Road Race
A fast night in Battersea at Friday Night Under the Lights!
It was a cool, clear evening in Battersea with conditions perfect for some fast, Friday night racing and our athletes certainly delivered! Whilst there were a host of impressive runs, the standout performers were Jade Dos Santos breaking the club 5k record and Paul Martiletti breaking his own V40 record and logging the 4th fastest […]
The 2024/25 Club Championship is off to a flying start with the VPH Flowers Mile
On the hot and humid evening of Thursday 29th August, 54 runners donned the jade and blue stripes to kick off 2024/25 Club Championship season. As always, this popular event sees Road & XC runners, Juniors, Track athletes and Guests come together to race the iconic mile loop of Victoria Park. The breadth and depth […]
Strong VPH&THAC Performances in the London Marathon
Alex Lawrence led 61 members home at the biggest London Marathon, equalling his PB of 2:17:41 off the elite start line for an 18th place finish overall. And while marathon organisers boasted about more than 50,000 people taking to the start line and a new record amount raised for charity, VPH had plenty of reason […]
Race report: Annual EM and VPH mob match (88th edition)
The 88th edition of this historic race took place at Eton Manor this year. Always a cracking event and fantastic to see 70 of our finest braving the cold – and the short journey to Leyton Jubilee Park – to take on the 76 Manorites. Joe Dale – 1st Male (16:33) put in a performance […]
Race report: 31st finishers at the 2023 English National 6-stage Road Relay Champs!
VPH&THAC qualified in 15th position at the Southerns regional event, and made the trip to Sutton Park to race at the English National Road Relays. A highly regarded prestigious road racing event in the grassroots club calendar. The six individuals selected to represent the club came from an ever growing pool of talented runners, and […]
Race report: Middlesex 10k, Victoria Park
The club was proud to host the Middlesex 10k Championship race, held in Victoria Park. Over 150 runners from more than a dozen clubs took to the line. There were over 30 runners from VPH&THAC with significant entries from Middlesex County clubs including London Heathside AC, Serpentine AC and Queens Park Harriers. There was a […]
Race report: Berlin Marathon 2023
Another group of hardy VPH&THAC runners made the short trip across to Germany for the weekend to the start line of the next Marathon Major… Berlin! Some great individual PBs and a few steins to celebrate post race. The achievement of the weekend goes to Minna Harrison and Gaby Ellis-Bone who completed the Berlin rollerblade […]
Race report: SEAA 6 stage Road Relays, Aldershot
VPH&THAC were presented with another chance to toe the line with the best running clubs in the Southern region, with the opportunity to progress to the National Road Relays, the marque annual event. The 2023 6-stage relays took place on an undulating Aldershot course. We were able to select two fantastic teams with our fastest […]
Race report: The Big Half 2023
On Sunday 3 September, a sea of jade and blue took over the Big Half! Although on the first day of this summer’s heatwave we have had far from ideal running weather conditions, we have seen an impressive number of 108 athletes starting the race under the club name. We have seen amazing efforts, many […]
Race report: Club Champs Flowers Mile
Well done to those who ran the Flowers Mile, on Thursday 31 August 2023. We had a total of 41 finishers (including 9 juniors) to kick off the 2023/34 club championship season! This is part of the Boswall League, which is open to all club members and rewards consistency of racing through the year and […]