Twenty-one PBs as 31 Belgravians flood Cambridge half
Huge trains of claret and gold steamed around the streets of Cambridge this Sunday as Belgravians descended on the increasingly popular half marathon course.
l-r: Conally McNally, Matthew Holman, Rob Kelly, Tom Lole and Aidan Swain all sporting the new change strip of white with a gold sash.
We counted 21 PBs among the 31 finishers, with Ugur Altan (16th in 68:19) and Jess Saunders (6th in 76:15) our highest-placed. Tonbridge’s Verity Hopkins, who trains with a Belgrave group in Battersea, won the women’s race in 73:49.
Callum Stewart (r) outkicks training partner James Fox by just one second.
Angus Lamb (r) outkicks training/drinking partner Rob Kelly in the final few metres.
Brad Courtney-Pinn leads his coach and training partner Matt Welsh.
One post-race assemblage features (l-r) Tom Gifford, James Morris, George Mallinson, Lizzie Goldie-Scot, Nick Buckle, Rich Gayton, Jess Saunders, Matt Welsh, Daniella Maggs, Neil Wilson, and a front row of (l-r) Callum Stewart, Scott Mills, Brad Courtney-Pinn, Alex Mills, James Fox.