A group from Skipton Athletics Club travelled to Edinburgh for Spring Bank Holiday Weekend to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon and Half-Marathon.
Both races start at the University and go out along the coast from Leith and finish near the racecourse at Musselburgh.
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The result of the day in the Half Marathon was by Donald Kennedy who was first in his age-group for males aged 60-64, completing the race in a time of 1 hour and 27 minutes – beating 168 other runners of the same age.
Seven other Skipton AC members ran the Half Marathon with Alison Masheder achieving a personal best time of 2 hours and 12 minutes.
The weather conditions were fairly tough for all the 35,000 runners with strong winds along the coast but were particularly brutal for the Marathon runners who endured a 40 mph headwind and some hail for the last eight miles.
Nevertheless, the club’s seven Marathon runners still recorded great times especially those with personal bests, Tom Clarke (3 hours 6 minutes) and Richard Parker (3 hours 26 minutes).