Fine London Marathon run by Lunn, but now he’s ready for plenty of Call of Duty!

Lunn enjoyed a fine run, finishing 25th in an impressive 2:17.59.

Although this was the former King’s School pupil’s first completed marathon, he is a seasoned campaigner when it comes to training for the distance. The 28 year old was raring to go when the race was postponed in April, and a year ago he was forced to step off the course during the Frankfurt Marathon with a stomach problem.

The plan had been to run as many miles as possible with serial local race winner Aaron Scott, but the Stamford speedster was forced out of the race just after 10 miles by a hamstring problem which had also hindered his last few weeks of training.

“I was on my own from 10 miles, so it was a lonely day,” said Lunn. “There was a screen with predicted finish times at the start of each lap which helped.

“I didn’t really realise how far I was into the race as there were so many split markers on the course, and I just ran off feel.

“From about 30km it started to bite and then the last 5km was really tough, I missed my drink at 40km which didn’t help. Without any spectators, Aaron Scott was the only person cheering for me.

“My girlfriend (Jenny Nesbitt) paced the elite ladies, but was very cold after her stint and got sent back to the hotel.

I’m definitely having a couple of weeks off now, and will probably play a large amount of Call of Duty!”

Martin Gichuhi was the pick of the local virtual marathoners, breaking his own Bushfield club record with a time of 2:38.45 on his travels around Hampton.

Maddy Long of Peterborough Nene Valley AC clocked 3:25.14 and was the fastest local lady. Her clubmates Mark Popple and Simon Northcott completed the distance in times of 2:54.30 and 3:18.11 respectively.

Jeff Lucas with 3:08.27 was the fastest Werrington Jogger, while Eye’s James Borrett with 3:18.00 and Samantha Cullen with 3:28.17 both ran well.

Nick File was the quickest Yaxley runner in a time of 3:35.30.