A Flying Start to the Met League Finale (Juniors Report)
The 2024 Met League finale at Trent Park will live long in the memory. On a classic, muddy XC course, a storming win for our U11 Boys set the tone for a day of heroic performances. Much more was to follow. An unrivalled team spirit drove us on, to finish top of the league (unofficially), […]
Race Report: Met League Race 4 – Welwyn Garden City
Train strikes didn’t deter the VPH XC Brigade as we went full steam ahead at Welwyn Garden City. Thanks to getting our act together and booking a coach for the journey to WGC, a large team of VPH participants turned out. The men continued their string of 2nd place finishes behind Highgate with their highest […]
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 […]
General: Congratulations to our VPH Couch to 5k graduates!
Congratulations to all our graduates in the inaugural VPH Couch to 5K group. They completed an 8-week course culminating in a 5K race in Victoria Park on Sunday 7 January. One of the intake even bagged their age group win! Mara Hafezi and Joe Dale will be running another course this year, later into 2024. […]
General: Welcome to 2024
It is hard to believe we’re only 1 week into 2024, because what a bumper week it’s been… … with the hardy group who raced the NYD 10k in Hyde Park, the speedsters who bagged new PBs at the Battersea Half, the daring seniors and juniors who braved the muddy hills of the Middlesex Cross […]
Race Reports: VPH&THAC representing at the County XC champs across the UK!
The XC county championships did not disappoint… fantastic racing across the early winter fixtures! Many club members participated at the different venues, and came out of them in differing degrees of muddiness. Well done to all our runners, and some highlights of standout club performances below. Adam Millbery, Luca Minale and James Hotham also earned […]
General: The annual VPH xmas lights run!
We had such fun on our annual Christmas Lights Run. A fantastic tradition enjoyed by new and old members all… Thank you to Gigi Giannella, Lydia Briggs and Will Yeates for organising the 2023 event!
Race Report: Met League Race 3 – Hillingdon
The river crossing did not disappoint this year! Well done everyone, regardless of the great performances/outcomes, it was an absolutely brilliant sight to see so many people making massive efforts to get all the way out to Hillingdon on a horribly damp, cold day. It really is what makes a club/our club what it is. […]
Race Report: London XC Champs 2023
Maximum respect to everyone who made it to Parliament Hill on Saturday for the London XC Championships. The going was soft and runners had to contend with that fearsome uphill start. Good training for even more mud at the upcoming Met XC League / Chingford League fixtures.
Race Report: Met League Race 2 – Wormwood Scrubs
A brilliant afternoon of sunshine and racing out at Wormwood Scrubs for the second Met League fixture of the season. A large team of VPH participants and an epic cheer squad attended this flat but unrelenting cross country course. The men continued their strong start to the season placing 2nd behind Highgate and the women […]