October 15: Half Marathons in Peterborough and Oxford

Seven MMK athletes competed in the Great Eastern Run in Peterborough, where three set new personal bests, and Jack Rose set a new pb in the Oxford Half Marathon.

At Peterborough, Matt Clements was first MMK runner home in 78th place, some 2:20, slower than his best set last year. Ten places behind, Andrew Cowdrill was less than a minute slower than the best he set in Cambridge in March. There was a breakthrough by Ed Willamson as he took more than 3 minutes off his pb. Stephen Coomber improved his best by a minute and Paul Munday improved by 3 minutes.

78 Matt Clements MS 79:44
88 Andrew Cowdrill M40 79:57
206 Ed Williamson M40 88:04 pb
264 Stephen Coomber M40 89:42 pb
315 Linsey Ryall F40 91:46
334 Mike Kerrigan M50 92:21
338 Paul Munday M45 92:28 pb
2792 finished

Full results from Peterborough

At Oxford, Jack Rose, set a new personal best of 73:11 almost a hundred seconds quicker than he ran in his only previous half marathon in 2021. He finished 17th in a very large field!

  • 17 Jack Rose (M20) 73:11 (pb)
  • 9105 finished

Full results from Oxford