New York Times

Ben Toomer and Dominic Kiralyfi posted excellent times in the New York marathon last Sunday. Toomer clocked 2:27.56 to finish in 47th in the men's race and 58th overall, out of 53,518 runners, in his first first 'serious' marathon since he ran London in 2012, back in his university days, in 3:02:42. Kiralyfi, who, like Toomer, is currently based in New York, also achieved a PB of 2:34:09 (his previous best of 2:36:46 was set in London in 2016) finishing 89th in the men's race and 104th overall. Both ran remarkably even-paced races with Toomer reaching the half-way point in 1:13:44 and Kiralyfi in 1:16:50. Eileen Toomer, who like husband Ben and Kiralyfi was making her New York debut, unfortunately dropped out after 17 miles.

Congratulations too, to Matt Sharp who clocked 68:54 in the Valencia Half Marathon on October 27 –  a PB and Club M40 record, which ranks him 9th in his age group in the UK.

Ups and Downs

In the first of the Epsom Downs League Cross Country races last Sunday, according to the provisional results, the U11 boys team were first, with the U11 Girls second. The U13 boys were 4th and the U13 Girls 6th. The U15 Girls, led in by winner, Lulu Weisz, were second, with the U15 Boys 7th.

Results

New York Marathon Full results

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HW dominated the Wimbledon Common run staged in blustery and wet weather on Saturday. Rob Tuer headed home the 229-strong field to post his second win. He clocked 18:12, finishing 17 seconds ahead of club mate Felix Allen who equalled his best finishing position in the event. Despite the conditions, nine HW runners took part.

Elsewhere Ellen Weir and her dad Andy took the honours on the Isle of Wight in 20:14 and 19:00 respectively. Justin Reid was fifth out of 804 runners in Bushy Park in 17:23, Stuart Fraser was fourth out of 326 runners in Burgess Park in 17:34, slicing five seconds off his previous best time, Rowena Hornshaw was sixth woman finisher in Richmond Park, and Jason Taylor was seventh at Witney.