News from South London Harriers
April 15th, 2008: London Marathon and Mini-Marathon
Posted by Brian and Viv at 12:22 pmSouth London Harriers were out in large numbers for a very successful day at the London Marathon last Sunday. Youngsters from the club competed in the Mini-Marathon, there were over 30 entrants for the full 26.2 miles and a number of those not running were helping to marshall on the course.
In the Mini-Marathon, Loulou Rowlands ran superbly to finish in fourth place in the over 15 girls’ race in 17.04 and was first finisher for Surrey. Matthew Grant also represented Surrey for the boys and finished 31st in 15.03. Representing Croydon, David Sidwell was 117th in 19.52 in the over 13 boys’ race and Catherine Campbell was 178th in the girls of the same age. Gregory Campbell ran in the over 15’s to finish 128th for Croydon in 18.43.
Amy Mitchell had a brilliant run to finish 30th in the over 15 girls’ in 20.16 and Maria Kavanagh likewise, finishing 20th in the over 11 girls’ in 21.16. Representing Sutton in the over 15 boys’ were Daniel Sellman, 24th in 16.27, Adam Gye, 33rd in 17.26, Tom Hart, 81st in 17.48 and Ben McDaniel, 95th in 18.02. Sophie Cowper had a good run, representing Sutton, finishing 9th in the over 15 girls’ in 18.53.
In the main race, over 26.2 miles Jason Simpson ran with the elite, finishing in 67th place and 6th over 40 veteran finisher in 2hrs 31mins. Andy Collins (over 40) also had a superb run finishing 245th in 2hrs 43. Paul Mitchell (over 40) was 290th in 2hrs 44. Another over 40, David Byrne was 376th in 2hrs 47mins. Dan Gillett ran 2hrs 56mins, Nick Lee 2hrs 58, Alex Halpin 2hrs 59, Andy Davis, 3hrs 3mins, Sean Newland 3hrs 11mins, Philip Ide (over 50) 3hrs 12mins, Antonio Martins (over 40) 3hrs 13mins, Pippa Major (over 40) 3hrs 15mins, Jamie Martin (running for NDCS charity) 3hrs 17mins, Caroline Walker (over 40) 3hrs 21mins, Colin Young 3hrs 21mins, Neil Maury (over 40), 3hrs 24mins, Beckie Woodland 3hrs 33mins, Peter Emery (over 50) 3hrs 40mins, Nigel Bush (over 50), 3hrs 44mins, Dave Newland (over 65) 3hrs 50mins, Nick Keating (over 40) 3hrs 59mins, Jenny Burdett (over 35) 3hrs 59mins, Jake Clausen (over 60) 4hrs 3mins, Dave Alston (over 55) 4hrs 10mins, Pam Ianella (over 45), 4hrs 21mins, Lorraine Hewett (over 50) 4hrs 28mins, Neil Royle 4hrs 29mins, Marketa Martins 4hrs 43mins and Alison Petzer (over 35) 4hrs 52mins.
Anyone inspired by this year’s event, who wants to start training for next year go to www.southlondonharriers.org and start now!
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