Pride 10k, City2Surf, Ultra12

A quietish weekend, but a good mix of racing nevertheless, from 100 metres to 50 miles. Most notable was Leigh James coming third woman with a brand new PB in Pride 10k, and, Monika Newton completed the gruelling 50 mile Ultra12 coming in very impressively 4th woman in the Solo Female race.

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Caroline WhiteComment
Djanira coasts to Southern Inter-County silver

Top honours in this week’s race report goes to Djanira Costa for winning silver in the U20 hurdles in the Southern Intercounties on Sunday, a day after she turned out for her club for the final SAL fixture, while Gavin’s account of his London tri – “a long litany of idiocy” – cannot fail to make you laugh, as luckily it did him, too. [report updated]

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London HeathsideComment
Tom wins big in Battersea

Relatively slim pickings this week, what with summer holidays and all, but pride of place goes, once again, Tom Aldred who won the Civil Service 10k last Wednesday by a massive margin in 32 minutes – a time made even more impressive by the baking heat.

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Simon strikes iron and James breaks 2 minutes

Pride of place goes to James for a brilliant midweek 800m, first place and inside two minutes. Happily, if you have just shy of 120 seconds to spare, there's video footage on YouTube, courtesy of Zac. If you don't fancy hearing Zac's commentary, you can always pop your favourite two-minute song in your earphones. At the same meet, Lauren ran an excellent PB in the 800 and Myles got a PB in the High Jump.

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Beckford selected for World Juniors

You can’t beat this for good tidings: our very own Lily Beckford has been selected to represent the GB&NI team in the World Junior Championships! A stunning track season so far has been wonderfully rewarded with a slot on the 400m relay team sheet. And the beauty of it is that she hasn’t heard the news yet!

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