Virgin London Marathon
It was a very tough race this year with temperatures hitting 24 degrees meaning that most people were significantly slower than they might have hoped. However, a couple of the club runners still managed fast times, namely John Russell and Ian Smith with John managing to squeeze in just under three hours and Ian finishing 20th out of 1213 in the M55 class putting him in the top two percent overall. Catherine Roberts was the first of the FODAC ladies achieving a GFA (good for age) time which should give her automatic entry next year.
The results are as follows:
John Russell M45 2:59:50
Ian Smith M55 3:08:10
Julian Boon M45 3:25:13
Dan Sandford M40 3:27:03
Daren Smith M50 3:28:53
Catherine Roberts F45 3:43:06
Richard Ray SM 3:47:44
Andrew Kaye M55 3:53:17
Patrick Rennison M55 3:58:13
Mathew Squire M45 4:15:21
Helen Lipscomb SF 4:30:31
Chris Moore M60 4:30:31
Angela Bowkett F50 4:52:57
Vicky Logan-Giles F40 5:00:29
Tracy Lord F45 5:00:44
Vanessa Peglar F45 5:18:53
Andrew Knott SM 5:19:18
Tanya Grigg F50 5:22:04
Clare Richards F45 5:30:14
Meg Creed SF 6:04:50