The week’s main event in terms of numbers was the club championships held at Finsbury Park..Simon Baker provides the commentary for this and the other two track events reported on this week
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This week’s highlights include stunning performances at the Middlesex Young Athletics meeting, the Westminster Mile and the Vitality London 10K.
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There were three big events this week for the club – Crouch End 10K (plus 250m) and Fun Runs, the SAL and the Hackney Half. The Crouch End event had the largest number of Heathsiders in attendance, with many of them winning various trophies including first male and female. The SAL despite having a smallish turnout did well and results at the Hackney Half were impressive.
Read MoreThe annual County Championship weekender saw the various competing Heathsiders win a bumper combined total of 19 medals and 7 athletes crowned as County Champions. Saturday saw the Seniors, U20 and U17s compete in testing conditions at the Lee Valley track with morning rain showers turning into sunshine but hampered by a strong wind.
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The highlight of a busy post-London Marathon week was Jem O’Flaherty’s magnificent sixth place over 10k in the European U20 Road Race Championships in Northern Italy in a time of 31:54 – leading the team to bronze medal position. There was an excellent 3000m PB (8:30) for Jem’s Heathside teammate Liam Garrett and yet another fast marathon for Jim Connell in Milton Keynes (3:02:56) – just two weeks after running the Boston Marathon.
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Despite not racing in London this year i was heavily involved and fortunate to secure a rather good volunteering gig handing out Goody bags to finishers on the Mall. With an early start at 8am, it's quite an operation with over 100 people in my team and around 500 volunteers in the finish area doing all manner of good deeds.
Read MoreSome of the week’s best performances came in parkruns; there were first place finishes for Heathsiders at no fewer than seven different runs.
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What a cracking start to the track and field season. The incredible turn out of volunteers at our home SAL match meant that the day ran perfectly. A huge thank you to all the organisers, officials and volunteers.
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Manchester and Rotterdam marathons kicked off the Spring marathon season on Sunday, and all those hard months of training reaped great rewards for many.
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In part 2 of this week’s race roundup, we report on the Paris, Brighton and Boston marathons, as well as the Droitwich half marathon, Thames Towpath 10 and the Highgate Harriers open meeting.
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