Thames Meander, Euro Masters and Down Under
We had various Heathsiders in action this week at the Thames Meander, a trail race with full and half marathon options.
"Myself and William took part in the half and we both did pretty well," beams Jim C. "I had a 1st in the old codgers category/11th overall, while William ran a storming PB." Jim goes on to tarnish the veneer of respectability by mentioning that he took a booting off his "mate" from Mornington Chasers, but I hardly think we need to dwell on that.
Meanwhile, Michelle was 4th lady in the full marathon and Andy had a good finish, thanks to some sort of dubious pacing strategy. "I was using it as a training run for Amsterdam in October and something that might be of interest to people is the fact that I used a run/walk strategy of run 1mile / walk 1min, 26 times and still managed to finish 11th.
"A friend of mine said it was cheating but I call it good strategy (Think of it as an extreme intervals session)." Nice try Andy, but round here we don't call intervals sessions extreme until you're well into your fifth hour.
Other news
Ursula sends us a tear-stained missive from Australia, proclaiming that she misses Heathside (and also that she was 4th lady in her last 10k, first in age group).
Closer to home, Tony Killilea scuttled to glorious 8th in the European Masters Champs in what I can only imagine must have been a packed Ataturk Stadium in Izmir, Turkey.
Helene Kehoe is our long-distance sprinter of the week, after legging it for a total of almost a kilometre at various track and field meets (results below).
In slightly older (or more elderly) news, Neil Davies reports some good results in the M65 category at the British Masters' Champs a few weeks back: 4th in the 1500m and bronzed glory in the 800, along with some wry observations about his depressingly sprightly opponents ("These old buggers are fast.")
Results
Thames Meander Marathon
12 Andy Barnes 3:08:11
36 Michelle Riggs-Long 03:25:39
Thames Meander Half11 Jim Connell 1:27:27
22 William Wagstaff 1:30:33
European Masters Championships, Istanbul
1500m Heat
4 Tony Killilea 4:50.98
1500m final
8 Tony Killilea 4:41.10
Mudgee Running Festival 10k 2014, New South Wales
Ursula Wilson 43:56 (Cat 40-49 : 1st, Gen Pos : 4th)
Brixton 10k
25 Daniel Johns 41:49
Hercules Wimbledon Open
1500m
8 Richard Macaulay 04:23.77
200m
3 Darnell Plummer 24.46
Lee Valley Sprints Evening
100m Race 2
5 Helene Kehoe 15.43
6 Selam Asefa 15.52 PB
100m Race 3
2 Yohanes Asefa Teshom 13.57 PB
100m Race 16
3 Jordan Glaze 11.07
200m Race 1
2 Helene Kehoe 32.98
Herne Hill Harriers Open Meet
100 SX3
4 Anne-Christine Scherer 13.97
100 SX10
5 Helene Kehoe 15.67
200 SX4
2 Anne-Christine Scherer 28.75
400 SX5
6 Helene Kehoe 87.37
800 SX2
6 Ni’ia Hothersall 2:15.34 PB
10,000
15 Chris Hartley 35:38.91 PB
19 Leigh James 38:25.12 PB
British Masters' Championships, 10 August
M65 800m
3 Neil Davies 2:44.44
M65 1500m
4 Neil Davies 5:40.20