Axe Valley Runners were out en-masse at the TCS London Marathon this year, as 15 took to the streets of the capital on Sunday ,while two others ran the challenging 26.2 miles virtual event.
Up in London, the first AVR home was Terry Emmett who paced his race perfectly to finish in 500th in an excellent 2:38.34, 87th M40. Duncan Staddon in 2:48.08 and Matt Hewer in 2:58.37 also impressed with their sub-3 hour finishes.
Despite a recent spate of injuries, Rob Collier finished in a brilliant 3:06.22. Rupert Pady was next AVR home in 3:17.50.
Kerry Board, running her first London marathon in the city rather than virtually, finished in an excellent eight-minute marathon PB of 3:37.17, while Karen Eyre completed it in 3:39.01, a London best.
Alan Hornibrook completed his 13th London marathon in 3:54.01, an impressive 81st M65. Rob Gibson, raising money for Seaton Primary School following his success in the club ballot, finished in 4:08.05.
Club chair, Haydn Boehm and Wayne Tooze ran together raising funds for the charity, Brain Research, finishing in 4:05.04 and 4:05.05. Angela Kerr, running an incredible 14th London marathon and her 48th in total, finished in 4:37.52 and 57th F65 to comfortably retain her good-for-age place.
Ferenc Kovacs came in in 4:50.41 for his first non-virtual marathon; Tracey Anning-Beckett finished in 5:07.16 while Kathryn Thompson, who has also had to overcome serious injury and illness, finished in 5:48.18.
Both Mark Day and Louise Rawlins enjoyed lots of support from fellow AVRs pacing, cheering and a finish line welcome at the end of Seaton Esplanade worthy of The Mall itself. Mark finished in a PB of 4:56.52 while Louise, completed her first ever marathon, having only started running two years ago in a creditable 5:11.24.
In the Mini London Marathon on Saturday Innes FitzGerald successfully defended her title with another dominating performance finishing a full 15 seconds ahead of the second placed runner on the 2.6k course.
Tim Sibley travelled to the USA to take part in one of the Marathon Majors, the famous Boston Marathon, finishing in 3:33.09.
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