Press Report. London Marathon 2019  

Apr 302019
 
Press Report. London Marathon 2019

LONDON MARATHON Sunday 28th April There were 12 runners from Ilford AC among the 42438 finishers in last Sunday‘s London Marathon won by Eluid Kipchoge in a fast 2 hrs 2 mins 39 secs. Best for the club was Amin Kolkai who finished 200th in 2 hrs 35 mins 06 secs and placed him 10th in the M45 age category. Next home was Dan Holeyman with a new personal best time of 3 hrs 09 mins 53 secs, while Tom Joy recorded 3 hrs 27 mins 32 secs,. Carlie Qirem led the ladies challenge for Ilford and also improved her best time by 19 minutes to 3 hrs 39 mins 37 secs. Steve Parker found the second half of the race …Read More

  Press Report 30th April 2019 London Mini Marathon  

Apr 302019
 
Press Report 30th April 2019 London Mini Marathon

Ilfords ACs young middle distance group showed  once again how they continue to progress, with some great runs in this years London Mini Marathon over 3 miles. Ilford had 6 Young athletes competing . First up was the Boys U17s with Mungo Prior, Jak Wright, Bradley Deacon and Farris Patel competing. First  home for Ilford was Mungo, coming 18th position. Mungo’s aim was to break 16 Minutes for the first time and he really pushed himself over the last mile to meet his target and run 15:56 Another great run was from Bradley Deacon , who is benefitting from the consistent training he is doing. Bradley once again smashed his PB and ran 16:45 for 47th Position. Jak wright went off extremely …Read More