North Wales trio tackle Milton Keynes marathon races.

*Ultra runners Ben and Sarah Hudson (*above) in the MK half-marathon race.

North Wales trio tackle Milton Keynes marathon races.

Report by Don Hale. 

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

Three North Wales based runners competed in the Milton Keynes marathon and half-marathon events last Sunday, and they all recorded some good times.

Stuart Culverhouse (*pictured right), opted for a the full marathon and he set a new PB marathon time of 3 hours 38 minutes and 4 seconds, and after his race he confirmed: “A new PB by around 1 min 50 secs. It could have been better. I hung on to the 3:30 pacer for a while, but my legs gave up with 4 miles to go. Still really happy, even if I can't get up off the floor as I type this.”

Ultra runners Ben and Sarah Hudson ran in the half-marathon race with Ben shaking off an ankle injury to finish in 1 hour 51 minutes and 58 seconds, whilst Sarah’s time was also very good in 1.53.47. 

What made their times even remarkable was the fact that both Ben and Sarah had volunteered as back markers the day before at the Ras Moel Eilio race, and it was only a couple of weeks since Sarah competed in the Boston Marathon in America.

Sarah later said: “Milton Keynes today and pleased with that on very tired legs. I was just ahead of Ben until 10 miles then he got me, and finished really strong, so pleased for him, as his ankle was good, so hopefully he can build it up from there.”