Track and field, and 5Ks all over the world
There was a hatful of track and field results this week, with Heathsiders popping up at the South of England Championships and the London Inter-Club Challenge. In this latter, Eugene scored PBs in the 100 and 200, with Henry landing a PB of 1.70 in the high jump. We had a huge turnout in the LICC (do we pronounce it 'lick'?) and no doubt there's plenty more to come over the summer months.
Three Heathsiders took part in the 'Last Friday' 5K in Hyde Park and Rob Shulman scored an excellent PB of 18:12, once again being chased over the line by Sarah Swinhoe (18:13). Andy Owen (19:12) completed our trio of raiders. Meanwhile, this stunning news arrived from Claire S in Newfoundland: "I have a race result as of this afternoon! Deer Lake 1st Annual Canada Day 5k (Newfoundland) 25.19. 4th lady and 8th overall (out of a field of *ahem* 21...)" Claire didn't mention whether she'd be going back to have another crack at the course next year.
Not to be outdone, Cathy J was third woman home in the Melbourne parkrun,10,500 miles from Finsbury Park, smashing Whitley Bay for this week's 'Most Exotic parkrun' prize and setting the bar pretty high for future efforts. She will, however, be gnashing her teeth when she finds out I was having her on about the cash prize for MEP. Closer to home (but still not all that close) Tony K came 25th in 37:52 at a pretty warm and sunny Southampton 10k on Sunday.
In other notable parkrun news, Rebecca was first lady at Ally Pally in 20:50, while Laura was first at Beckton. Alex W ran 17:53 at the Dulwich Runners 5K, which will no doubt delight his burgeoning legion of online fans.
On the multi-event front, Gabi squeaked in ahead of Jo in the VOTWO Eton Dorney tri, gaining the upper hand in transition one, before scorching off on her bike to secure a winning lead. Maybe don't D-lock your bike next time, Jo? (Actually, I imagine she probably didn't.) Regardless, we'll all be looking forward to the next instalment of this exciting rivalry.
On this day in history
Ageing, grizzled, grey-haired Adrian Essex (his words) came second in the British Masters outdoor pentathlon at Horspath near Oxford on 23rd June. A substantial personal best of 26.77m in the javelin (the previous PB was apparently depressingly poor) boosted his points total to not quite 3,000. A canny run into a strong headwind in the 200 led to first place in the race and, with with just the 1500m to go, there was no chance of catching the event leader, but a 90 point-cushion over third place man was enough for Adrian, who limited his losses to 14 seconds to claim second place by 2792 to 2767.
Velocipede corner
With the Tour de France setting off this weekend, cycling fans around the globe could have been forgiven for overlooking the Bedford Cycletta - but Team Heathside didn't, with three of our ladies making it round the 57K 'challenge' course. Challenging indeed, although I can't imagine it was anything like as farcical as le Tour has been thus far.
South of England Championships, Watford 22-23 Jun
100m
7 David Ayre 12.12
200m
7 David Ayre 24.52
Shot
6 Izaiah Turner (U20) 8.58
London Inter-Club Challenge, Hendon 29 Jun 13
100m
5 12.11 Darnell Plummer (U15)
100m
1 12.40 Eugene Turay PB (U20)
100m
8 11.94 Majid N-Dasjerdy (V35)
100m
6 11.86 Cardelle Fenton
200m
2 25.05 Eugene Turay PB (U20)
200m
5 24.71 Majid N-Dasjerdy (V35)
800m
5 2:09.86 Jonny Naylor (U17)
800m W
6 3:01.19 Rachel Finke (U13)
1500m
9 5:28.80 Michael Abrahams (V55)
High Jump
6 1.70 Henry Damon PB (U15)
Long Jump
4 5.32 Darnell Plummer (U15)
6 5.30 Henry Damon (U15)
Shot
3 8.20 Izaiah Turner (U20)
Discus
1 25.58 Izaiah Turner (U20)
Canada Day 5K (Deer Lake, Newfoundland) July 01, 2013
8. Claire Sliwerski 00:25:19
Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K
28 Robert Shulman 18:12 PB
29 Sarah Swinhoe 18:13
50 Andy Owen 19:12
Dulwich Runners Midsummer 5K
15 Alex Weatherill 0:17:53
Lordshill 10K, Southampton
25 Tony Killilea 37:52
Assorted parkruns
Albert Melbourne parkrun
20 Cathy JEREMIAH 00:19:41
Ally Pally parkrun
4 Rebecca BUNTING 00:20:50 (first lady)
7 Brian BOYLE 00:21:18
30 Tim HALL 00:26:19
Beckton parkrun
22 Laura BOOTHMAN 00:27:14 (first lady)
Burgess parkrun
7 James LYNCH 00:18:50
Finsbury parkrun
71 Sarah ILLINGWORTH 00:25:07
73 Ben CLARKE-JANSSEN 00:25:10
Gladstone parkrun
22 Karen LEVENE 00:21:29
Hampstead Heath parkrun
4 John DRISCOLL 00:18:47
10 Dominic JACKSON 00:20:15
38 Andrew Simon CONWAY 00:23:21
57 Andrew SULSTON 00:25:09
69 Bob GOULD 00:26:24
Newark parkrun
2 Andrew WELSHMAN 00:18:44
Wanstead Flats parkrun
86 Luka MELON 00:32:05
Whitley Bay parkrun
11 Sean Thomas CASEY 00:19:16
26/6/13 VOTWO events evening tri series race 2 Eton Dorney
| Pos | Name | Time | 750m Swim | T1 | 20K Bike | T2 | 5K Run | Notes |
| 139 | Gabi Johnson | 78:43 | 16:07 | 1:47 | 35:21 | 0:50 | 24:36 | (19th female. 2nd V45-49) |
| 140 | Jo Irwin | 79:31 | 16:02 | 2:06 | 36:56 | 0:45 | 23:39 | (20th female 4th V40-44) |
Bedfordshire Cycletta (Challenge - 57K)
Sandra Buckton 2.13.06
Caroline White 2.21.03
Briony Fane 2.42.06