Three runners from the club participated in the London Marathon and two of them were first time marathoners. Olly Chadwick ran an excellent 2:44 and not far behind was Louis Gorman in 2:49, Caet Cuthbert returned in 5:24. After the race Caet said "That was hard!" and Olly said "First time out racing the marathon, felt absolutely great and was on for 2:33 but the slightly inexperienced legs were beaten a little to early in the last 5 miles. Still I'm proud of the result today, I was patient stuck to what I worked on in training and even when the game plan did go out the window towards the end remained positive and won the mental battle to hold out for a sub 2:45 I've never been one to get things completely right first time I will rest up, see what went wrong then improve on it. Will definitely be out to give the marathon distances another go (potentially end of this year!) I've enjoyed long distance training and there is no doubt the extra endurance has benefited my running as a whole so it's a win win!! Just like to say a massive thanks to everyone for all the support before, during and after the race definitely was a massive lift."