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Ayo Falola Dream Mile, Lee Valley (Wed. 4th Feb.) Meredith Cummins produced a brilliant nine-second personal best of 5:20.59, running a tactically astute race to win the Women’s C Mile by six seconds. Kyle Hurst also impressed, clocking 4:49.02 in his indoor mile debut. Cambridge Harriers Club 10 mile Cross Country, Joydens Wood (Sat. 7th Feb.) The Woodland Trust have decided that the narrow winding path that we have been using to climb up from the bottom track to the top tra

SEAA Indoor U20/Senior Championships, Lee Valley (Sat. 31st Jan./Sun. 1st Feb.) Club athletes claimed four medals, including an impressive double victory, at a high-class meeting at Lee Valley last weekend, reports Mick Bond . In the hurdles, Lily Gayle and Hans Nmaju delivered a superb club double, winning the Under-20 women’s and men’s 60m hurdles respectively. Hans endured a dramatic start to the competition, arriving late and having little to no warm-up before crashing in

Box Hill Fell Race (Sat. 17th Jan.) Every year the National Trust impose some modification to the course for this iconic race, usually because they have found a rare orchid, butterfly, or other endangered species, although this year it was because of Boxwood Blight (which I assume is something that you try to get rid of rather than protect?), writes Clem Dixon . The NT also impose a limit of just 275 runners, perhaps someone should explain to them that in the South East at le

Kent County Cross Country Championships, Brands Hatch (Sat. 10th Jan.) The club had a highly successful championships, securing seven medals in total - two individual golds, two team silvers, and three team bronzes plus third in the men's twelve to score team race. All of our younger age groups were represented at this year's championships, r eports Mark Newell . There were many standout performances both individually and team wise with two individual winners and four team m

Mizuno Podium 5k (incl. 1 Mile Challenge), Battersea Park (Wed. 31st Dec.) Emer Tynan (U20) shaved a handful of seconds off her 5km road personal best, clocking 19:29 to finish 42nd overall in the elite women’s race. Serpentine New Year's Day 10k, Hyde Park (Thur. 1st Jan.) Christian Poulton was the Club’s sole representative in the traditional New Year's Day10km road race, held on the traffic-free paths through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, where he finished 78th in a ti

Cambridge Harriers Club 7.5 Cross Country, Joydens Wood (Sat. 27th Dec.) Fifty of us enjoyed a good workout, and work-off of any Christmas excesses, on a sunny winter afternoon in Joydens Wood, roughly a fifty-fifty split between Cambridge Harriers and guests from other clubs, reports Clem Dixon The largest non-Cambridge contingent came from Dartford Harriers and included the men's winner James Rolls who ran in a group of four to start with but then opened up a gap of a minu

South of Thames CCA 7.5 Championships, Wimbledon (Sat. 20th Dec.) This race was first held in 1888 when the winner was W. Jones of Reindeer Harriers, a club which sadly no longer exists, reports Clem Dixon . The Reindeers were one of many smaller working class clubs that were denied entry to the County cross country associations by the larger more middle class clubs; as a result they founded their own organisations, one for clubs South of the Thames and another for those Nort

Kent Cross Country League #4, Swanley Park (Sat. 6th Dec.) Ayotunde Danda (pictured) , who had taken two consecutive 3rd-place finishes in his previous under-15 boys’ races, went even better this time, writes Mark Newell . Staying with the leaders throughout, he unleashed a powerful sprint in the final 100 metres to claim a superb victory. Herbie Tobin (11th) and Austin Richards (15th) also ran well, helping the team to finish second overall on the day. Our under-17 women pro