There was a strong turnout of Shrewsbury Athletic Club runners for the London Marathon, with the eleven Club participants producing some fine individual performances, despite the race being the hottest London Marathon on record, led home by Paul Jones in 2:41.39, with Luke Butler 2:53.42, Robert Fox 3:10.56, Grant Lloyd 3:15.43, Keith Austin, a personal best time of 3:28.36, Jon Ashcroft 3:41.30, Haydn Jones 3:48.56, Pete Butler 3:58.16, Alan Dean 4:4.51, Jo Dean 4:11.30 and Stewart Farley 4:31.21.

A combination of Club runners' commitments to the London Marathon, coupled with a current spate of running injuries, resulted in just two runners representing the Club in the Lilleshall 5 Mile Race, the opening fixture of the Telford Sexarathon Road Race Series. Both achieved successes, with Matt Hall finishing 5^th in 27.26, his highest ever placing in the Series and Gill Evans finishing 1^st Lady Veteran Over 55 in 39.52.

Six Club runners each achieved individual successes when they competed in the Chocoholics 5K Race in Newtown, with Steve Waters leading the squad in 3^rd place, Richard Jones 1^st Veteran Over 55, Sara Willhoit 2^nd Lady, Haydn Jones 2^nd Veteran Over 55, Jess Gunner 3^rd Lady and 1^st Lady Under 20 and Grace Hough 2^nd Lady Veteran Over 65.

Results: 3 Steve Waters 17.27, 13 Richard Jones 19.29, 14 Sara Willhoit 19.29, 16 Haydn Jones 19.37, 17 Jess Gunner 19.42, 121 Grace Hough 36.37.

Club veteran Kevin Francis has been competing in the North Staffordshire Road Runners' Association Series, finishing 23^rd in the Air Products 10K Race in Crewe, in 37.50 and 1^st Veteran Over 50 and 28^th in the Newcastle 10K Race in 38.44 and 2^nd Veteran Over 50. In the Air Products Race, he was joined by Stewart Farley, who finished 31^st in a personal best time of 38.18 and Chris Wakeman, who finished 90^th in 42.33 and 2^nd Veteran Over 55.

In other races, Pete Middleton finished 2^nd in the Draycote Water 10K Race in Warwickshire in 36.20 and Andy Lewis finished 40^th and 1^st Veteran Over 60 in the Chasewater Easter Egg 10K Race in Staffordshire in 44.51. There were two Club runners among the 9000 runners in the Greater Manchester Marathon, with Connor Middleton finishing in 3:19.59 and Graham Jones 5^th Veteran Over 60 in 3:20.08.

Pic. Grant Lloyd, Luke Butler and Keith Austin post race. A few more pics in the Gallery.