Dave Neilands reports . . . .

Three marathons, three different countries, two different continents, Garstang Running Club members certainly get about.  It was London for Richard Jones and Phillipa Olive however the unusually hot temperatures meant that objectives changed from hopes of a really good time to “getting round in one piece”.  Richard completed the  course in 3 hours 40 minutes and Phillipa in 4 hours 28 minutes and whilst both were slightly disappointed with their times they were excellent times considering the conditions.  Not surprisingly heat was not a problem at the Lochaber Marathon near Fort William in Scotland where the drizzly conditions were excellent for marathon running if not for spectating.  Approximately 36000 completed the course in London, however a “select” number of 402 completed Lochaber including Tim Warner in 3 hours 32 and Malcolm Vinnicombe who, apart from closing rapidly on Tim at the finish also won the MV60 prize completing the course in 3 hours 39 minutes.

Helen Vinnicombe went to Australia for her marathon and heat was again a problem at the Canberra marathon, but despite being “trumped” by her Dad’s excellent performance at Lochaber she completed in 3 hours 51.  Greg Hunter meanwhile took part in the 10k event and no doubt finished somewhat dizzy as the course involved five “loops” but despite the 1.2 mile laps he finished in 44.30 minutes
 

(29/4/07)

 

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