of Running 5k race in Finsbury Park that Heathside helped organise, the Middlesex Indoor Champs, and more. Plenty of Heathsiders turned out for the Finsbury Park race, with Steve finishing second, and Iva, Jackie and Elspeth claiming first through third on the women’s side (please see below for a note from Jerry on the event). Elswhere, four of our men finished in the top 20 of the Milton Keynes half marathon, Jo ran a PB in the Berkhamsted half, and Rob ran a PB in the last of the Mornington Chasers’ Regents Park 10k Winter Series. It’s probably worth putting these performances into the context of what was some pretty horrendous weather that day, too. Going further back somewhat two relatively new members of the club, Gavin and Alice Parish, ran their first race of this distance with excellent results at Roding Valley on 26 February.

From Jerry, on the Finsbury Park Festival of Running 5km, which was held in aid of Bower Cancer Charities and sponsored by Tottenham Hotspur Foundation:

“The race and organisation of it were held in horrendous conditions which I am sure affected the numbers running. Unfortunately we had some problems in publicising this event, too boring to mention here, which also affected the numbers entering. The mini-marathon trials for Hackney, Islington , City of London and Camden were also held at this event with some 200 competitors and I am sure that everyone involved in those races thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I would like to thank all those involved in marshalling, timekeeping results etc etc for their unstinting help.”

The 2012 club champs tables are now up to date after the 2 races of this year, with Ken Heney and Iva Raykov heading the tables.  The next race in the champs is the Crouch End 10k - entries are now open so please get booking!

Results for all events as follows:

Middlesex Indoor Championships, 04/03/2012, Lee Valley

800m senior men
4th Mo Mohamed 2:02.05i

1500m senior men
2nd Paul Lemmon 4:46.25

400m U20
3rd Joe Silva 53.39 

Finsbury Park 5k Festival of Running, 04/03/2012

2nd Steve Brookes 16:26
4th Martin Potter 17:27
7th Leo Burningham 18:30
8th Ken Heney 18:41
9th Anthony Wilkinson 19:03
11th Howard Gold 19:20
13th Marcus Tillotson 19:52
15th Iva Raykov 20:30
17th Leo Pemberton 21:03
18th Brian Boyle 21:25
19th Jackie Wastell 21:27
20th Elspeth Storrar 21:57
23rd Robert Bowler 22:12
25th Gavin Parish 22:33
29th Martin Hill 22:59
36th Dan Williams 24:49
38th Ben Clarke-Janssen 24:53
44th Alison Harrow 25:42
49th Alice Parish 26:26

Berkhamsted Half Marathon, 04/03/2012

18th James Pickett 79:34
34th Gavin Evans 83:07
99th Paul McCrossin 90:14
103rd James Hedgman 90:28
113th James Felstead 90:54
239th Jo Irwin 98:15 (17th woman) (PB)
269th Henry Hamilton 99:12
461st Charlotte Pheazey 1:46:42
578th Gabi Johnson 1:50:32
1064th Andrea Fozard 2:09:57

Milton Keynes Half Marathon 04/03/2012

12th Dan Madams 76:58
13th Simon Nash 77:00
15th Matt Convery 77:34
20th David Hellard 78:22
51st Steve Monaghan 82:17
371st Claire Morrissey 95:10
2094th Danielle Shearing 2:08.40

Regents Park 10k Winter Series #6, 04/03/2012

8th Rob Schulman 37:53 (PB)

Horsenden Hill cross-country relays, Perivale, 03/03/2012

Women

1st Leg Wanda Sanchez 13:43
2nd Iva Raykov 14:37
3rd Leg Claire Morrissey 14:25

Teams
1st London Heathside 42:45
2nd ESM 43:08

Men

1st Leg Steve Brookes 11:44
2nd George Stewart 12:12
3rd John Flahive 13:02
4th Dom Jackson 13:50
5th John Flahive 14:26
6th George Stewart 13:39 

Teams

5th out of 11 complete (ish) teams

Roding Valley Half Marathon, 26/02/2012

32nd Dan Findlay-Robinson 1hr 24min
374th Gavin Parish 1hr 48 min
429th Agi Palanki 1hr 51 min
615th Alice Parish  1hr 59min
626th Jayne Sales 2hr 00 min

Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon, 26/02/2012

76th Hugh Wade-Jones 1hr 27 min 
658th Jessica Powell 1hr 43 min

Wokingham Half Marathon, 19/02/2012

146th Howard Gold 83:01
272nd Mark George 89:08
292nd Jules Weall 89:19