Early spring has brought numerous fine results from coachees. These include Isaac L taking his marathon PB down further to 2.38 at the great Seville race, while a week later at the Wokingham half Paul Piper ran a fine 68.50 chased by Chris Oddy with 68m58 and now turned 40 year old Nick Impey scoring a swift 69.18 PB. Cara Perretta ran a big best of 84.21 and continues her progress. Andy Y also chipping away at his PB with 81.18. Still at half marathon, a week later at Cambridge Bob Empson again held back his 63 years of age with a great PB of 91.37, whilst Kurtis Gibson took his PB down to 67.09 placing 5th. Out in Anglesey Welsh star Martin Green continued to shine, placing 2nd on a tough and windy course, his 72.12 just literally a tick away from his PB, and great strength at 47 years of age. Two weeks later he scored another podium place with 3rd at the Trimpnell 20 miles on exactly 1.54, a strong effort whilst retaining a little in hand.
Whilst making the trek from East to West Coast USA 46 year old Jeremy Agnew ran a very swift 73.37 to win his category at the Ventura Half Marathon, a net downhill course that uses the famous Ventura Highway. He backed this up with 76.05 at the much hiller New York Marathon in late Marc . Another making hefty Half Marathon progress is George H, his recent 74.56 on the undulating Stafford course marking a 5 minute improvement since last autumn.