The relentless rain at the weekend didn’t dampen any spirits as the race round up this week shows. It was a massive weekend of racing with an absolute triumph for Heathside at the MYALS, along with wins and PBs in other events including a trail marathon, a half marathon, track events, and more. There have been a number of club records broken, and a new UK record achieved! A truly wonderful start to the season.
Read MoreDespite the bleak weather on Saturday morning some tremendous performances were recorded in the Thames Path 100 by Dominc Jones finishing 13th and Lenny Martin 42nd while in the West Country Rebecca Bunting won the South Devon Costal Marathon outright with 3:57.50.
Read MoreThis week saw a second place at Harrow Spring Open 1500m, and a brace of PB’s at the Olympic Park 10K
(Photo Pete Crockford running in 1500m. Source: Harrow AC)
Read MoreResults of the junior timed runs at the track on Sunday 25.4.21 can b found here
Read MoreRacing is happily picking up again, and there were some excellent results over the weekend. Of note, Jack Davis Black came first at the ATW XC series U17 race, Sara Black placed 2nd woman in the Essex marathon, with Filipe Carduso and Alex Sweet both getting PBs. There were also some impressive performances at the Finsbury Park Sprint Tournament, and the Dorney Lake Half Marathon
Read MoreHeathsiders made the most of the gradual easing of lockdown last week to take part in races in and around London. The biggest headline of the week was undoubtedly Tom Archer’s demolition of the club 5K record, finishing his 5K in the BMC road race series in 14:38. Elsewhere, there were many great performances, including half marathon wins for Rebecca Bunting and Chris Holmes in Kent, and a second place finish for Sarah Swinhoe in the New Forest.
Read MoreResults from the Junior Sprint races held at Finsbury Park on Sunday 11th April can be found here.
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