A number of Morpeth Harriers were part of Sunday's historic London Marathon which saw the two-hour record broken for the first time.
The Morpeth contingent included a fantastic run by Ryan Mcloud, whose time of 2:19:41 is thought to have earned him 1st place in the V40 category.
Matthew Briggs ran a personal best of 2:36:22 and Andrew Mirfield also notched up a PB with his time of 2:42:41.
Morpeth's other finishers included Robert Balmbra (2:43:32), Andrew Lawrence (2:49:44), Kate Seymour in a PB of 3:09:43, Anna Wright (3:29:32), Jane Kirby (3:33:35), and Tom Woodcock (4:00:13).
In the women’s event, Tigst Asseffa, set a women’s world record in 2:15.41, after a battle with Hellen Obiri and Joyiciline Jepkosgei. It was the first time three women went under 2:16.00. But the men decided to go even better. Imagine beating the old world record and finishing third. Well that was the fate of Jacob Kiplimo who completed the course in 2:00:28. In front of him the magic two-hour barrier was broken by two athletes. Sebastian Sawa kept his winning streak going by winning in a wonderful 1:59:30 (4:33per mile), debutant Yomif Kejelcha finishing 2nd in 1:59:41, to complete a magical top three.
* Also on Sunday the Washington Trail 10k organised by Trail Outlaws was won by Sunderland Harriers athlete Jordon Taylor in 38:48. The ladies race was won by Danielle Lazenby, who was 12th overall. Morpeth Harriers had one representative in Julie Roche who finished 87th overall and 2nd FV 50.
The Morpeth contingent included a fantastic run by Ryan Mcloud, whose time of 2:19:41 is thought to have earned him 1st place in the V40 category.
Matthew Briggs ran a personal best of 2:36:22 and Andrew Mirfield also notched up a PB with his time of 2:42:41.
Morpeth's other finishers included Robert Balmbra (2:43:32), Andrew Lawrence (2:49:44), Kate Seymour in a PB of 3:09:43, Anna Wright (3:29:32), Jane Kirby (3:33:35), and Tom Woodcock (4:00:13).
In the women’s event, Tigst Asseffa, set a women’s world record in 2:15.41, after a battle with Hellen Obiri and Joyiciline Jepkosgei. It was the first time three women went under 2:16.00. But the men decided to go even better. Imagine beating the old world record and finishing third. Well that was the fate of Jacob Kiplimo who completed the course in 2:00:28. In front of him the magic two-hour barrier was broken by two athletes. Sebastian Sawa kept his winning streak going by winning in a wonderful 1:59:30 (4:33per mile), debutant Yomif Kejelcha finishing 2nd in 1:59:41, to complete a magical top three.
* Also on Sunday the Washington Trail 10k organised by Trail Outlaws was won by Sunderland Harriers athlete Jordon Taylor in 38:48. The ladies race was won by Danielle Lazenby, who was 12th overall. Morpeth Harriers had one representative in Julie Roche who finished 87th overall and 2nd FV 50.