Sunday saw the iconic London Marathon take place with the highest number of runners ever. There were some amazing performances from FRAC athletes. First across the finish line was Daniel Radcliffe in 232nd place in a time 2:32:45. Karl Gloster and Tom Bean also achieved sub 2:45 times coming home in 2:36:51 and 2:42:56 respectively. Torben Jessen achieved an amazing pb time of 2:59:12 placing 12th in the 60-64 men’s category while Krzystof Klidzia finished in 2:59:29 in 54th place in the men’s 55-59 age category. First home for the ladies was Nikki Goodwin in a pb time of 3:27:14 with Catherine O’Connor also achieving a Pb time of 3:33:25 and 148th in the 50-54 ladies category. Catherine had this to say about her run “My time was 3.33.25. An 8 minute PB , last achieved in 2016. I was at the beginning of my age cat then and now I’m at the end! Who’s says you slow with age! This was my 11th Marathon and 7th at London. I have been chasing this PB since 2022, finally did it and in style! I was aiming for 3.38-39 . So very chuffed!!!”
There were also amazing performances from first time marathon runners. Louisa Eede running for Kids Charity finished in a sub 4 hour time of 3:51:29 and Lisa Smith also managed a sub 5 hour squeezing in in 4:59:34. Autumn Richardson achieved 5:57:45 James Johnson a first timer came home in 3:45:5 and James Herridge 4:24:42. Congratulations to all and now timer to put your feet up !!
Full results are as follows:
Daniel Radcliffe 02:32:45 Karl Gloster 02:42:56 Tom Bean 02:36:51 Rob Collier 03:02:20 Andrew Noble 03:01:41 Paul Bartlett 03:20:12 Ben Hancox 03:23:38 Krzystof Klidzia 02:59:29 Darren Crew 03:02:15pb, Paul Constable 03:26:07 Torben Jessen 02:59:12 Matt Appleby 03:00:51pb Nikki Goodwin 03:27:14pb, Catherine O’Connor 03:33:25pb, Ivana Collier 04:24:59 Kirsty Wilson 03:43:09pb Jody Stoakes 03:50:26pb Karla Lardner 03:49:30 Lesley Taylor 03:47:48 Jane Wren 04:16:32 Diane Parsons 04:11:33 Louisa Eede 03:51:29pb and first marathon, James Johnson first marathon and pb 03:45:58 Jason Herridge 04:24:42 first marathon and pb Collette Windsor 04:36:11 Ray Johnson 04:34:23 Lisa Smith 04:59:34pb and first marathon, Autumn Richardson 05:47:45 pb and first marathon, Roy Atkins 05:21:36
This week’s parkrun results are as follows:
FOLKESTONE: Simon RAMSAY 00:17:13 PB Nick STEELE 00:18:38 Tristan BRUCE 00:19:00 Thierry BAL 00:20:36 Dominic SHEPHERD 00:20:55 Thomas ASPINALL 00:21:44 Derek MATCHAM 00:21:45 Simon COFFEY 00:22:02 Ian VOUSDEN 00:22:09 Darren PHILIP 00:22:27 Greg DIXON 00:22:34 David WEEKES 00:22:47 Henry AXON 00:24:08 Joshua PINE 00:24:10 Tim WARREN 00:24:58 Tomas LANE 00:25:00 Stuart ERSKINE 00:25:09 Rob HILL 00:25:11 James SPRINGETT 00:25:11 Ron BELL 00:26:04 Alan RANDALL 00:26:04 Sylwia TOKARSKA 00:26:50 Deirdre COOMBS 00:27:12 Joe FINNIGAN 00:27:39 Rebekah NEWTON 00:27:58 Roisin BUNT 00:29:19 Jason CROCKFORD 00:29:21 Miles GAWTHORP 00:29:57 Trevor DEVOOGHT 00:30:05 Amy OWEN 00:31:06 Rachel YORKE 00:31:19
Neil ADAMS 00:31:33 Jason KING 00:32:41 Levi ATWELL 00:33:49 Anh-Van WHITBY 00:34:06 Marie BRAZIER 00:34:06 Ian MERRICK 00:35:16 Clive ALLON 00:36:37 Gary BRAZIER 00:36:38 Grahame EKE 00:37:09 Elizabeth SMITH 00:37:15 Lisa SMITH 00:39:24 Kate LANCEFIELD 00:39:25 Kim GARDINER 00:41:33 Angela WARREN 00:41:37 Kirsty GARDINER 00:41:37 Tina EKE 00:41:39 Sue ELKINS 00:41:39 Pamela ALLON 00:41:40 Julie GIBBS 00:41:42
ASHFORD: Anthony SCOTT 00:26:56
DULWICH: Jacob HENWOOD 00:18:25 Julia HENWOOD 00:30:58
PEGWELL BAY: Linnaea STOCKALL 00:20:01 Philip MAULL 00:23:27 Rachel SMITH 00:31:35
MOTE PARK: Caroline CURTIS 00:25:26
YARBOROUGH LEISURE CENTRE: Deborah JEFFERY 00:20:58
DOVER WATERFRONT: Elliot CHAPMAN-JONES 00:19:54 Stuart WEST 00:21:46 Andrew NOBLE 00:22:11 Lesley CLANCY 00:25:25