Dagenham Post 25/10/2021: Dagenham 88 Runners take on Beachy Head marathon and 10k

Dagenham 88 Runners take on Beachy Head marathon and 10k

Dagenham 88 Runners club members took on the tough Beachy Head marathon and 10k courses at the weekend.

Paul Prior finished the marathon in 4:22:52, Tracey Sheehy in 4:38:25, Rahana Islam in 4:53:54, Gary Cardnell in 5:17:54, Emma Dudman in 5:32:15, Jane Swanson-Sprent in 5:37:28 and Louise Chappell in 5:51:34. 

Melissa Embery finished in 6:08:33, Sara Prior in 6:15:30, Beverley Eagles in 6:18:24, Emma O’Shea in 6:18:24 and Timi Veerasamy in 6:23:20.

In the 10k event, Sonya Byers clocked 1:14:21, Kresh Veerasamy 1:22:25 and Julie Cardnell 1:33:27.

Michael Pegnall ran in the Phoenix Golden Medusa run and completed four laps of the course - a half marathon distance - in 1:58:22.

In parkruns, Ryder Islam finished in 21:41 at Eastbourne ahead of Sonya Byers (33:18), Kresh Veerasamy (33:29) and Sam Veerasamy (46:57). 

Julie Dalphinis ran Grovelands in 45:56 while at Hackney Marshes, Nils Hollmann recorded a time of 23:46.

In the Raphael event, John Hughes finished in 26:10, Simon Childs in 28:29, Pritesh Patel in 29:51, Mark West in 33:36 and David O’Brien in 57:52. 

At Maldon, Amelia Beazeley clocked 30:49, Jenny O’Hanlon 30:50, Evie Beazeley 31:17 and Andrew Beazeley 31:17.

Daniel Miller (25:54) and Kaya Smith (28:42) ran at Barking, Andy Preston (23:17) in the Burnham and Highbridge event and Steve Whitfield (28:22) ran at Heartlands.

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