Thirty six runners braved the gusting wind but otherwise balmy November Keyhole Kanter. Malcolm Kidby, who started 10 seconds in front of David Morely, managed to stay two seconds in front at the finish to take the win. The next Keyhole Kanter is on Tuesday 9 December. The quickest male times were by Steve Tuttle…
MMK runners, who had been rejected after applying for next year’s London Marathon, had the opportunity to enter the draw, organised by Andrew Wasdell, at tonight’s Keyhole Kanter. The two lucky winners were Leah Hartwell and Danny Simmons, with Simon Booth as reserve. Congratulations to them and comiserations to thoose who were unsuccessful.
Four MMK runners competed in the multi-terrain Dirt Half Marathon Challenge, starting and finishing in Leighton Buzzard and including running alongside the Grand Union Canal and through Rushmere Country Park. Ollie Badger was the first MMK runner to finish, ninth out of 458 finishers. Stuart Cowan was the first M70 to finish. Pos M/F Cat…
MMK Road Runners were in action on Sunday, with Adam Sone and Sopia Campbell at the Great South Run over 10 miles, Chris Nicholson in the Abingdon Marathon, Ollie Badger in the Amstedam Marathon, and Richard Hill in the Stevenage Half Marathon. Great South Run (10 miles) Adam knocked 73 seconds off his previous best,…
The first Keyhole Kanter of Winter 25/26 saw a terrific turnout – 41 runners took to the start line. A light mizzle and fallen leaves made for a potentially slippery race. The next race is on Tuesday 11 November. The first two home were newcomers, Lizzie Smith-Badger and Lorayne MacFarlane, with Alexa Wasdell running a…
Ben Harrison reduced his marathon PB by 85 seconds at the Chicago Marathon, finishing 220th out of the 54,396 runners who finished the race. His time takes him closer to the top five in the club’s all-time marathon rankings. Mike Kerrigan finished in 3:08:44., his quickest time for seven years. 220 Ben Harrison (203rd M,…
James Barclay and Tom White competed in the Great Eastern Half Marathon at Peterborough. James reduced his best time by almost four minutes as he broke 80 minutes for the first time. Tom missed his pb by one minute. 149 James Barclay (MS) 78:38 (pb) 313 Tom White (M40) 84:13 4705 finished Full results from…
Two MMK runners contested the Manchester Half Marathon. Josh Knight, pictured above, knocked 2:18 off his previous best, while Hannah Lloyd-Knibbs reduced hers by more than four minutes. 291 John Knight 77:23 (pb) (5k 18:26, 10k 37:01, 15k 55:32) 2393 Hannah Lloyd-Knibbs (FS) 94:12 (pb) (5k 22:20, 10k 44:56, 15k 67:32) 22369 finished Full results…
John Skelton was the only Marshall Milton Keynes runner at the Cambridge Town & Gown 10k. He was the first M70 by more than six minutes! His time was only 18 seconds slower than he achieved in the Flitwick 10k in April. Next April, John will be 75 and only one UK M75 runner has…
A senior women’s team represented the club at the national road relays at Sutton Park, near Birmingham, and braved the stormy weather. They finished a wonderful 22nd amongst high level competition. Elle Roche led the team out in a fantastic first leg right amongst the elite clubs in the country and handed over in 12th…