Here is a separate report from Paul on the Middlesex Vets Cross Country Champs for those who didn't see it on the forum.
Read MoreThames Trot 50 miles (described as a 'tranquil run along the Thames from Oxford to Henley')
Read MoreOur streak of avoiding boggy courses continued this past weekend when a few brave souls travelled down to Brighton to run in the South of England XC Championships. Decent weather allowed for a soft, but not too bad course - which was lucky, since there were some pretty nasty hills from start to finish. Our women, who were somewhat shorthanded, managed a spectacular 6th place finish behind Sue's 23rd overall placing. In the Veteran Men's... erm... Senior Men's race we managed a 24th place as well as a 59th place for our B team (out of 79 teams - I think my biggest surprise was that we actually had enough for two teams of 6), while North London "rivals" (and I use that term loosely) won the whole race. Good for them. We also had quite a few youngsters out racing as well, with James leading our U15 boys to a 16th team place and our only young athletes team finish (you can see a video of the U15 boys’ race here).
Read MoreA quick round-up of this weeks races…
Read MoreHeathside dominated the race and we returned home with both male and female prizes as well as 5 individual prizes out of the 8 awarded.
Read MoreWhat a day! I think that best sums up our experiences in as few words as possible. But, as you've all gotten to know in the past few months, I'm not one who tends to use as few words as possible.
Read MoreWith more and more events to choose from we are seeing Heathsiders running these 5k timed runs all over the country every Saturday morning. And in an effort to stay on top of these performances we are experimenting with bringing you a dedicated parkrun wrap-up each week.
Read MoreNine Heathsiders got their 2012 racing season off to a swift start by taking part in the Serpentine New Year’s Day 10k, with Gavin in particular having a great run, while our U15 boys and U17 girls brought home two team medals from the Middlesex cross-country champs on Saturday.
Read MoreThe most encouraging bit of good news: 39 senior men turned up for the race! Last year we had 37 at the most (and only 13 at this fixture). Certainly a lot of people came through when it counted and took time off of their too short weekends (at least that's how they feel to me) to come out and spend the afternoon on a field running up and down hills. I hope everyone has as much fun as I did. I also cannot discount the efforts made by the senior women, 12 of whom showed up, matching our highest turnout of last year. This is truly an amazing start and my crystal ball foretells that this is the start of something wonderful.
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