March 15: Road Races in Bath, Barcelona and York
MMK Road Runners were in action on Sunday in three different locations.
Andrew Cowdrill took over a minute off his marathon best in the Barcelona Marathon with a time of 2:44:16. His pace was between 19:16 and 20:00 for each of the 5km splits. He was with Dan Webber at half way.
Mike Kerrigan took almost two minutes off his previous best.
- 615 Andrew Cowdrill (94th M40) 2:44:16 (pb) (5km 19:19, 10km 38:35, 15km 58:12, 20km 77:29, Half 81:41, 25km 96:29, 30km 1:55:49, 35km 2:15:39, 40km 20:35:39)
- 962 Dan Webber (M45) 2:48:06 (5km 19:29, 10km 38:46, 15km 58:13, 20km 77:28, Half 81:41, 25km 96:49, 30km 1:56:31, 35km 2:17:20, 40km 20:38:37)
- 2870 Wendy Webber (9th F45, 116th F) 3:02:34 (5km 21:13, 10km 42:30, 15km 63:53, 20km 85:12, Half 89:54, 25km 1:46:36, 30km 2:08:20, 35km 2:30:41, 40km 20:52:37)
- 3375 Michael Kerrigan (M50) 3:06:53 (5km 22:03, 10km 44:09, 15km 66:37, 20km 88:53, Half 93:48, 25km 1:50:56, 30km 2:13:00, 35km 2:35:18, 40km 20:57:24)
- 25115 finished
Jack Rose competed in the Bath Half Marathon in a very fast 70:33 to finish a fine 40th, reducing his pb, set in 2021, by more than four minutes. Mum, Sally, was fifth in her age group.
- 40 Jack Rose (M23) 70:33 (pb) (5km 16:36, 10km 33:30, 15km 50:17, 20km 66:49)
- 974 Sally Rose (5th F50) 91:17 (5km 21:26, 10km 42:41, 15km 64:31, 20km 86:09)
- 12621 finished
Sam Wright ran a quick 5km race in York in his first race at the distance.
- 5km 41 Sam Wright (M20) 16:43
- 69 finished