Mighty Green Antony Hall found himself lining up with over 30,000 runners at the recent Manchester Marathon and finished in the top 1,000!
A delighted Antony said: “I started off really well, keeping a steady pace of seven-minute miles until mile 18 where the long stretches of road took its toll and my pace dropped off considerably; but I kept going and finished just over two minutes outside my PB time in 3:10:06, 975th overall.”
Jo Earlam headed to Cornwall to compete in the Atlantic Coast Challenge - three marathons over three days along the Cornish coastline. Day 1 saw Jo run between Trevone Head to Perranporth in 7:25:00. Day 2 included 3,500 feet of elevation between Perranporth and Hayle but Jo still knocked two minutes off the previous day. The final was a 28.86 mile stretch of the coastline from Lelant to Lands End with 4,800 feet of elevation.
The Mighty Green completed the final section in 9:23:00, coming in 95th place out of 180 entrants.
Cheryl Boulton travelled up to Weston-super-Mare on Sunday to compete in her first half marathon since the start of Covid. The Mighty Green was determined to beat her 2019 time of 2:08:24 and knocked almost two minutes off it, despite a quick dash to the portaloo at mile 8!
It was the first time Cheryl ran in a new age category, senior women, having turned 50 earlier in the year and was delighted to find out she came 56th out of 137 and overall 576th out of a field of 1058 runners. Husband Bruce treated Cheryl to fish and chips on the pier afterwards with the added bonus of 20% discount for all runners.
Karen and Christine Farnham ran the Plym Trail Half Marathon on Sunday in 2:07:45. This was Christine's first half after numerous attempts of trying but always getting injured during training.
On Wednesday evening, Chairman Terry Bewes presented the SRC Junior members who are representing the club at this month’s Rotary swimathon with a SRC swim bag as a thank you. The Junior team will be competing alongside two adult SRC teams, the Elite and the Survivors.
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