October 15: Five minute pb for Elliot Hind in the Amsterdam Marathon
Two MMK athletes, Elliot Hind and James Ward, competed in the Amsterdam Marathon, with both setting significant new lifetime bests, and each running the second half of the race quicker than the first half.
Elliot Hind, with a previous best of 2:31:58, set in London in 2021, was targeting a significant improvement as he toed the line in Amsterdam. The months of training paid off with a really great time of 2:26:18, which puts him second on the MMK all-time rankings, tantalisingly, just eight seconds shy of Kevin Farmer’s MMK Club Record set in the 1989 London Marathon! His second half marathon at 73:00 was quicker than his first half at 73:18.
James Ward went into this race with a personal best of 3:04:23 set in last year’s London Marathon. He came home with an eight-minute improvement as he shattered three hours for the first time. Like Elliot, his second half at 88:05 was quicker than his first half at 88:23.
- 60 Elliot Hind (8th M35) 2:26:18 (pb) (5k 17:28, 10k 34:37, 15k 52:03, 20k 69:33, Half 73:18, 25k 86:51, 30k 1:44:13, 35k 2:01:37, 40k 2:18:47)
- 796 James Ward (131st M40) 2:56:28 (pb) (5k 20:58, 10k 41:50, 15k 62:51, 20k 83:42, Half 88:23, 30k 2:06:11, 35k 2:26:57, 40k 2:47:32)
- 16062 finished