ELEVEN Witney Roadrunners braved the heat at Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon.
Amid temperatures of 24C, Sam Upton was the club’s first runner home in a great time of 2hrs 59mins 55secs.
Paul Ainslie finished 55th in the Vet 55 category, crossing in 3.17.23.
Frankie Snare was Witney’s first female home in 3.19.46.
RESULTS
(senior men unless stated)
VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON
Eynsham RR: 3180 R Hume (V40) 3.21.54, 26792 R Martin (V50) 5.17.40, 28729 K Weller (LV45) 5.26.32, 33476 C Ogden (LV45) 5.54.06.
Witney RR: 1102 S Upton 2.59.55, 2673 P Ainslie (V55) 3.17.23, 2934 F Snare (SL) 3.19.46, 3367 G Ferris (V50) 3.23.18, 5312 W Downey 3.36.37, 6847 L Butler (LV40) 3.46.04, 8039 J Clark 3.52.25, 10309 B Moore (V50) 4.03.37, 10641 R Green (V50) 4.05.28, 21316 C Morley (LV50) 4.52.03, 24074 N Morley (V45) 5.04.37.
BOSTON MARATHON
Witney RR: 11471 A Church (V50) 3.42.47, 17284 H Smith (LV45) 4.07.45.
ABINGDON PARKRUN
Witney RR: 60 L Smith (1st LV45) 21.44, 134 V Munday (SL25) 25.10.
WITNEY PARKRUN
Witney RR: 2 S Upton 19.19, 5 M Lock 20.39pb, 6 C Ellis (2nd V40) 21.30, 9 B Rendell 22.21, 24 G Le Good (1st V65) 23.31pb, 25 W Downey (2nd V35) 23.33pb, 32 H Howard (1st JL11-14) 24.59pb, 78 J McCormac (V65) 30.21, 79 E Howard (2nd JL15) 30.23pb, 110 L Hopkins (3rd LV60) 33.18pb, 111 H West (LV60) 33.18, 140 J Horsman (SL25) 37.52pb, 156 T Wymer (LV35) 48.39.
HIGHBURY FIELDS PARKRUN
Witney RR: 215 T Standard 27.15.
FULHAM PALACE PARKRUN
Witney RR: 266 L Harris (2nd LV45) 27.01.
CHICHESTER PARKRUN
Witney RR: 2 J Goodwood 17.57pb.
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