Manchester Marathon PBs for Leamington duo

Leamington C&AC's Charlie Staveley and Ben Rajan both achieved personal bests at the Asics Greater Manchester Marathon.
Lee Harrison, Neil Sheward and Martin Dorrill at the Manchester Marathon.Lee Harrison, Neil Sheward and Martin Dorrill at the Manchester Marathon.
Lee Harrison, Neil Sheward and Martin Dorrill at the Manchester Marathon.

Rajan, a seasoned marathon runner, ran 2hr 50min 17sec to knock almost eight minutes off his previous mark.

Staveley improved his time by a massive 27 minutes, finishing in 3:03:44.

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Kenilworth Runners’ Lee Harrison had an excellent run, finishing in a PB of 2:55:54 for 238th position.

There were new PBs for fellow Runners Dewi Williams (3:21:31), Gail Audhali (3:33:06), Colin Bailey (3:33:54), while Linda Fullaway (3:54:14) and Simon Dunnett (3:08:17) were making their debuts at the distance.

Mel Venables led Spa Striders home in 3:09:46, completing the race as part of a longer training run for the 100k Anglo Celtic Plate next month and finishing sixth in her age category.

Andrew Bonjour (3:14:06) and Simon Parsons (3:18:34) returned to the race after deferring due to injury last year, with Parsons running a 23-minute PB.

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Kate Gadsby, running her debut marathon, clocked 3:20:51, while Dave Lithgow (3:57:49) knocked an impressive 34 minutes off his 2016 Brighton time.

Selected others (Kenilworth Runners unless stated): 525, Neil Sheward (3:04:25); 538, Martin Dorrill (3:04:45); 2,460, Dexter Teale (Spa Striders, 3:39:51); 3,799, Debbie Streets (3:55:42).

Over in Berlin, Spa Striders’ Matt Leydon ran a new half-marathon PB of 1:39:47, with Lucy Tugwell clocking 1:53:57.

Spa Striders’ Pete Soley clocked a new 5k PB on Saturday as Leamington parkrun returned to its summer course.

Soley crossed the line in 17:46 to finish six seconds clear of Leamington C&AC’s Dominic Priest, who also bettered his previous best.

Leamington’s Monica Williamson was first female in 20:09.

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