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| Chris last season at the Reigate Half Marathon (1:13:29, 2nd) |
Chris Ashford, coached athlete, completed the Boston Marathon on the 19th April. He was 87th out of about 30,000 runners who entered the 2017 event finishing the distance in 2:33:45. He was also the fastest British athlete home by over 7 minutes!
Chris, is a member of BRAT Club (Birmingham Running, Athletics and Triathlon Club) and adds this race result to his impressive 12th place overall at the Greater Manchester Marathon (2:31:44) only two weeks earlier which earned him a place in the Master’s Marathon Age Group Championship where he will be wearing his first England Vest. His coach, Philip Hatzis and he are looking to break the 2:30 mark when he competes in the Championships held in Chester. To date, it just hasn’t happened either through injury or positioning in the start. His PB of 2:30:23 at Frankfurt marathon last year was mere seconds off the mark (less than one second faster per mile...!) but he knows it is within his grasp (especially if he had started in a better place!)
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| Chris, BRAT Left, running with team mates from BRAT |
As he prepares for the Championships in October, he will also be racing multiple ultra-distance events leading into the summer – Look out for him trying to better his silver medal from 2016 in the Comrades Marathon in early June (87km).
We thought you would join us in wishing him congratulations so far and all the best for the rest of the season.