 Jane Kirby and Anna Wright There were four Morpeth Harriers among the record 50,000-plus runners in Sunday’s London Marathon, where Peres Jepchirchir set a new Women-only World Record of 2 hours 16 minutes 16 seconds, with Kenyan compatriot Alexander Mutiso winning the Men’s race in 2:04:01.
First back for Morpeth was seasoned London veteran Andrew Lawrence, recording a time of 2:35:39 with another consistent run. (Coincidentally, Lawro’s old adversity – ‘the other Andrew Lawrence’ – finished just a few minutes ahead.) Behind him were three other runners in blue and white vests who all recorded personal bests despite the rather blustery conditions, a real tribute to their months of often solitary dedication, with training this winter frequently taking place in the wet. Rob Hancox ran 3:03:11, a delighted Anna Wright came home in 3:18:33 and her training companion Jane Kirby was not far behind in 3:28:24. Watchers of the Women’s race from Morpeth no doubt also spotted Mhairi Maclennan, who had represented the club when winning the Northern Cross Country title at Harewood House in 2018. She proved she’s not just a class act over the country with a time of 2:29:15 on her marathon debut, Mhairi aptly commenting later, ‘I had the debut of dreams.’ Saturday had seen the series of Mini-Marathons taking place over a 2.6 kilometre course on the Mall, with over 13,000 youngsters given a taste of the big race experience and this time there were three Harriers representing the North East region in an inter-area regional match. Ewan Line was 200th in the Under 13 Boys, recording a time of 9 minutes 29 seconds. Joe Close and Elliot Kelso both ran in the U/17s, with Close clocking 8:09 in 80th and Kelso a few seconds ahead in 60th place in 8:00. Well done all who took part. Comments are closed.
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