Steve Tuttle travelled to Chester with a marathon pb of 2:32:11, set in Milton Keynes six months ago. He returned with an even better pb to go seventh on the Milton Keynes all-time marathon rankings. He also finished 13th out of 5704 finishers Chester Marathon: 13 Steve Tuttle (M35) 2:31:33 (10km 35:05, Half 74:07) (pb)…
Ten MMK road runners competed in the Great Eastern Half Marathon at Peterborough in a field of 5755. Personal bests were hard to come by, but Andrew Cowdrill and Jordan Pope both reduced their pbs by more than two minutes. Imogen King was half a minute shy of the pb she set at the Cambridge…
85 runners represented Marshall Milton Keynes over 10 races round the the Teardrop Lakes in Knowlhill, Milton Keynes. The event, organised by Leighton Buzzard AC, with help from Marshall Milton Keynes was the first match of five in the Chiltern Cross Country League – the next race is at Horpath, Oxford on 14 November. In…
Fresh from representing England at Trail-running, Sophie Gibbens travelled to Sao Pedro do Sul in Portugal to compete in the Skyrunning Masters World Championships over a 64km course that included almost 6km of climbing! 175 ultra runners competed for medals. Sophie, an experienced mountain climber, was in her element (see above)! After 14 hours…
Amy Milne was the only MMK athlete to compete in the Manchester Half Marathon. Among the 22922 finishers, Amy finished 1260th in 86:51 to reduce her personal best by almost seven minutes! Manchester Half Marathon: 1260 Amy Milne (FS, 118 F) 86:51 (pb) 22922 finished Full results from Manchester
 Marshall Milton Keynes had both a men’s team in the 6-stage relay and a women’s team in the 4-stage relay at the National Road Relays in Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield. The men’s team had qualified by finishing 25th in the SEAA Relays two weeks earlier. Jack Pocock started them off with another fine run….
Zak Freeland, representing Charlotte University, in North Carolina, competed against 35 other universities over a five-mile cross-country course at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. On a very hot day, with temperatures reaching 28 degrees, the last six of ten races were cancelled after one runner collapsed and was taken to hospital. Running in the gold standard…
Sophie Gibbens competed in the English Trail-Running Championships in March, over a half marathon course around the Forest of Dean, finishing sixth F40 in 1:40:28. This qualified her to represent England Masters in a match against Wales, over the same hilly course. Announcment of the England Team This time she was 2:22 quicker, finishing seventh…
Four members of Marshall Milton Keynes were in Berlin over the weekend to take part in the Berlin Marathon. Dan Webber was six minutes slower than he ran in Zurich in March, while his sister Wendy was seven minutes slower than her Zurich time. For Josh Knight, aiming to beat his marathon best of 2:50:05,…
Lara Bromilow and Anna Mizen were the only two MMK athletes to compete in the London 10k. In a field of 19425, including 9318 women, starting and finishing just outside Buckingham Palace, Lara was the 30th woman to finish, with Anna Mizen in 3931st in a personal best by 3:33! In the Westminster Mile races,…