The London Marathon was held in near perfect conditions, with occasional light rain and light winds. Of the sixteen MMK runners who competed, eleven came home with lifetime best performances. Seven runners broke three hours. The picture above shows l-r Andy Cowdrill, Viv Parnell-Murphy and Lara Bromilow at the finish.
First MMK runner was Adam Stone in 683rd place with 2:41:20, almost eight minutes quicker than his previous best set in last year’s race. He was closely followed by Matt Clements, who paid for a fast early start, finishing 756th in 2:42:21, four and a half minutes quicker than he ran in last year’s Manchester Marathon. Graham Jones and Ollie Badger, both making their debuts, were not far behind. Viv Parnell-Murphy and Andrew Cowdrill had a close battle throughout the race, with Viv taking 33 minutes off his best and Andrew reducing his by three and a half minutes.
The first two MMK women home were Lara Bromilow (2:59:10) and Lynsey Ryall (3:12:53), both missing their personal bests by eight and four minutes respectively.
Steve Martin knocked 25 minutes off his best, Emily Bousfield, 6 minutes and Sally Rose 8 minutes, while Katie Penrose missed her best by 6 minutes and Karen Tincknell missed hers by 2 minutes. Tim Pearce and Peter Tye were making their debuts, while Gary Prysbet was more than two hours and seventeen minutes slower than the time he set in Vancouver four years ago as he paced his father round his first marathon.
| Pos | M/F | Cat | Cat | Half | Full | ||
| 683 | 671 | 484 | Adam Stone | MS | 1:20:54 | 2:41:20 | pb |
| 756 | 743 | 526 | Matt Clements | MS | 1:18:23 | 2:42:21 | pb |
| 917 | 899 | 626 | Graham Jones | MS | 1:21:04 | 2:44:26 | pb |
| 1600 | 1544 | 987 | Oliver Badger | MS | 1:23:46 | 2:51:18 | pb |
| 2061 | 1961 | 1191 | Viv Parnell-Murphy | MS | 1:27:47 | 2:55:07 | pb |
| 2242 | 2129 | 1278 | Andrew Cowdrill | MS | 1:26:40 | 2:56:24 | pb |
| 2844 | 173 | 20 | Lara Bromilow | F40 | 1:29:21 | 2:59:10 | |
| 4902 | 571 | 95 | Linsey Ryall | F40 | 1:35:22 | 3:12:53 | |
| 5795 | 5019 | 2538 | Steve Martin | MS | 1:34:58 | 3:17:41 | pb |
| 6512 | 959 | 618 | Emily Bousfield | FS | 1:36:06 | 3:21:27 | pb |
| 8718 | 1579 | 202 | Katie Penrose | F45 | 1:43:24 | 3:30:20 | |
| 10700 | 2263 | 311 | Sally Rose | F45 | 1:49:03 | 3:37:52 | pb |
| 15863 | 4065 | 623 | Karen Tincknell | F45 | 1:54:01 | 3:54:14 | |
| 22698 | 16067 | 1775 | Tim Pearce | M50 | 2:00:13 | 4:15:08 | pb |
| 29321 | 19798 | 2241 | Peter Tye | M50 | 2:06:16 | 4:37:51 | pb |
| 37554 | 23954 | 11182 | Gary Prysbet | MS | 2:32:30 | 5:09:58 |