It was a relatively quiet weekend of racing for the club, presumably with all Heathsiders gearing up for the first met league race of the season at Claybury next Saturday. The most popular race of the weekend was the Ridgeway trail run, where our women's team of Miranda, Karen and Sandra came third, with Miranda finshing third F35. Dan McKeown returned home from the Coniston 14 with a prize, with an excellent run from Joe McKeown there too, There were several good half marathons over the weekend desipte the wet and windy conditions, including an 8th place finish at the Oxford Half by Patrick Burke, and a 14th place finish from Chris Burn at the Henley Half, where Louise Atkin was 11th lady with a PB of 97min10sec. In his third consecutive weekend of racing, including a PB at the Berlin marathon, the unstoppable Henry Hamilton finished the Henley Half in a very respectable 93min09sec.
Read MoreKaty Webster smashed the club record for a half marathon at Ealing in 78.12. Elsewhere the Heathside vest or trisuit was to be seen far and wide across the country and beyond including at the world’s biggest cross country race in Stockholm and the Berlin Marathon.
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Heathside’s senior women team put on a classy performance to finish 16th out of 53 teams in the high standard Southern road relays this weekend, while an unstoppable Richard Macaulay left his previous 1500m PB in the dust in a mid-week Watford outing.
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There were several impressive performances in the World Triathlon championships, but Ruth Miller’s 15th place in her age group stood out (that’s 15th in the whole wide world), and there were also strong showings from Martin Potter and Jackie Wastell in the worlds, and from Rob O’Grady and Clare Miller in the London Duathlon. In all, 78 of our members competed last week – triathlon, duathlon, half marathons, cross-country, track and field, fell runs and parkruns.
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The weekend saw Heathsiders hoofing it round Victoria Park by the dozen in search of Middlesex 10k glory. Elsewhere, there were boozy marathons and double glory for team McCrossin in the tri that wasn't.
Read MoreThe bank holiday weekend was pretty quiet race-wise, but I think it was quality over quantity in this case, with first places achieved in the The Last Friday of the Month 5k in Hyde Park, and two Parkruns, and in numerous races in the LICC, and some very impressive run/cycle/swim efforts in the Thames Turbo Series sprint triathlon, an excellent 3k swim and a satisfied customer in the Canterbury Half.
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Road races take centrestage in this week’s report due to a fine first place finish for Katy Webster in the Pride 10k and the team prize for our men in the Burnham Beeches Half Marathon, while talented youngster Darnell Plummer competed in the Southern Counties championships.
Read MoreIt’s not every week that we get to lead our report with an announcement that we have produced a world champion, but that’s exactly what happened in Ottawa, Canada when our very own Clare Miller won the world age group gold medal in the World Duathlon Championships. Well, we didn’t exactly produce Clare, but she is one of us and she did brilliantly. And when we say ‘age group gold medal’ we’re talking the 25 to 29-year-olds. Yeah, Clare is the fastest under-30 duathlete in the whole wide world.
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On the recent surge of cycling popularity, Captain Chris had this to say, via Facebook: "Today, Chris Hartley, member of London Heathside, will be running. Remember running?" Just imagine how peevish he's going to be when the cross country season kicks off and half of us are away mountain biking.
Read MoreThere 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.
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