London Marathon

There is always something special about the biggest marathon in the country and sixteen Northampton Road Runners made the trip to the capital to line up with 37,000 others.

Amongst the excitement of the carnival atmosphere, there were some PBs and marathon debuts as well as those raising thousands of pounds for charity.

Tony Letts was the first home for the club in an impressive 3:01:01 and London regular Andy Blaize was close in his footsteps in 3:02:25

Fund raiser Matt Brand grabbed a PB with a 3:19:07 and Gary McDaniels recovered well from a recent injury to cross the line in 3:22:26.

Another PB star was John Fleming who beat last year’s time by ten minutes to finish in 3:35:48. New member Ben Mullaney made his London debut with a great follow up to last year’s Rome Marathon with a time of 3:50:12.

Jocelyn Granger raised much needed funds for local charity The Lowdown and finished in a PB time of 4:06:16. Jocelyn was seconds ahead of Wendy Parker who also registered a PB of 4:06:44. Rob Donovan finished in 4:12:13 only minutes ahead of Michael Franks who completed his first ever marathon in 4:17:06.

Pauline Horne is a regular on the London course and finished in 5:00:37 ahead of fund raiser Dave Solomon in 5:15:59. Glen Cousner, another marathon distance debutant finished in 5:22:45 and raised well over £3,000 for charity. Sue Thompson finished in 5:31:30 followed by the two fancy dress entrants from NRR, Patrick “Spike” Breydin 6:35:30 and Alan Hackett 7:25:02

Tony Letts 3:01:01
Andy Blaize 3:02:25
Matt Brand 3:19:07
Gary McDaniels 3:22:26
John Fleming 3:35:48
Ben Mullaney 3:50:12
Jocelyn Granger 4:06:16
Wendy Parker 4:06:44
Rob Donovan 4:12:13
Michael Franks 4:17:06
Pauline Horne 5:00:37
Dave Solomon 5:15:59
Glen Cousner 5:22:45
Sue Thompson 5:31:30
Spike Breydin 6:35:30
Alan Hackett 7:25:02