Bourton Roadrunners

London Marathon

BOURTON Roadrunners were well represented at the London Marathon and earned some outstanding results.

Some of our athletes represented the club while others ran for deserving charities, all spurred on by a strong group of Bourton supporters.

Tim Hemming was first home for the club, running as a guide for a blind athlete in a formidable time of 3hr 01min.

Next in was Darren Long who after a strong first half struggled later on, but still managed a creditable 3:06.35.

One of the runs of the day – and certainly the best in his running career – was from Mike Hobbs who represented children with cancer.

Mike who has tried on numerous occasions to break 3:15 ran a perfectly controlled race to realise his goal in 3:12.41.

Next was Rowena Verity in an extremely impressive time of 3:13.55. This gave her the awesome finishing position of 12th overall in her age category.

Steve Edwards, finishing his 725th marathon, had been hard at work the day before with his book presentations as well as interviews so did well to finish in 3:17.04 having 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.

Massive congratulations to Darren Davidson in his very first marathon; he clocked 5:33.02.

Lucy Walmsley was so close to a sub-3hr run in a very strong 3:04.38 and an emotional Claire Harrison at last realised her potential with a PB of 3:13.04.

Stratford Half-Marathon

A SMALL group headed off to Stratford for the half-marathon with some equally impressive results.

Run of the day was from Kate Krzywiec with yet another PB to finish second FV35 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 1:41.40.