David Symons ran a fine 3h 23 for 20th place in hot and dry conditions.

The recent good weather has seen the times at Wimbledon Common getting quicker, and of the 8 Thames runners 5 recorded course pbs including a huge 38 second improvement from Maddalaine. Richard Pitt was the only Thames runner at Bushy Park, but ran well in his first outing over the course.

While the soaring temperatures put pay to some target times, Thames members still recorded some superb efforts in this year's marathon. Early indications suggest that our men may have won the UK team title.

While many around him fell by the wayside, John McFarlane produced another tough display to achieve an excellent 15th place. Andy Weir won the race-long duel with Will Cockerell as next man in, while Al Hart passed Julian Rendall in the dying stages to make up the 3 man team.

Mara produced another sensational run for 6th, while Benita found the going hard after bravely following the blistering early pace but still soldiered on to the finish.

There were plenty of other fine performances, notably from Jeffrey Gordon as he maintained his ever-present record.

Place			Time
15	John McFarlane  2:22:18
6(w)	Mara Yamauchi   2:25:41	(2nd claim TH&H)
7(w)	Benita Johnson  2:29:47
35	Andy Weir       2:30:22
36	Will Cockerell 	2:30:39	(2nd claim TH&H)
49	Al Hart         2:33:30
58	Julian Rendall  2:34:06
93	Matt Lynas      2:37:14
99	Daniel Clendon  2:37:46
192	Peter Woodburn  2:43:16
216	Toby Pearson    2:44:27
328	Chris Finill    2:49:04 (2nd claim TH&H)
563	Dave Moore      2:55:37
659	Steve Paddock  	2:57:17
1209    Jerry Watson    3.06.49
1453	Dan Pescod  	3:10:08
261(w)	Rachael Currie  3:21:10
2734    Bill Snelgrove  3.25.23
3255	Tim Nightingale 3:29:38
3386	Matthew Bryant  3:30:48
10072	James Bogue     4:16:05
4425(w)	Rachel Small    4:45:03
20762	Jeffrey Gordon  5.23.51
21066	John Bryant     5.26.41

Loyalties were spilt this morning with Thames men and women in action at both Wimbledon Common and Bushy Park. Lucy Hasell made a welcome return from injury to win the ladies race at Bushy Park and David Symons and Hugh Shields placed third at Bushy Park and Wimbledon Common. Great to see Lucy, Maddalaine, Hugh and Steve Pollard making their debut WCTT/BPTT runs along with the regular Saturday morning runners.

Liz Stavreski ran a superb race in Rotterdam and ran a magnificent 3h 15.32 despite temperature in excess of 25C.

Thames finished 23rd at Sutton Park in the National 12 Stage. Ian Harkness ran our fastest long leg of the day and from there on Thames fluctuated in the 20s with Andy Weir and Julian Rendall gaining ground with strong performances in the middle part of the race. It was great to see members such as Tom Samuel, Toby Pearson and Andrew McNamara compete at this level for the first time and this hopefully bodes well for next season under the soon-to-be-new captain Larry Mathews.

1. Leeds City			4:11:31
23. Thames Hare & Hounds 		4:33:17

Ian Harkness 		(21) 	27:33 
Steve Paddock 		(25)	16:08 
Simon Wurr 		(22) 	27:40 
Tom Samuel 		(26) 	16:39 
A McNamara 		(27) 	29:58 
Nic Gould 		(29) 	17:12 
Andrew Weir 		(24) 	28:16 
Toby Pearson 		(24) 	16:17 
Julian Rendall 		(21) 	28:43 
Larry Matthews 		(21) 	16:17 
Nick Malynn 		(21) 	30:27 
A Kennis 			(23) 	18:07 

The Thames runners made the most of the early morning sunshine with five of the six runners recording pbs for the course.

Simon Wurr dipped under 14 minutes for this 2.85 mile race and led the field home with Steve Paddock a very encouraging 7th just over a minute back.

