Karl and Rachel Morris hit top gear at the Oulton Park Metric Marathon.

*Great performances from Karl and Rachel Morris (*pictured above).

Karl and Rachel Morris hit top gear at the Oulton Park Metric Marathon...

Report by Don Hale.

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North Wales couple Karl and Rachel Morris competed in the Oulton Park Metric Marathon last Sunday and they both recorded some excellent finishing times around this iconic motor racing circuit.

Karl, who represented NWRC, came 17th overall out of 58 finishers in a very good time of 2 hours 20 minutes and 18 seconds around six laps of the racetrack, and he was fourth in his M45 age category. 

And Rachel also hit top gear and celebrated in style following an amazing new PB, which smashed her previous metric marathon results, mainly due to her intense marathon training. Rachel finished second in her W45 age cat in 3.10.30, and she was the 13th female, in 52nd place overall.

After her race, Rachel confirmed: “The TCS London Marathon is only eleven weeks to go. I had 18 miles to do today, so I entered the Oulton Park Metric Marathon (16 miles) and did a mile either side, to take my longest run so far in the training block to 18 miles. 

"I also got a metric marathon PB by around 12 minutes. I couldn’t wait to let my coach know training is definitely paying off. It was good fun with lots of different distances races on at the same time.”