Half Marathons and Minithons

This week features lots of half marathons with the build up to the Spring Marathon season including the Hillingdon 20 also the first outdoor T&F performances of the season as well as the last Miniton at Lee Valley.

Road Racing

Hampton Court Half Marathon, Hampton Court, 24.3.24

Mark George sent in the following report:- This half marathon started and finished in the gardens of Hampton Court Palace, where it was possible to pose for a picture with a Henry VIII lookalike. 

The race itself comprises a flat scenic route around the Thames Ditton & Kingston area, with a stretches along the river Thames. The last two miles are off road on tracks 

I only caught sight of two other Heathsiders within the 4000+ runners;  there was a top ten finish for Emily Clarke, and Gavi and I were satisfied with our runs

Results as follows:-

158                 Emily Clarke              1hr 28m 15s               6th F 

544                 Mark George              1hr 37m 55s

959                 Gavi Simson               1hr 44m 28s  

Stramilano Half Marathon, Milan 24.3.24
581st Chiara Borg (V35) 1:26.00
1114th Thomas Godec 1:33.50

Runfest at Lee Valley, Waltham Cross, 24.3.24
Thomas Foy finished 2nd in the runfest half marathon held at Lee Valley on Saturday.

Half Marathon (222 finishers)
1st C Wrighton (St Albans Striders) 1:16.42
2nd Thomas Foy (V40) 1:16.58

Hillington 20, Ucbridge 23.3.24

Peter Gould secured a great 5th place at the Hillingdon 20 over the weekend

(20 miles 256 finishers)

1st N Impey (Dulwich Runners) 1:54.13

5th Peter Gould 1:57.47

18th Edward Samuel (V40) 2:09.32

53rd Joel Northcott (V40) 2L25.47

58th Padraig Waldron (V50) 2L28.31

100th George Aston 2:41,30

196th Glen Taylor (V40) 3:14.55

Track and Field

Peterborough & Nene Valley Throws, Peterborough 24.3.24

Elkie Baker kicked off the T&F outdoor season travelling to Peterborough to compete in the Discus competing alongside UK ranked 3rd Zara Obamakinwa and Greg Thompson who both threw over 50m.  All top 3 U15 Girls from last year were also taking place with Elkie coming out on top with a throw of 34.69m  which would rank her at this early stage of the season as UK No 3 U17W and is a new club U17W record.

Discus (Pool B) 1Kg
4th Elkie Baker (U17W) 34.69m NCR (x, 33.55m, 34.69m, 30.92m, 33.76m, x)

Minithon, Lee Valley, 23.3.24

Elizabeth Paitoo produced three great performances to finish first in her age group at the last Minithon of the season. Kai Duberry and Olivia Zalli both finished 5th.

U9 Boys

12th Akim Bah (60m 10.43s, 200m 35.73s, LJ 2.40m) 111 pts

U9 Girls

1st Elizabeth Paitoo (60m 9.79s, 200m 32.44s, LJ 2.82m) 145 pts

5th Olivia Zalli (60m 10.46s, 200m 36.14m, 600m 2:21.22) 137 pts

U11 Boys

5th Kai Duberry (60mH 11.02s, 200m 32.02s, TJ 10.00m) 139 pts

9th Dominik Mihaly Jeles (60m 10.13s, 200m 36.90s, TJ 15.00m) 153 pts

9th Michael Schofield (60mH 12.41s, 600m 2m 13s, TJ 13.50m) 153 ptd

U11 Girls

13th Jane Andre (60m 9.93s, 200m 33.99s, LJ 3.09m) 142 pts

7th Anna Bah (60m 10.02s, 60mH 11.14s, LJ 3.35m) 153 pts

'- Kyla Thompson (TJ 4.25m)

U13 Boys

27th Joseph Ryan (60m 10.39s, 60mH 12.72s, 200m 35.24s) 137 pts

28th Laurie Wootton (200m 35.37s, LJ 3.28m, HJ 1.10m) 136 pts

U13 Girls

23rd Eliza Burridge (60m 9.28s, 60mH 11.82s, 200m 32.41s) 158 pts

Park Run

Parkrun

Ovr 80 Heathsiders ran in parkrun last Saturday. Congratulations for first place finishes go to Rebecca Bunting (Dulwich 17:04), Fred Beale (Ally Pally 17:43), Valentin Valeanu (Thames Path, Woolwich 18:14), Rosa Cormacain (Finsbury 20:25), Danny O’Reilly (Pheonix 20:30) and Cathy Jeremiah (Jells 23:21).

Full results can be found here

Uploaded by Simon, with thanks to Mark George for reports.