Edinburgh Marathon

Matthew, Richard, Joe, Andy and Caroline

Having eagerly watched other members complete their marathons over the last few weeks, five members of Grantham Running Club made the trip north to the Scottish capital on Sunday to complete the Edinburgh Marathon with over 8,000 runners taking part. 

Starting on Potterrow in the grounds of one of the oldest Universities in the world, this incredible city centre start took the runners through the very heart of Edinburgh. Competitors then ran past the Scottish National Gallery and into Princes Street Gardens, with the iconic Edinburgh Castle as an impressive backdrop. The course took in some of Edinburgh’s most iconic landmarks as well as offering picturesque views along the East Lothian coastline.

Third time marathon runner Andy Atter was first home (in 438th place) for the green and black army with an impressive time of 3:12:58 using his experience in the later stages of the race just missing out on a personal best by less than 45 seconds.

He was closely followed by Joe Clarke who was running his first marathon for the club in a time of 3:13:40, which was over 30 minutes faster than his previous best of 4 years ago. First timer Matthew Atter was not far behind with a time of 3:17:44, which was all the more impressive given a recent knee injury which affected his training and he paced the race almost perfectly. 

The other first timer in the group Richard Payne finished in 3:38:57. Another equally impressive time and has put him in the mood for another race over the same distance in the future. Having set a new PB in Manchester only 7 weeks earlier Caroline Davis broke 4 hours again coming home in 3:57:47.

 

Position	Time	Name		Category		Grading	Ranking
438	3:12:58	Andy Atter		MV35		64.80%	N/A
459	3:13:40	Joe Clarke		MSEN	PB	64.50%	N/A
563	3:17:44	Matthew Atter		MV35		63.24%	N/A
1463	3:38:57	Richard Payne		MV35		57.05%	N/A
2704	3:57:47	Caroline Davis		FV45		65.93%	214