Headline News(tead) as Rachel wins Orion 15

A varied weekend of running from Heathsiders with another clutch of half-marathons including Andy Barnes’ 2nd place at Hampton Court, more glory for the women as Rachel Newstead had a fantastic run and finished as first lady at the Orion 15, both men and women fielded full teams at the Southern Road Relays in the grey (metaphorical and literal) of Milton Keynes, some solid 5k times at Hyde Park and the usual parkrunning. Also special mention to the youngsters who took part in the final Northwest London Young Athletes’ League meeting at Wormwood Scrubs, where William Griffiths was 4th home in the u17s race and Jacob Phillips also ran strongly. Liam Garrett also came in 4th in the u15s event, while the all conquering Ruairi McGonagle took 1st place once again in the u11s. Thanks to Jacob Phillips for the team photo above.

London HeathsideMarch 30, 2015Comment

North London Half, Middlesex indoor champs, Essex 20, Civil Service relays

London HeathsideMarch 15, 2015Comment

The long and the short of it

Although longer races are still filling up a good part of the race calendar, they don’t totally dominate, as we see from this weekend's mix. Races ranged from the ever popular Finchley 20, a useful gauge of how spring marathon training is progressing, to the indoor track and field at Lee Valley - with plenty in between, including the Milton Keynes Festival of Running (with a 20 and 10 miler and 10K to pick from) the National Intercounties xc Champs in Birmingham, a 10 miler in Sidcup and a 10K in the Olympic Park.

Caroline WhiteMarch 10, 2015Comment

Keep on running

Greg BellMarch 3, 2015Comment

Inter Borough

It was the highest turn out ever at London Heathside’s Finsbury Park track for the North London Inter Borough Championships, taking everyone by surprise, especially organizers Russell, Ruth and Rachel who were responsible for organizing the event on Sunday 1st March 2015. A total of 250 juniors turned up to race, from the under 7s up to the under 17s, representing four North London boroughs which included Camden, Hackney, Barnet and Haringey. London Heathside’s Juniors were out in force.

London HeathsideMarch 1, 2015Comment

National cross country championships, half marathons and early spring marathons

It was another memorable and busy week for Heathsiders, featuring the climax of the cross-country season for many runners with the National Cross championships on Parliament Hill; a few also headed to indoor athletics tracks and to the roads for half marathons and marathons.

Emilia VynnyckyFebruary 24, 2015Comment

Royston and the roads

Good turnout at the Sunday league cross country in Royston this week. Other Heathsiders did road races from 5 miles in Vicky Park up to 20 miles in Bramley. It looks like we had Heathsiders too in the South of England Masters' Championships inc British Masters Pentathlon at Lee Valley, but results don't seem to be out for that yet - watch this space.

London HeathsideFebruary 18, 2015Comment

Smash 'n' grab as Heathside women take Met League title

Days later, and I’m still rubbing my eyes, looking at the results of the Met League in disbelief. Did London Heathside Senior Women really pull off an extraordinary victory, storming from third place to win the Division One title at the final race of the season?

London HeathsideFebruary 9, 2015Comment

Mud and Guts

Greg BellFebruary 2, 2015Comment

Heathside women seventh in Southerns

Sparse picking this week, but good stuff nevertheless. Aside from a 10k PB from Emerson Paul and some fine Parkrun showings, lit was all about the South of England Cross Country championships at lovely Stanmer Park, near Brighton, where 58 of us braved the hills, appreciated the firm ground and relished the views: 15k for the men; 8 for the women (odd, that, but don’t get me started…)

Gavin EvansJanuary 27, 2015Comment

reports

Have a read about the Heathsiders competing in blue, red and gold every week - the team put together a summary of recent competition which gives a flavour of some of the achievements of the club. Reports date back years and you can read through all of them below.

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