Zurich and Milton Keynes Triathlons, LICC, Watford Graded Open, Harlow and New Forest 10 and much much more

There was a clutch of triathlons (the collective term, or perhaps that should be a triumph of triathlons) this weekend (well Milton Keynes and Zurich),  some impressive performances on the track and various road races ranging from 5ks to half marathons which kept many Heathsiders busy in the past week. There were also some cycling sportives to add to the mix. 

TriathlonsIn the triathlon arena – Ruth and Chris both had great races at Milton Keynes, Ruth coming first in her age category and Chris second in his. Ruth’s comment was short and to the point : “ surprisingly tough (very windy and undulating) bike course but balmy water temperature!". 

Simon Hazel had quite an epic time to say the least, and a little more to say than Ruth about  his impressive Iron man in Zurich - he wrote this about his adventures: "With the announcement of a non-wetsuit swim and a weather forecast of 35 degrees all my finishing time predictions had long been bundled out of the window. Race day morning and after a brief warm up in Lake Zurich the hooter sounded and my 2399 fellow athlets started out on our 226km journey to the finish line. However, a major schoolboy error with my starting position meant for  about 2 minutes I thought my race was over. Getting punched, kicked and ducked and swallowing mouthful after mouthful of lake water I was ready to call it a day and headed to the nearest paddle board to cough up the lake water and re-compose myself. It took a while but I convinced myself that not having a wetsuit hadn't suddenly turned me into a terrible swimmer and I'd trained too long and too hard for it all to be over so soon. So I got underway again, felt more relaxed and started passing lots of back-markers, in fact by the end of the swim I'd gone from dead last to 1431st. After a swift-ish transition it was out on to the 180k bike course as the temperature steadily rose in to the 30s. The course was relatively flat with only 1300m ascent so there was plenty of opportunity to get on the aerobars and peddle like you stole it. I went through the first lap in under 3 hours and was making good progress. However, on the 2nd lap I had a few nutritional issues due to the heat and a random back spasm at about 130k, which meant it I was in a lot of pain when on the aerobars. They'd also got the forecast wrong because on my second ascent of 'The Beast' it was 38 degrees and peaked at 39 Celsius on the final climb up 'Heartbreak Hill'. I'd slowed on the second lap but had still managed to move up to 1085th place.Another swift-ish transition and it was only the marathon to go. Only! My back was still causing problems but I was going to cross that finishing line even if I had to walk all the way. Fortunately, I managed to run most of the 1st lap (59 mins) but from then the run became run-walk which became more walk-run as lap 2 took 63 mins, lap 3 68 mins and the final lap 67 mins. My marathon time was 4:18 and I crossed the finish line in 12:15:35. Good enough to bring me up to 877th overall. Lots of lessons learned to be applied to my training over the next year before I take on Challenge Roth and I've nearly raised a £1000 for Richard House in memory of my recently passed and much missed mum. So plenty to be thankful about." Full results are given below.

TrackThere were three track events with a plentiful scattering of PBs and first places at the Watford Graded open meeting on wednesday, the LICC track event on Saturday and in the U13 southern inter county match where Liam Garratt came first in the 800m race and was captured on this youtube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-eukG7SQzM. Of note - in the LICC Darnell Plummer came first in his 100m,and 200m race, Joshua Jackson also came first in his 200m race, Rebecca Bunting came 3rd in the 5000 meters with a PB, John Naylor came first and Jonathan Hopkins 2nd in the 1 mile, Tony Killilia came 2nd in 1500 meters and Darnell first in the long jump. And in the Watford Open held last Wednesday Henry Damon was first with a PB in the 200m race and James Wooldridge 1st in the 1500 also with a PB; also achieving PBs in the 1500 were Miron Woldemichael, Daniel Szajna and Johnny Naylor – full results given below. And congratulations to Adrian Essex who picked up silver in the BMAF Masters Championships - a Decathlon held over two days 27th and 28th July in Oxford.

