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The London Mini Marathon
The London Mini Marathon
Kingston athletes enjoy success at the Mini London Marathon 2012
The selected 48 athletes had been invited to train at Kingsmeadow athletics stadium in the lead up to the three mile race.
In the wheelchair U17 race five athletes trained at the Kingsmeadow track with Sheikh, Sheikh winning and Chessington Community Colleges Jack Binstead finishing 3rd with a time of 13mins38seconds.
(Jack Binstead)
There were many top performances but one that was stand out was a top 3 finish in the London Boroughs race from Katie Ilife of Tiffin Girls school in a time of 18 minutes 27 seconds. Katies fellow pupil Rosie Talbot finished two places behind in 18 minutes 55 seconds.
In the U15 girls race Phoebe Law (Surbiton High School) finished 12th out of 242 runners in a time of 19 minutes 15 seconds. Three U13 girls finished in the top 100 of their race: Mollie O'Sullivan (Holy Cross), Amelia Maguire and Lucy Pirkle (Surbiton HIgh School).
The boys kept the results coming with an outstanding effort from Eoin O'Brien (Richard Challoner) finishing 7th in the U17 category in a time of 15 minutes 44 seconds. In the U15s Phillip Bearman of Kingston finished 16th out of 249 runners in his race.
A very young U13 boys team held their own with Euan Traynor (Tiffin Boys), Dylan Bryant (born in Kingston) and Jamie Bird (Kingston resident) finishing in the top 100. Many of the boys still have two years left to compete in the category so Kingston is expecting great things from them all in the future.
Get Involved
Bushy Park Run (5K) is held each week for those that want a test and there is a junior park run (2K) for under 14's, which takes place on the first Sunday of each month. You must pre-register for both of these events on the Park Run website so that your times can be recorded. See link in Related External Links below.
Kingston Athletic Club and Polytechnic Harriers takes athletes from 9 years old. If you are not already part of an athletics club, there is still time before the trial to get some practice in; running technique is absolutely fundamental to many sports. If you are interested, visit the website - link in Related External Links below.