Seyfu 6th in Nationals & Essex wins pentathlon gold

This has been a busy week for Heathside’s athletes with several club records falling in track events, and impressive performances in cross-country and off-road. The big one was the National Cross Country Championships in muddy Nottingham, which saw Seyfu Jamaal coming 6th in the country in the U20 event. Meanwhile Adrian Essex won the V65 pentathlon gold medal in the British Master’s championships, and our U13 star Martha Jolly leapt 4.44 meters in the long jump, putting her in 11th place in the UK this year.

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Storm Den can't stop our 'Liv!

18/02/2020: With Storm Dennis blowing a hooley all over the British Isles, many race fixtures were called off making it a very quiet weekend for racing.

With the XC season nearly finished, February is more a of heavy training month as we are all getting ready for Spring racing. There were but a few fixtures featuring Heathsiders as well some great Parkrunning performances …..

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Trent Park Met League : Heathside Women take Met League title for 3rd year in a row, Individual success for Jake Evans in the Junior Men's race

The week’s report is all about the final Met League fixture at Trent Park, which saw the Women’s Senior team emerge once again as Metropolitan League champions, as well as winning on the day. in addition there was a great individual win from Jake Evans in the Junior Men’s U17 race. Unfortunately Heathside was pipped into 2nd place for the Howard Wilson trophy, which combines Senior Men & Womens results, only on countback having tied on points with the winners Highgate

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Mud, sweat and cheers

28.01.20 The big event of the weekend was the SEAA Southern XC Championships held at Parliament Hill with thousands of runners taking part from the South of England. No podium places for Heathsiders but the enthusiasm and energy from the runners and the supporters, and the knee-deep sapping mud, and heartbreaking hills made it a hugely enjoyable and memorable day. Other events from the weekend include the London Games and the Staverton 10.

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Freezing Fred Hughes and Red Hot Indoor Action

14 Heathsiders headed north to St Albans for the Fred Hughes 10 miles on Sunday 19th.  It was crisp and cold, but good for running apart from some frosty sections, especially on the first lap.  Sara Black won her category (Women 45) and was the 8th woman overall in I hour 5mins 50.  Natan Doran was the first Heathsider home, followed by Dominic Jones.  A bit lower down the field, Sif Sumarlidadottir and Filipe Cardoso ran together and pushed each other on for much of the way, with Sif 4th in the W45 category.  Caroline White was second in the W55 category.  Next stop on the way to the Rob Jackson Trophy: the Watford Half on 2 February." 

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Mia Rosen smashes U13 800 records (Part 2)

A number of Heathsiders got more XC action in the Sunday League.  However the performance of the weekend belonged to U13 star Mia Rosen in the Southern Indoor Championships, whose time of 2:29.93 in the 800 was a championships best, club record and a new national leading time this year.

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