Jogger Jarvis was the star local turn at the London Marathon
Werrington Jogger Henry Jarvis was the local star turn at the London Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 400th place with a time of 2:35.19.
Jarvis achieved the rare feat of running the second half of the marathon faster than he did the first half. He went through halfway in 1:18.20, running the second 13 miles over a minute quicker. Jarvis put his foot down with about eight miles to go, starting his quickest section of the race from the point at which many runners fear hitting the wall.
Yaxley provided almost half the local club runners in action in London, with an impressive tally of 14 completing the race.
Darren Hillier led the Yaxley squad home, finishing 1227 overall with a time of 2:46.32. Hillier also paced it well going through half way in 1:22.07, and only slowing marginally in the second half of the race. Craig Bradley was the second fastest Yaxley man and he also went round in under three hours, crossing the line in 2:56.06.
Claire Piercy was the speediest of the Yaxley ladies finishing as the 125th over 50 in a time of 3:32.49. Piercy also paced it beautifully, only dropping a couple of minutes in the last 13 miles.
Dan Lewis of Peterborough & Nene Valley AC was another local to break the three hour barrier crossing the line in 2:54.55.
There were some other rapid runs from the Yaxley contingent, and Mitch Thurgood finished in a time of 3:02.52, while Jacob Drury clocked 3:12.17 and Michael Branston crossed the line in 3:16.36. Harriet Coles, with a time of 4:11.04, and Kathryn Hawkswell who finished in 4:12.04 both ran well
Zion Demba of Thorney finished in 3:24.36 and Laura Fountain was the quickest Bushfield runner with a time of 4:11.52.
Former Ken Stimpson pupil and PANVAC runner Amittai Ben-Israel, who now runs for Thames Hare and Hounds ran 2:28.45 in London.
Other local club runner results…
Yaxley - Chris Yates 3:34.11 Daniel Holland 3:41.08, Sam Pettit 3:44.19, Simon Hawkswell 3:57.56, Minio Migliorini 3:59.20, Will Sach 4:13.31; PANVAC - Tim Clough 4:38.29; Werrington - Mark McCarthy 3:32.57, Miguel Cann 3:27.20 ,Madison Challis 4:45.35, Claire Curt 4:55.40; Eye - Adam Smith 5:37.59, Janet Millar 6:01.09, Kim Jackson 6:33.27; Thorney - Laura Faulkner 6:53.51; Bushfield - Sarah Hazeltine 5:26.00.
Yaxley's Danny Snipe travelled to Stratford Upon Avon to compete in the Shakespeare Marathon. He finished 41st with a time of 2:56.30
Yaxley runners Darren Wells and Kerry Goymour travelled to Colchester to run in the Flycarb 5k. Wells clocked 17:14 while Goymour went round in 21:45. Helpston’s Ruth Jones had a good run, crossing the line in 19:13.