Stilton Striders quintet tackle London Marathon

Stilton Striders members at this year's London Marathon.placeholder image
Stilton Striders members at this year's London Marathon.

Five members of the Stilton Striders Running Club were joined by 50,000 other runners all taking part in this year's London Marathon.

First club member back was Dan Kelly in an elite time of 2hrs 51 mins, followed by Jamie Dean completing his first marathon in 3hrs 42mins, Greeba Heard in 3hrs 46mins, John Houghton in 3hrs 55mins and Emily Howett, also completing her first marathon in 4hrs 7mins.

Not only did they complete the marathon in impressive times but also raised over a whopping £12,000 between their charities.

Other club marathon achievers included Julie Ashby, who completed her first Marathon in Manchester in a great time of 4hr 2mins.

Stilton Striders members at this year's London Marathon.placeholder image
Stilton Striders members at this year's London Marathon.

Also, Vicki Lowe completed the Boston Marathon in 4hrs 2mins and is also now two marathons away from completing the World Series, which consists of completing six marathons from all over the world - London, Berlin, Chicago and Boston completed with Tokyo and New York to go.

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