Sunday 17th June saw the club host this season’s third Middlesex Youth Athletics League meeting at Finsbury Park. In it’s second season the League grows in popularity and Sunday saw a record 687 performances and 14 meeting records over the action packed afternoon schedule.
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What a day it was! We set out last Saturday morning bright and early to make our way by coach to Norwich for our third SAL match. Despite the early start and the long journey to Norfolk we had a full team except for one event (men’s high hurdles B string) so a big congrats to team captains Noelle and Tony for that.
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An overdue report with two weeks of races to include going all the way back to May 22 when an intrepid bunch of our veterans made their way to Stevenage to run, jump and throw in the Southern Veterans League, with first places for Ed Garrett, Tony Killilea, Adrian Essex, Jessica Vinluan and our men’s 4 x 400 meter relay team.
Read MoreProbably the race that is closest to being ‘ours’ these days, Heathside turned out in numbers once again to run, marshal and support on a glorious Sunday morning around Crouch End and Alexandra Palace. I had intended to join the more than 1100 runners, but an ill timed IKEA delivery unfortunately put paid to that so my morning workout was restricted to flat pack assembly and swearing (but probably more sweating than the sub-40 speedsters).
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We walked onto the Havering AC track on Sunday 21 May with the knowledge that we were in first position in the league; the two team members on crutches only added to the intimidation we were emitting. However, we were also aware that we would be up against some pretty tough competition in this match.
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The main event of the weekend was the Middlesex Track and Field Championships at Lee Valley, where we had a great turnout, a decent haul of medals and some PB performances.
Read MoreThe weekend before last (April 30th), John Driscoll was in not-so-sunny and very windy NE Spain for the European Age Group Duathlon Championships, held in Soria. He reports
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Heathside opened their Southern Athletics League campaign with a fantastic win in Cambridge where we defeated London rivals Serpentine, Ryston Runners and, most impressively, the host club, Cambridge and Coleridge.
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The outstanding news of the weekend (along with Heathside’s triumph at the Cambridge SAL, which gets its own special report) was that Mike Stocks managed to not only run 100 miles in The Thames Path 100, but to win the race too! Other races include Hackney Half, Maratona Sant’antonio in Padua, Last Friday of the Month, Belfast marathon and a triathlon in Gran Canaria.
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