A runner completed the North Lincoln Half-marathon as a warm-up for next month’s London Marathon.
Adam Savage complete the rainy course in a time of 2 hours and 30 mins.
Savage is running the London Marathon to raise money for the brain injury charity Headway.
When he was 11 a car hit him at 90mph while he was on his bike, leaving him in a coma for six weeks and his parents were told to expect the worse.
When he woke from my coma he had to relearn everything again and was told he would not walk again.
However, after a year in a wheelchair, he did walk again and has trained as a personal trainer to help others achieve their goals.
He said: “I run because I feel as though I am proving all the people wrong who said I would never walk again and I feel I don’t have a disability when I run.
“I am raising money for Headway the brain injury charity when I run the London Marathon because they have been and continue to big part of my recovery.
“All I want to do with my life is inspire and help other people because if it wasn’t for people helping me I wouldn’t be where I am now in life.”
• Endurance runners from Newark Athletic Club travelled to the SportsShoes Podium festival in Leicester on Saturday.
It featured a series of 5k races throughout the day, finishing with the men’s and women’s elite races, which hosted some world championship runners among the field.
It was a fast course so Dave Robinson secured a well overdue personal best in 16-44.
Ady Dix ran 18-32, Helena Burnett 18-47, Kimberly Etherington- Bates 21-47 (PB) and George Hatton managed to break the elusive 15-minute barrier running an incredible 14-59.
Leigh Marshall raced in the British Masters Athletic Federation Cross Country Championships in Wales.
He finished 12th overall and received the V40 bronze medal.
Leigh’s regional club, the Midland Masters AC, won the overall inter-area men’s trophy.
Oliver Crampton used the Ashby 20-miler on Sunday as a training run to help him in his preparation for London marathon.
He completed the course in 2.06.38 coming in 18th place.
