April was a marathon month for UKnetrunner and everyone knows that April is London Marathon month. But club members also took part in 5 other marathons! The traditional 26.2 mile test of human endurance (apologies to our ultra-running members) provided rich pickings with 7 PBs and a further 5 people making their debut at the distance.

At the other end of the scale we've also seen a number of PBs over 5k with a handful over distances in between.

So after months of slogging away in the cold of winter all that marathon training could prove a good base for a summer of PBs. And with David Kindred and Mike Pullon starting to take command of the Grand Prix, will anyone jump out of the pack and chase them down. But the Grand Prix is a marathon not a 5k and we're only just rounding Cutty Sark in this particular race so there's still plenty of time for things to change.

Personal Bests
5k: David Kindred (21:21), Glenn Richer (24:03), Gareth Hughes (24:14), Peter Jacobs (24:49, 24:45)
5m: Bill Preston (44:18)
10k: Richard Whilding (45:39), Sarah Chewings (1:04:48)
10m: Steve Gunn (1:21:06)
HM: Barry Quirk (1:36:42), Alex Lee (1:59:26)
FM: Stephen Price (2:45:38), Dominic Gunton (3:10:55), Mike Pullon (3:27:02), Steve Allenby (3:51:18), Laura Foster (4:01:27), David Kindred (4:11:41), Barry Davis (4:26:51)

Debuts
5k: David Shaw (21:30), Mark Hill (23:00)
10k: Alex Lee (47:03), Phil Wadey (57:30)
HM: Adam Cox (1:38:26), Neill Mison (1:46:10), Michael Connor (1:57:29)
FM: Graham Kirk (3:26:04), Richard Whilding (4:02:36), Dean Ward (4:55:44), Zoe Stockdale (5:11:20), Peter Perren (5:16:41)

Achievements
Mike Pullon: Cracking 3:30 for the marathon.
Alex Lee: Dipping under 2 hours for the half marathon.
Matt Dunn: Firstly, for completing the Compton Challenge 40m and then for battling his way around the Cornwall Coastal Marathon (on different weekends obviously)