Trevor and Jaclyn Kay travelled to Catalonia for the Zurich Barcelona Marathon on Sunday and made sure that the winter training paid off by coming back to the UK with two personal bests.
Trevor finished just under the 3 hour mark in a time of 2hrs:59m:43s whilst Jaclyn crossed the line in 4hrs:23m:16s.
Thames Meander Marathon – Saturday 10th March 2018
The Thames Meander is a flat, scenic riverside trail marathon run along the Thames Path. Rik Holden was A&D’s sole entrant and battled the muddy conditions to finish in 3hrs:40m42s.
The Lydd Half Marathon and 20 miler road race, as always, saw a large A&D presence in the build up to the spring marathon season. With an ultra-flat course, Lydd is seen as the perfect barometer as to how well winter training has gone.
Jon Pearce finished 1st for A&D in the half marathon in a time of 1hr:21m:22s, 11th place. Richard Baker followed in 1hr:30m:14s taking 29th position, Julius Samson finished just behind in 1hr:30m:27s, 30th overall and Anthony Brown in 1hr:38m:59s (54th).
Danyel Carter was 1st lady home in her last race for the club in 1hr:40m:12s (61st), Carl Ireland was next up in 1hr:46m:48s (90th), Neil Woodham in 1hr:51:36s (108th), Stuart Nunn 1hr:53m:16s (127th), Mark Boorer in a personal best of 1hr:53m:31s (129th), Will Whittington 1hr:56m:19s (140th) and Terry Sellen, returning from injury in 1hr:58m:00s (154th).
Heather Johnston, in her 1st half marathon finished in 1hr:59m:19s (160th), Keith Lynn PB’d in 2hrs:08m:32s (206th) and Becky Hodgson in 2hrs:23m:55s (272nd).
Meanwhile in the 20 miler, Gill O’Connor finished 1st for the club as well as 1st in category in 2hrs:50m:30s (209th), Elodie Paviot finished just behind in 2hrs:51m:12s (214th), Rhian Shrimplin crossed the line in 2hrs:54m:16s (235th), Dave Hunt in 3hrs:04m:22s (318th), Edward Rodger 3hrs:07m:13s (336th), Aaron Homewood 3hrs:10m:03s (363rd), Lucy Johnstone 3hrs:36m:08s (544th), Sarah Homewood 3hrs:37m:18s (547th) and Steve Hickman in 3hrs:37m:19s (548th).
Ashford Park Run – Saturday 10th March 2018
After an enforced break last week due to the inclement weather, Ashford Parkrun was back with the conditions feeling considerably warmer.
Daniel Green came home 1st for the club in 19m:09s to take 4th place. Mark Attenborough also finished in the top 10, crossing the line in 20m:38s in 9th and Jon Wells finished in 20m:58s in 11th
Becky Macey set a new personal best at this distance whilst taking the 1st female place in 17th with a time of 21m:29s, she was followed by Paul Moses in 21m:30s (18th) and Scott Lynch in 21m:32s (19th) with Mark Harrison next in 22m:08s (24th).
Simon Jackson finished in 28m:18s (106th), Ann Fidge 30m:01s (131st), Becky Hodgson 32m:07s (159th), Emma Jenkins 36m:34s (190th) and Shelly Blake 56m:38s (223rd)
By Mark Carlton
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