March Athletics Club members continue the marathon and half-marathon theme

March Athletic Club members put their long-distance training to the test with runners taking on marathons and half-marathons in tough conditions with strong winds and rain.

At the Norfolk Marathon, Ryan Jarvis completed his 89th marathon in a time of 03:41:00 - a phenomenal effort.

Karen Patterson also finished the hilly route in a strong time of 04:14:51.

James Arran

Elsewhere at the Boston Marathon, in Lincolnshire, James Arran completed his first marathon event in 04:28:08.

Andrew Jakeman put in an amazing performance to win his age category with a time of 01:14:45 for the half-marathon.

Mark Godfrey was second across the line for the club with a new PB for the distance in 01:26:25 followed by Tim Brammer in 01:29:22.

Karen Patterson

Steve Ryan and Fiona Graham both put forward fantastic performances to beat the sub-two-hour hour mark by some distance with times of 01:51:31 and 01:53:40.