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London Marathon - 24 April 2016

It is hard to believe another London Marathon has come and gone, with Bourton being well represented and some outstanding results. Some of our athletes representing the club while others representing deserving charities. With strong support on route and record numbers of supporters as well as a strong Bourton crowd, our runners were spurred on and did not let us down.

Tim Heming was first home running as a guide for a blind athlete in a formidable time of 3 hour 1 minute and 59 seconds(3:01:59) and oh so close to the sub 3-hours. Next in was Darren Long, who after a strong first half struggled later on, but still managed a very creditable 3:06:35.

Lucy Walmsley run a brilliant race finishing 132nd lady overall in a supurb time of 3:04:38, so close to a sub-3 finish. Lucy was followed by Claire Harrison with another great run, 294th lady, achieving her target of a sub-3:15 marathon in 3:13:04.

One of the runs of the day and certainly the best in his running career was Mike Hobbs who represented Children With Cancer. Mike who has tried on numerous occasions to break sub 3:15 ran a perfectly controlled race, with very close to even splits and at last has realised his goal in 3:12:41.

Next was Rowena Verity in an extremely impressive time and a so consistent pace in 3:13:55. This gave her the awesome finish of 12th overall in her age category.

Steve Edwards finishing his 725th Marathon was hard at work the day before, with his book presentations as well as interviews, did well to finish in 3:17:04 as he had been suffering with a cold all week.

John Gibson closing-in on his 25th London Marathon was as steady as a rock, running a negative split in 3:54:35. John had run most of the way with David Turnbull, who achieved another good-for-age qualification finishing strongly in 3:59:20.

Susan Hunt and Catherine Wheeler used London as a training run in preparation for the Edinburgh marathon, finishing together in 4:24:45.

A massive congratulations to Darren “Flumpy” Davidson in his very first marathon, with the biggest smile of the day in 5:33:02.

Shakespeare Half Marathon - 24 April 2016

A small group headed-off to Stratford for the Shakespeare Half Marathon with some equally impressive results . Run of the day was Kate Krzywiec with yet another PB and 2nd VL35 in 1:33:42.

Andy Peaston ran a solid 1:34:42, while a very happy Chris Dry ran extremely well for a PB of 1:41:40sec.

 

 

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Highlights

Tim Heming runs so close to 3 hours, but this time as a guide for a blind runner; a true sportsman.

Steve Edwards runs his 725th full marathon, while Darren “Flump” Davidson runs his first; both showed true grit.

Lucy Walmsley, Mike Hobbs, Claire Harrison and Rowena Verity all ran sub-3:15, finishing well up the listings.

David Turnbull earns another good for age qualification.


Three of our runners went to Stratford-upon-Avon for the Half, with two of them returning with PBs.

 

 

Other reports may be found on our recent race reports page.