SEFFU JAMAAL who came 2nd in the London Cross of 2023, and 3rd in 2022, led all the way to take London Heathside to team victory, over the fairly dry surface.
After a mile he was 30 metres up on Andrew Penney, last years winner and Samuel Greenstein running together. Penney went on to be a clear second but in third place Olu Adeji, who came through late for third place, after his heavy training session in the morning. Although Sefu was pleased with his result he said his favourite event was the half-Marathon, which he has done 63:33 for. He came to England from Ethiopia in 2005.
Emily Bradley (25) immediately confessed she had never won a race till the London and, was coached well by Charley Dickenson with Belgrave Harriers, the team winners, on the day. It was just in the last half mile she got away from Ruby Carter who had been near her for the rest of the race