Young John Beats 20 Even Younger Runners
On a day when a group of Horwich whippets were taking the team prize in the Langdale Half Marathon, our John, on the day before his 68th (yes 68th!) birthday, placed 35th out of 55 finishers in the full marathon. The winning time of 3 hours 9 minutes puts John's 4.32 into contex; it's not a race for softies. John was the oldest competitor and placed himself more or less midway between the only two other over 60 runners, thereby taking the over 65 prize (was there a prize?). First lady was 50 year old Ruth Warren from York, who ran 4.05; anyone for 2008, ladies?
Well done John, we'll be interested to hear your view on the long running (no pun intended) discussion regarding how Langdale compares with Snowdonia.
Ed.
1 comment:
I'd be interested to know how they compare. Wouldn't want it to get round that us slower runners would be pot-hunting, but there was only 8 ladies who finished, do I satnd a better chance of getting a prize than Snowdonia?!!
Julie
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