1. S Wurr		13:55
7. S Paddock	15:13

180 finished

David Symons placed eleventh over the tough Isle of Man 31 mile mountain marathon, finishing in an impressive 5 hours 14. The race was run in sublime conditions, over some beautiful hills and coastal paths. A challenge for Thames men (and women) for future Easter weekends perhaps?

Further afield Evan Bond recorded 4.37.15 over this tough 56km road circuit of Cape Town.

Liz Stavreski joined the regular runners at the Wimbledon Common Time Trial to lead home a fine quartet of Thames ladies (Liz, Vikki, Clare and Dina)outnumbering the Thames men Ian, Dan and Colin.

John McFarlane ran a strong 49.52 for 2nd spot.

Tom Kingsnorth won the race in 44:50 with Naomi Warner first lady home in 48:29.

Benita Johnson ran a brilliant 68.28 to win the ladies race at the Berlin Half Marathon, and looks set for a fast run at London.

Toby Pearson ran negative splits to finish 6th in 1h 34:37 whilst Pete Woodburn, Ed Catmur and David Moore were all together on 1h 37. Liz Stavreski and Simon Hill ran well to finish well inside 2 hours followed home by James Bogue and new member Rachel Small.

1.	G Brook		1h 30:13
6.	T Pearson		1h 34:37
14.	P Woodburn	1h 36:59
15.	E Catmur		1h 37:08
16.	D Moore		1h 37:09
	E Stravreski	1h 57.06
	S Hill		1h 58.44
	J Bogue		2h 03.26
	R Small		2h 35.36

Sonia OSullivan ran well to record the third fastest leg of the day and lead the ladies A team to a fine sixth spot with great supporting runs from Rachel, Charlotte, Anna, Alex, and the ladies captain. Fortunes were mixed in the ladies B team, who ran well despite recent injuries and illness.

6	Thames Hare & Hounds A	2:03:49	
		
	140	Sonia OSullivan	18:08	2	0:18:08	
	240	Alexandra Richmond	19:27	1	0:37:35	
	340	Rachel Disley	20:51	2	0:58:26	
	440	Charlotte Saunders	20:09	4	1:18:35	
	540	Anna Garnier	23:15	5	1:41:50	
	640	Kate Symons	21:59	6	2:03:49	

DQ	Thames Hare & Hounds B	
		
	141	Vikki Filsell	23:05	32	0:23:05	
	241	Maddalaine Ansell	24:38	31	0:47:43	
	341	Sonia OSullivan	18:37	23	1:06:20	
	441	Clare Sylvester	22.24			
	541	Jane Crabtree	26:25			
	641	Maureen Poole	25:11	

Thames finished a magnificent 5th at a windswept Milton Keynes with a great all round team performance that saw the club gain crucial places throughout the afternoon.

Julian Rendall got the ball rolling with 20th on the fast opening leg before Steve Paddock, Andy Weir and new recruit Andrew Macnamara (our fastest short leg runner of the day with 17:41) moved Thames up to 11th. The engine room of the team in the shape of David Symons, 17 year old Tom Samuel, Ian Harkness and Nick Malynn (returning from injury) consolidated our position in 10th at the end of leg 8. Nick Altmann showed his class by bringing Thames into the top ten on leg 9 before Larry Mathews and the Captain gained one place apiece. On the final leg Chris Daniels timed his run to perfection and stormed past two more clubs to bring us home in 5th.

1st	Shaftesbury Barnet		4:13:43	
5th	Thames Hare & Hounds 		4:21:52 

1	Julian Rendall 			25:59 (20)
2 	Steven Paddock 			18:00 (18)
3 	Andy Weir 			25:31 (15)
4 	Andrew McNamara 			17:41 (11)
5 	David Symons 			25:46 (10)
6	Tom Samuel 			18:28 (12)
7	Ian Harkness 			25:17 (10) 
8 	Nick Malynn 			18:03 (10) 
9 	Nick Altmann 			26:03 (9) 
10	Larry Mathews			17:58 (8) 
11 	Simon Wurr 			25:00 (7) 
12 	Chris Daniels	 		18:06 (5)