Half marathon, 10 milers, 5 miler, 10k, 5k and 6.5kIn Harlow, Ollie Pound was happy with his first ever 10 miler  completed in 1.23.  Steve continues to churn out PBs, this week with an amazing time of 16.37 in the last Friday of the month 5k in Hyde Park, accompanied by Jacob in a time of 19.52. Tony Killilea ran a fast 10k, coming in 20th place in the Capital Challenge on 24th July. Phillip Hogg and Elspeth Storrar completed the Wimbledon half marathon in very speedy times,  coming in 23rd and 28th respectively, Elspeth coming in 2nd woman. Robert Bowler sent in two late results, one from 18th July when he ran the B2Run Munich 6.5k along with 35,000 others – as he said " a German version of the City race, a bit like running down Oxford Street on a saturday afternoon" finishing in a time of 30.27 and on 14th he ran the New Forest 10, as did Adam Mitchell, both had good runs in very hot conditions, with Adam coming in a very respectable 13th place. Some other late results came in for the  Olympic Park Anniversary 5 mile race, held on 21st July - seemed like a great event - and 11  Heathsiders took part - lead in by new member Samuel Thompson in a time of  29.37.

CyclingOn the cycling front – a largish group of Heathsiders covered the 60 miles distance from London to Cambridge in the Bike Events Breakthrough for Cancer cycle ride on Sunday 28th: Caroline White, Rosaire Gray, Steve Woolf,  Barbara Tomaszczyk, Julie Khan, Jane Higgins and Dan McKeown that I know of.  There was a late entry from last weekend where Charlotte and Paul McCrossin cycled the 120 mile cycle event Dunwich Dynamo that took place through the night with participants arriving in time for breakfast – a fry up on the beach on Sunday morning. They finished in around 7 hours – no official times given.

ParkrunsA good turnout all round it seems, with some excellent times - Sue Eadle had her first Parkrun this Saturday, there were PBs for Tim Hall, Andy Barthorpe, Dominic Jackson, Marco Dryburgh and William Roberts. Tom Aldred was first in the Isle of Wight, Anthony Hall  was 2nd at Finsbury Park, Liam Proudlock 3rd at Ally Pally and Dominic 4th at Finsbury Park. Apologies to any other PBs I have missed.

FULL RESULTS

Cowman Olympic triathlon at Milton Keynes
28th July17th Chris Gardner   (M) 40-44 2:15:54 
 24:17 (swim) TI: 1:11 cycle: 1:07:38, T2: 0:33, run:42:14, 2nd M40 – 44

111th Ruth Miller (F) 55-59 2:37:35
(swim) 28:52 TI1:18 cycle: 1:19:18 T20:42 run: 47:24 ,11th woman , 1st 55 – 59 category

Zurich Ironman Triathlon
28th JulySimon Hazel
Swim (3.9k) - 01:38:41; TI 5.41
Bike (180k) - 06:06:32 T2 6.17
Run (42.2K) - 04:18:24 
Total time 12:15:35 Division/rank: 108 in 45 - 49 AG,
Overall: 877th out of 2400

Dunwich Dynamo 120 mile night Cycle ride
21st July – 22nd July(Times not given – approximately 7 hours)
Charlotte Mccrossin
Paul McCrossin

Breakthrough Breast Cancer London to Cambridge Cycle
28th July(Times not given, and names in no particular order)
Caroline White
Jane Higgins
Dan McKeown
Rosaire Gray
Julie Kahn
Steve Woolf
Barbara Tomaszczyk

Civil Service 10k
24th July20th Tony Killilea, 37:28

Harlow 10
28th July128th Ollie Pound 1:24:19

Wimbledon Half Marathon
28th July23rd Phillip Hogg  1.31.26
28th Elspeth Storrar  1.32.18 (2nd lady)

New Forest 10
14th July12th Adam Mitchell 01:04:05 M
200th Robert Bowler 01.23.18 M50

B2Run Munich 6.5k
18th JulyRobert Bowler 30.27

Brooks Serpentine Last Friday 5K, London Hyde Park
26th July2nd Steve Monaghan 16:37 (PB) V40 M 
64th Jacob Howe 19:52  V40 M 

Anniversary National Lottery 5 mile run, Olympic Park
21st July79th Samuel Thompson 00:29:37
769th Henry Hamilton 00:35:11
1353rd Gavin 00:37:16
1410 Mathew Davies 00:37:27
1482nd Hannah Zwimpfer  00:37:38
1843rd Agi Palanki   00:38:39
1887th Barbara Tomaszczyk 00:38:46
2725th Claire Sliwerski 00:40:53
2820th Sarah Illingworth 00:41:06
3377th Monika Butkute 00:42:25
5175th Terry Vickers 00:46:15
6284th Alice Parish 00:48:33
7984th Pete Crockford 00:52:07


