Other great race performances and PBs:
FLORENCE MARATHON ... just some of the stories from our group who joined us in November 200:
* Brian Briggs: went to New York to break his current 3.48 PB, but was unfortunate to pick up a gastro virus which meant he was unable to run, however he rocked in Florence with a massive PB time of 3.28!
* Rob Marshall: ran a fantastic new time of 317. a new PB time of over 15 minutes
* Val Wilson: a great debut marathon time of 4.38
* The Bolt Burdon team of 13 runners, who set off 2009 on a voyage of discovery towards their goal race in Florence, many of the group putting their running shoes on for the first time.... after training hard throughout the year, everybody crossed the line and achieved their race goals and raised a massive £15K for NSPCC.
* Fiona McWilliam came home with a big, big smile in a superb time of 6.05.24, running her debut marathon in a bit of pain following a recent injury
* Chris Somerfield ran a superb 3.24.27, a new PB by over 20 minutes!
* Lara Werrett ran a superb new 3 minute PB, finishing in 3.29.35
* Amanda Benstead, who ran a new PB of 3.20.29, finishing 4th in her age group!
* Juliet Walshe, ran 4.51...a PB by a massive 51 minutes!!
* Anne Davies: ran 3.27, a new PB by over 8 minutes
* Claire Miller: ran 3.50, a new PB by 17 minutes!
* Karin Lenhart, ran 5.01, setting a new PB time by 20 minutes