York Knavesmire Harriers were out in force on our home turf Marathon.
Results : Yorkshire Marathon Results
There were over 40 Harriers running the 26.2 miles and what seemed like a huge number out on the route providing enthusiastic and very welcome support. Great to see Club President Malcolm Fawcett, who had comandeered a traffic island near Dunnington, and was waving his YKH flag with great pride.
YKH’s Emma Yates had a great run despite recent back troubles , finished with a time of 03:02:08, a great improvement on last year, and good enough for 7th Lady, and first F40.
Not yet running in Knavesmire colours, athlete Becky Penty showed her fine Marathon running pedigree with a time of 02:49:03, earning 4th placed Lady, tremendous.
The Harriers’ first athletes to complete the distance were Lindsay Toulson in 2:47:17, Jason Higgins 2:57:55 , Giles Hawking 03:00:07 ( so near sub 3 ! ) , Emma Yates 03:02:08, Nick Tutill 03:10:20 and Andrea Lancaster 03:11:32 (2nd F40).
Herculean efforts were put in by all runners to make it across the finish line , whether they be a speed demon , targeting a pb, marathon newbie or seasoned campaigner. From Facebook I gather the following got PB’s :
Giles Hawking 03:02:07
Stefan Durkin 03:17:00
More pb’s to come , if you got one let us know , use the contact us page or comment on the fb marathon photo post.