No CrouchEnders cliffhanger as Heathside clean up at Hornsey 10k

Doo doo doo doo doo dooooo do...apologies both for this week’s report being somewhat slower to arrive than Dirty Den's comeback from the dead and also for the excruciating CrouchEnders ‘gags’, partly inspired by the fact that Minty from Phil's garage started the week’s big event, the Hornsey/North London YMCA 10k. There was no suspense or cliffhangers in sight as the stellar cast of Team Heathside cleaned up more thoroughly than Dot Cotton’s launderette, with Rebecca Piggott crowned Queen (Vic) of the women’s event (more to come on the ladies’ fantastic performance later) while Heathside picked up both the men’s and women’s team prizes and young Liam Garrett strode home to win the u-16s race in the junior events.

London HeathsideMay 19, 2015Comment

Track and Field League Matches - a bandwagon

This has been a good season so far for Heathside Track and Field and another good peformance from the Vets on Monday 18th May at Stevenage brought another solid mid-table result, and a cluster of PBs, SBs and club records. More details below.

London HeathsideMay 18, 2015Comment

Old uns, young uns and good uns (but no apostrophes)

London Heathside has made its first venture into a Veterans' League.

London HeathsideMay 15, 2015Comment

Hackney Half, Watford Wednesday and a bluffer's guide to tri

Right at the top of this week's report is the second running of the Hackney Half Marathon. No one contributed much of an account of this so it's down to me, although I'm definitely not going to go for the usual lazy stereotype of "Hackney = hipsters, blah, blah, blah".

London HeathsideMay 12, 2015Comment

Milton Keynes marathon, Regent's Park 10k, YDLL Southern NE

Sparser pickings than usual this time, with the major thrust of the marathon season nearly over (still Edinburgh to come). Three of us competed in the Milton Keynes Marathon, one in the MK Half Marathon, one in the 10k Gaddesden Gallop, and 31 Heathsiders took part in parkruns on Saturday. Late addition: Six of our athletes took part in the Regent's Park 10k on Sunday, with a second place for Adam Kirk-Smith. And another late addition: 20 of our junior athletes took part in the YDLL Southern NE in Eltham, with first places for Liam Garrett, Ruairi McGonogle and Fabienne Weston.

Gavin EvansMay 5, 2015Comment

Congrats to YDL team - calling all 15 -17 year olds and marvel at the scoring system

Heathside's U15 track and field team achieved a fine turn out for the first match of the season, with more than 20 taking part. For details of performances see this fuller report. The U15s train at the Finsbury Park Track on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. See youtube videos of U13 and U15 boys 1500m races

London HeathsideMay 4, 2015Comment

London Marathon Weekend - Club Records Smashed and Heathside Ladies Scoop Bronze!

MADNESS! plus Lily Allen, The Kinks, Ralph McTell, Gerry Rafferty - just some of the artistes, to name but a few, who have had hit songs about London, but none of whom (as far as I am aware???) have ever run it - unlike the 48 Heathsiders (at the last count) who started the 35th Virgin Money London Marathon on a fairly cool and drizzly Sunday morning.

London MarathonGreg BellApril 30, 2015London MarathonComment

SAL 2015 Match 1 - a triumph of teamwork

Come with me, Takvorion a peek through the Kehoe at the London Heathside results from the SAL on Saturday.

London HeathsideApril 28, 2015Comment

Manchester, Boston and Llanelli Marathons and Thames Towpath 10

As the marathon season is entering the final stretch, triathletes are already planning for triathlon season, dusting down the bikes, shaking out the wetsuits and ramping up the cross discipline training, as this weekend’s racing shows. Races ranged from the Manchester, Llanelli and Boston marathons (and Llanelli half marathon), the Thames Towpath 10, the LICC track events, cyling in Hertfordshire, a 10k relay and vast distances covered in a weekend of swimathons.

Caroline WhiteApril 21, 2015Comment

Sun, sand, marathon debuts and PBs in Brighton, Rotterdam and Watford

It was a great week for Heathsiders. There were exceptional performances by Phoebe Crockford and Adam Kirk-Smith, who set PBs in 1500m and 3000m, promising marathon debuts in Paris and fantastic performances under warm conditions in the Brighton marathon. In the latter, Henry Hamilton-Gould shattered his PB, despite minimal training. James Lynch also set a new PB, finishing the Rotterdam marathon in under 3 hours. We even have results from the epic Marathon des Sables, where Claire Morrissey put in a super-human performance in the Sahara desert.

Emilia VynnyckyApril 14, 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.

Itching to ask us a question about the club? Want to pick our brains about training, competing or joining? (We usually react quickly, but it might take us a handful of days to reply).

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