Andy Weir showed he's getting into good marathon shape with victory in a sub 2 hour time for this 21 mile race.

1.   Andy Weir 1:59:38
306. Vanda Cox 3.05:22

Three Thamesmen were in action at the Reading Half Marathon. Neil Chisholm led the way in 20th place (and just lost the day's virtual battle with Martin Shore at Fleet) with a time of 71.27. Toby Pearson ran 77:19 for 74th and Anthony Doolittle took 97th in 78:55.

Martin Shore took a magnificant victory at the Fleet Half Marathon in a time of 71:12.

A fantastic team performance saw Thames take 8th place overall at Milton Keynes. Good performances came throughout the team with highlights from Phill Sly and James McMullan who shared our fastest long stage and Chris Daniels who was quickest over the short one. Results to follow.

1st Newham & Essex Beagles 'A'  4:07:04  	 	
7th Thames Hare & Hounds 'A'    4:28:16
  	 	
1  James McMullan 	24:54 	9 	24:54
2  Chris Daniels 	18:14 	10 	0:43:08
3  Julian Rendall 	26:03 	7 	1:09:11
4  Gordon Pearce 	20:46 	15 	1:29:57
5  Andy Weir    	26:13 	13 	1:56:10
6  David Symons 	18:29 	11 	2:14:39
7  Phill Sly 	        24:54 	9 	2:39:33
8  Nick Altmann 	18:33 	8 	2:58:06
9  Simon Wurr 	        26:23 	8 	3:24:29
10 Ed Catmur 	        19:12 	8 	3:43:41
11 Ian Harkness 	26:02 	9 	4:09:43
12 Andrew Fargus 	18:33 	8 	4:28:16

Ladies' Vice Captain Vikki Filsell took the handicap with a fine run in Richmond Park. Mike Farmery was just pipped on the day but took the win in the aggregate competition over the season. Simon Molden was first finisher on the day and takes the 10 mile Challenge trophy.

                  H'cap   time   pos  adj time
Vikki Filsell   00:22:00 01:14:58 9  00:52:58
Mike Farmery    00:15:24 01:08:49 5  00:53:25
Andy Weir       00:04:24 00:59:00 2  00:54:36
Tim Nightingale 00:19:48 01:15:10 10 00:55:22
Simon Molden    00:02:12 00:57:45 1  00:55:33
John Salmon     00:19:48 01:15:23 11 00:55:35
Anna Garnier    00:18:42 01:14:46 8  00:56:04
Andy Stainsby   00:19:48 01:17:11 12 00:57:23
Larry Matthews  00:16:30 01:13:59 7  00:57:29
Ken Snodgrass   00:19:48 01:17:59 13 00:58:11
Matt Lynas      00:04:24 01:02:57 3  00:58:33
David Symons    00:05:30 01:05:20 4  00:59:50
Steve Pollard   00:13:12 01:13:16 6  01:00:04
Michael Johnson 00:22:00 01:25:10 14 01:03:10
Chris Chataway 	00:31:55 01:36:52 16 01:04:57
Jeffrey Gordon 	00:22:00 01:34:44 15 01:12:44

It was a good day out for the Vets. Ladies captain Anna continued to shine, taking V55 gold and Denise Harris had a great run to take V35 bronze leading team mates Vikki and Kate home to a V35 team gold. Ben Reynolds set the pace for the Thames men, taking second place in the V40-50 race and gold V45. Andy Weir followed in fourth place to take bronze V40 and Dave Symons closed the team to match the ladies and take home the V40 team gold.

Julian Rendall took an excellent victory at the Thanet 20 mile race, taking the Kent title in a time of 1.54:38

A small band of runners from Thames, Stragglers, K&P and Bank of England enjoyed some early spring sunshine on the Common in the inter club 5 race. Using an amended 5 mile course incorporating the water splash from the Varsity Match races, Simon Molden led the field home for Thames, with Vikki Filsell running well to finish first lady. An excellent set of photos from the race are available here courtesy of Stragglers. Full results below.

Pos  Name	        Club	Time    Lady
1    Simon Molden	THH	28:29	
2    Andy Howse	        THH	29:26	
3    Nic Gould	        THH	30:26	
4    Andy Robinson	THH	31:54	
5    Peter Kennedy	Strag	33:58	
6    Matthew Hyatt	K&P	33:58	
7    Gwyn Jones	        BoE	35:52	
8    Vikki Filsell	THH	36:02	1
9    Steve Sandham	Strag	36:06	
10   Chris Hutber	THH	39:05	
11   Bob McDonough	K&P	39:23	
12   Graham Huntley	K&P	39:35	
13   Leisl Packer	THH	41:10	2
14   John Greaves	Strag	41:24	
15   Nicki Atkins	K&P	41:49	3
16   Peter Wedderburn	Strag	42:08	
17   Chris Glew 	Strag	45:03	
18   Ryan Wishart	Guest	46:40	
19   Maureen Poole	THH	47:10	4
20   Megan Packer	Guest	47:58	5

Teams (4 to score):
1. TH&H  10
2. Strag 44
2. K&P   44