BMAF Masters championship, Decathlon, Oxford
27th - 28th July2nd Adrian Essex

100m 13.56 
Long jump 4.51 
Sp 8.77 
High jump 1.30 
400m 64.89 
100m hurdles 20.99 
Dt 27.55 
Pv 2.00 
Jt 25.75 
1500m 6m10.06 
Total points:   5,389

Derek Crookes U13 Southern Inter County Match
Sunday 28th July800 metres1st Liam Garrat 2.24.32

LICC (London Inter club Challenge – Hendon
Sat 27th July5000 metres3rd Rebecca Bunting 19.16.04 (PB)  SW

100 metre race 75th Oardelle Fenton 12.1 SM

100m race 82nd Joshua Jackson 12.05 U17 M

100m race 101st Darnell Plummer 12.46 U15B

100m race 116thTina Peate  14.15 W35

400m Women5th Molly Harrison 69.6 U15G

200m race 61st Joshua Jackson 23.90 U17 M

200m race 71st Darnell Plummer 24.94U15B

200m race 84th Tina Peate 28.92 W35

200m race race 84th Molly Harrison 3017 U15

1 mile1st Johnny Naylor 04:46.90 U17M 
2nd Jonathan Hopkin 05:01.57 M45  
3rd Tony Killilea M45 05:02.79
5th Liam Garrett 05.27.63 U13B
6th Rachel Seckl 05:51.18 U17W 
7th Micheal Abrahams 05:51.76 M55 

1500m steeplechase2nd Tony Killilea 06:01.96 M45 

Long jump1st Darnell Plummer 5.34 U15B  
9th Gianni Ciolli 4.01 M40 
           
Javelin        
3 246  Darnell Plummer U15B London Heathside 34.47 
7 357  Xelia Mendes-Jones U17W London Heathside 22.42 

Shot         
9 325  Gianni Ciolli M40 London Heathside 7.22
              
Discus       
7 325  Gianni Ciolli M40 London Heathside 21.19 

Watford Open Graded Meeting
24th July 2013Full results can be found here –http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/WOG240713.htm

200 SX 41st 25.17 (PB) Henry Damon U15

200 SX 76th Darrnell Plummer 24.75 U15

1500 SX112th  Izaiah Turner  5.49.67 U20

1500 SX1011th William Whitaker 4.44.16 SEN Men

1500 SX131st  James Wooldridge 4.22.06 (PB)  U17
18th Miron Woldemichael 4.31.79 (PB) SEN M

1500 SX 14
13th Daniel Szajna 4.36.76 (PB) U20 M

1500 SX 1610th Johnny Naylor 4.18.53 (PB) U17

Parkruns

Results for Ally Pally parkrun, event number 81, 27/07/2013. 3 Liam PROUDLOCK 00:18:43
23 Tim HALL 00:25:45
36 Lyn EVANS 00:27:39
39 Sue EEDLE 00:28:20

Results for Beckton parkrun, event number 59, 27/07/2013.27 Laura BOOTHMAN 00:27:22

Results for Finsbury parkrun, 27/07/2013.2 Anthony HALL 00:17:43
4 Dominic JACKSON 00:18:59
16 Brian BOYLE 00:20:42
50 Marco DRYBURGH 00:23:14
80 Sarah ILLINGWORTH 00:24:48
106 William T ROBERTS 00:27:00

Results for Gladstone parkrun, 27/07/2013.7 Nick DE SAUSMAREZ 00:21:14

Results for Hackney Marshes parkrun,  27/07/2013.15 Jake Leon Justin LEE 00:21:17

Results for Hampstead Heath parkrun,  27/07/2013.27 Andy BARTHORPE 00:21:57
62 Rick BAKER 00:25:32

Results for Highbury Fields parkrun,  27/07/2013.50 Barbara TOMASZCZYK 00:23:57
72 Steve WOOLF 00:27:06
 
Results for Medina I.O.W. parkrun,  27/07/2013.1 Tom ALDRED 00:16:11

Results for Preston Park parkrun,  27/07/2013.11 Mark DERRY 00:19:19

Results for Whitstable parkrun, 27/07/2013.68 Julie KHAN 00:26:25