It has been a week of massive triumphs and achievements. Sarah Swinhoe and Francois Barou both made light work of the Ironman triathlon in Nice, and Sarah come 4th in her age category. There were many superb performances in the Middlesex Schools Champs and MYAL #3, the Southern Counties Vets League, the UK Athletics Champs and especially in our own Club Champs part 1 with a record turnout!
Read MoreThe weeks’ highlight undoubtedly came at the South of England Championships, where Heathside acquired 3 Gold medals through Cian O’ Donnell ( 100m ), Brogan Wallace ( 1500m ), and James Hamblin ( Hammer ), the first two with club record performances. In addition there were Silver and Bronze medal winning performances respectively from Carlos Mingoes ( Long Jump ) and Koppany Szentes ( U15 3000m ). Elsewhere there was an English Schools track & field event, fast 3000m times were recorded at Watford, and of course the Club Handicap returned to Highgate Wood
Read MoreHeathside enjoyed a high-achieving weekend on the track, roads, paths, pools and lakes. Our men’s track team won their Southern Athletics League event at Finsbury Park, with Cian O’Donnell and Hattie Munday winning man and women of the match. Cian achieved a PB of 10.6 in the 100m and a PB and club record of 21.47 in the 200. Hattie (U17) won the 800 (2:19), 1500 (4:50), high jump (1.33m) and the 1500 steeplechase in a club record time of 5:37. Meanwhile Brogan Wallace broke the club 1500 m record in a time of 4:28 in Watford, Rebecca Bunting won the Exmoor coastal trail marathon (beating all the men and women) in a female course record time of 3:47 and Karina Kaufmann became the new duathlon Sprint World Champion in the 40-44 age group and also won a bronze in the standard distance.
Read MoreLots of action from the track and roads last week including two new senior records with Brogan Wallace setting a new Senior mark of 9:45 in the 3000m in Scotland and Cian O’Donnell establishing a new non wind assisted Men’s 100m club record of 10.65s while running in the Glasgow Jaguar colours in the National League. Mary Kehoe also set a new veteran hammer record with 27.72m in Dublin. Elsewhere Tony Killiea competed in a running decathlon and Matthew Rallison recorded some great performances in Sri Chimnoy races
Read MoreThis week’s highlights include action in the Youth development league, a spectacular performance in the South Down 100k, great runs in the Edinburgh marathon and much more.
Read MoreThere was a vast range of distances and activities this weekend, with the MYAL and SAL taking up the bulk of the weekend for many. In the MYAL, the club hosted the Finsbury Park match and our enthusiastic young athletes rose to the challenge again with victories in all but one age group with 22 event wins. There were also some tremendous performances in the SAL. Rebecca Bunting breezed in first woman at the Hackney Half.
Read MoreMedals were collected across the board in a variety of events at the Middlesex County championships. Elsewhere the Heathside women’s team triumphed at the Southern Counties Vets League, with the men in second place. We had 3 participants at the Night of the 10000m at Parliament Hill, and Rebecca Bunting set a course record at the Oak Hill parkrun
Read MoreTwo big events featuring outstanding Heathside performances took place on Sunday – the Middlesex Young Athletics League (MYAL) on Parliament Hill and the North London YMCA 10k (former Crouch End 10k).
Read MoreRoad racing took centre stage again with the Vitality 10,000m snaking it’s way through Central London it also acted as a British Road Race Champs with our awesome ladies continuing their exploits from the winter taking 3rd place. There were also Heathsiders competing on the roads at Milton Keynes, Battersea and Hyde Park. On the track great performances and new PBs were set at at Harrow, Dagenham Wormwood Scrubs and Battersea again. In the states Liam Garrett set new PB’s in the 1500m.
Read MoreThere was a huge variation in competition this week from 100m to 100 miles and there are many standout achievements, and PBs. Special congratulations go to Michael Stocks who achieved the V50 British record for 100 miles and James Hamblin who got a new club record for the hammer.
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