Darren Gillman finished less than 10 seconds outside his PB when completing the Abingdon Marathon in 3:46:00 at the week-end. A week earlier, Stuart Mead recorded yet another club record when finishing in 1:17:48 and 29^th position at the Peterborough Half. Inspired by this, Mike Ellis blasted to a new club record for the same distance at this week-end’s Cardiff Half in a time of 1:16:42 for 33^rd place with Dawn Clark returning to form in 1:33:15 followed by Jude Baum, 1:49:13 (8^th in category) and Jane Medwell 2:21:11. Ensuring no resting on laurels, Richard Brangwin knocked nearly 6 minutes of his PB at the  Birmingham Half to record a time 1:26:24 followed by Chris McCarthy 1:28:22, Tim Stooks 1:30:24 and Nigel Fox 1:46:17. At Sunday’s Welcombe Wobbler 10K in Stratford, Richard Bicknell came home in 46:33, Jackie Lindsay took 2^nd Female prize in 47:21 with brother Dave just pipping Simon Pullen in 48:23 and 48:25 respectively.  Over at the Birmingham University 5K, Trevor Wilkinson did 18:05 followed by wife Carolyn 19:45 and 1^st F35 edging out John McNally in 19:51. Finally, at the Warwickshire Triathlon, debutant Richard Shepherd finished in 1:10:53 with seasoned campaigner Jerry Shapley coming home in 1:17:34 followed by John Burden 1:21:32 and Pete Clear, also on his debut in 1:32:31

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