I have been away whilst a fair number of our members were running marathons. If our club name is not down against you as a runner on your entry, then there is no way I will know that you have competed – other than I hear or see things which make me believe we had runners at an event!!
I am also conscious that some new [?] members may have run — but their results are missing. Please leave a comment if that is you and we’ll add your result.
In no particular order:
BERLIN 25th September 2022
London 2nd October 2022
Eliud Kipchoge crowned the 48th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON with an incredible world record of 2:01:09 hours. The 37-year-old Kenyan thus improved his own best time by exactly half a minute – madness!
Tigist Assefa ran a sensational course record. Starting as an outsider with a personal best of 2:34:01 before, the Ethiopian ran the race of her life in excellent weather conditions and won in 2:15:37 hours.
Our two runners were Qes and Huma.
| Gen | GenPos | Runner | Club | Time |
| M | 1 | E. Kipchoge | Kenya | 2:01:09 |
| M | 5073 | Qes Hussain | WRC | 3:22:45 |
| M | 21537 | Finishers | ||
| F | 1 | T. Assefa | Ethiopia | 2:15:37 |
| F | 1668 | H. Rahem | WRC | 3:40:01 |
| F | 11508 |
The London Marathon Finish line is the most spiritual place in England. Thousands praise the Lord when they cross it: usually saying “Thank God that’s over!”
We had 3 runners at London
The mass results are below:
Pos | Runner | Club | Time | Gen Pos |
| 1 | Thomas Frith | Woodford Green | 2:18:35 | 1 |
| 179 | Hannah Alderson | Bristol & West AC | 2:35:56 | 1F |
| 976 | Rob Jackson | WRC | 2:51:49 | 927 |
| 7233 | Dave Baxter | WRC | 3:38:11 | 5811 |
| 17153 | Gareth Trimble | WRC | 4:18:21 | 12291 |
| 40562 | Finishers | men | 23692 |
Chester Marathon 2nd October 2022
To my knowledge just one club member ran [her first marathon] at Chester: Catherine Craven-Howe. Sorry no pictures!
| Pos | Runner | Club | Time | GenPos |
| 1 | David Bishop | Derby AC | 2:20:22 | 1 |
| Sarah Webster | IOM | 2:46:29 | 1 | |
| Catherine Craven-Howe | WRC | 4:36:54 | 434/717 | |
| 2404 | Finishers |