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Press Report
17/10/05
Ilford AC ladies continue to
improve with some impressive
performances this weekend.
Pride of place must go to
Sally Gillam who sliced over
7 minutes from her personal
best in the Abingdon
Marathon on Sunday. Running
in ideal conditions in the
beautiful scenic conditions
of rural Oxfordshire Sally
completed the predominantly
flat course in a time of
3hrs 43mins and 45 seconds
which guarantees her a "good
for age" start in next
April's Flora London
Marathon.
Keelie Brookes chipped in
with another fine
performance and personal
best in the tough Croydon
10k registering a time of
44mins 55 seconds with
Duncan Turner only 3 seconds
behind in 44mins 58 seconds.
Duncan ran a much more
controlled race than of late
which enabled him to record
yet another personal best.
Nikki Martin made a welcome
return from injury to run in
the Nike 10k held at
Hackney's Victoria Park.
Nikki clocked a cautious
45mins and 7 seconds to
finish the race with her
knee holding out well.
All now bodes well for the
women's squad which hopes
to be a lot stronger for the
2nd of the Essex League
cross counjtry fixtures to
be held at Hylands Park
Chelmsford on Saturday.
Across the world in sunny
California Ilford AC's
superveteran John Batchelor
had a superb run in the
Longbeach 5k when he
finished 19th overall in a
field of over 1200 runners.
John's time of 18mins 44
seconds is a season's best
and is a very classy time
for somebody competing the
male 60 category. John
finished over 4 mins ahead
of the next male 60 and is
now returning to something
like his old form.
