Sarah Gurney smashes through 3-hour marathon barrier!
Recent weeks has seen WADAC’s senior endurance road runners back in action. With the absence of the Hampshire road race league fixtures until 2021, athletes have been searching out events slightly further afield, including Kew Gardens, Eton Dorney and Goodwood.
nHaving come agonisingly close to recording a sub 3-hour marathon (3:00:11) at Chester in 2018, Sarah Gurney set out for Goodwood marathon in great form, hoping for a time starting with a 2. And so it came to pass, as Sarah conquered the tricky windy conditions to finish in a stellar time of 2:53:09. This took a huge 6-minute slice off the existing WADAC V45 marathon record and at the time of writing puts Sarah at 5th place on UK womens marathon performances for 2020.
nThere was a further club record at Goodwood, as Tamsin Anderson broke 80 minutes for the first time for the half marathon, finishing in a fine 1:19:32 for a WADAC V40 record. Congratulations also to Simon Williamson, who recorded a marathon PB at Goodwood, in 3:13:15.
nGood luck to all WADAC runners, taking part in marathons this weekend, with several runners taking on the Clarendon marathon, Dorney Lake marathon or enjoying a virtual London Marathon.
nThe updated club records are here:
nWadac Road Records Marathon
n*Club records are maintained under the History tab of the website. If you are an athlete who has achieved a new club record, or if you are a team manager or coach who is aware of an athlete breaking a record please email us on clubrecords@wadac.org.uk. Where possible, please also provide verification of the record, either from the Power of 10 website or other suitable source.
n*To be eligible for a club record you must be a current, first claim, paid up member of Winchester & District on the day that the record was achieved. You must be representing Winchester & District in a Club or Open Competition, OR representing your educational establishment, OR representing the County / Regional / National team at an event that has an athletics permit, officiated by Qualified Officials in the UK or Overseas.
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