Club runners play part in famous London Marathon
Local runners were among the 48,000 who descended on the capital to take part in the London Marathon last Sunday.
Thirteen from Stainland Lions pounded the streets of the famous course making their way from Greenwich past landmarks such as the Cutty Sark, the Shard, and the London Eye, before reaching the finish line on the Mall.
Jamie Westwood was the first Lion home in 1,395th place, followed closely by Mags Beever who ran a marathon personal best of 2:52:51, knocking more than three minutes off her previous PB.
Stainland Lions results: Jamie Westwood 2:49:17, Mags Beever 2:52:51, Neil Barker 2:54:57, Paul Alexander 3:05:55, Will Singh 3:38:35, Clayton Cutter 3:50:21, Clare Thomas 4:00:55, Cat Daniels 4:27:25, Jenny Walker, 4:46:37, Ranj Uppal 4:47:51, Manjit Ahiar 4:52:10, Emma Hirst 6:42:07, Joanne Hirst 6:52:19.
Seven runners from Halifax Harriers were led home by Michael Gaughan, who recorded a personal best time of 3:40:19.
Angela Clarke (3:41:44) and Joanne Arundale (3:46:06) were also under the four-hour milestone.
Sarah Glyde (4:22:20), Mark Gaughan (4:50:47), Steve Denniss (4:56:38) and John Moore (5:29:54) were the other Harriers to successfully
Stainland Lions’ Ranj Uppal enjoys his London Marathon run. Picture: Paula Statham-Drake
complete the course.
Leading the eight Sowerby Bridge Snails to the finish line was Richard Smith, who crossed the finish line in 3:08:04.
He was followed by clubmates Adam Wilkinson (3:09:30), Richard Gales
(4:08:22), Jodie Smith (4:55:03), Tim Musgrove (5:07:19), Dianne Ronson (6:10:21), Nathan Hewitt (6:21:39) and Carol Whitworth (6:21:54).
Elsewhere, all five Halifax Harriers who took part in the Manchester Marathon
registered personal best times.
Erawan Wanithanont and James O'Rourke clocked times of 2:55:28 and 2:58:35 respectively. Harry Johnson was close behind in 3:02:52.
Tom Paget (3:12:01) and Ellie Horrocks (3:37:46) also competed.
A quarter of Harriers took part in Sunday's Brighouse 10k. Rachel Beaumont was fourth woman and second F50 in 44:51. Howard Coney clocked 45:42 with Lucia Cattermole (1:11:04) and Heidi Coney (1:22:22) also running.