Lochaber Marathon - 19th April
Steve Edwards has moved up to yet another level in amazing achievements with his time in the Lochaber Marathon in Scotland on Sunday. On reaching half-way at 1:30, the 46 year old increased his pace to record a superb finish time of 2 hrs. 57 mins. 33 secs, despite most of the undulations occurring in the second half.
This put him second Vet 45 and 15th overall out of approx. 500 runners. He has also completed 468 out of his target 500 marathons.
In the same race Pete Scarrott was a little disappointed with his time of 3:27:26 after suffering from cramping, while Rob Humphries was delighted with his time of 3:37:41, after injury had hampered his training for the past 3 weeks. Shirley Creed and Gill Carrick were also thrilled to knock up personal best times of 3:56:57 and 4:06:50.
Boston Marathon - 20th April
Also on the marathon trail, Norm Lane and Chris Bence travelled to Boston for the last and 5th of Chris's personal World Masters challenge. They ran together to 30K and on the hilly course, they did well to record 4:31:22 and 4:49:11.
Highworth 5M - 19th April
Highworth 5M was the third of Roadrunners' club series and the perfect sunny day was a pleasure to run in, if a little hot for some. Mike Smith was Bourton's first finisher in 6th position overall in 28:19. Ewen Smith had a storming run for a PB of 30:21. Steph Lane finished 2nd lady in 30:41.
Lewis Gray was next in 31:16, chased by Ian Shoemark in 31:37 and Tony Goodwill in 32:07. The ladies then packed in behind for 3rd lady Beth Pudifoot 32:16, 4th lady and first V35 Sarah Harper 32:53 and 6th Ali Lane 33:28. John Gibson followed closely in 33:45. Liz Hulcup was really on form, winning the V55 trophy in 37:37. Niamh Shoemark had a great run for 35.56.
Other finishers were Brian Hulcup 37:14, Roger Woodley 37:18, Julia Rutherford 37:38, Lynn Hudson 38:02, Ed Rozier 39:05, Bert Jess 41:17 and Jan Short 43:37.
Teifi 10M - 19th April
Dennis Walmsley meanwhile was in Wales, competing in the Welsh 10 Mile Championships, named the Teifi 10, where he finished 11th overall in the top quality field and 2nd V45 with a time of 57:09.
Report Highlights
Steve Edwards goes sub-3 hours in marathon number 468 - the only UK marathon that he hadn't run before.
Rob, Shirl & Gill all PB at Lochaber.
Norm Lane & Chris Bence fly the flag in the tough Boston Marathon.
A fine turn out at Highworth, as part of the 6-from-10 series. The race results are available by following the link.
Other reports may be found on our recent race reports page.