Severn Athletic Club’s Dan Nurse(V40) made the top hundred of a major marathon for the first time when 84th of the 1352 runners in the Milton Keynes event. He was disappointed to miss his personal best by 4 minutes 50 seconds recording 3:05:59, the course having many turns and under-passes upsetting the runners rhythm. Nurse is aiming for a sub 3 hour performance in October’s Boston Marathon.

Other Severn AC results: 287 Jim Smith(V40) 3:33:34 & 835 Sam Watts(LV40) 4:26:41 (PB).

Club captain James Rose broke the 17 minute barrier in the second race of the Hereford 5K series, his previous sub 17 minute was before Covid lock down.

Severn AC results:  33 James Rose (5/V40) 16:59, 40 Archie Fox 17:20 (PB), 59 Dave Clarke(V40) 18:24, 80 Jim Smith(V40) 18:57, 92 Alex Jenkins 19:26, 117 Steve Hale (V40) 20:26, 122 Dave Lander(2/V55) 20:50, 175 Greg Leyshon (2/V70) 22:58 & 176 Matt Leyshon (V/40) 23:01. 275 ran.