At least four locals travelled to southern France to contest in Sunday morning’s Nice Marathon.
Phil Knox and Rory Dearden both shattered their Marathon personal bests, Phil taking exactly six minutes off his previous best set in Manchester in 2023 with a time of 2:44:47.
Rory improved his pb by an even bigger margin, removing more than 10 minutes from his Manchester time from 2024 with 2:46:02. Two terrific runs on a fine morning on the French Riviera.
Nice Marathon
It was a great morning for the Hall family too. Samantha was running her debut Marathon and targeting a time of under four hours.
Sam absolutely obliterated that target with a time of 3:37:22, running almost identical splits for each half of the race – a brilliant reward for some very dedicated training.
Her dad Martin finished six minutes ahead of her with a very impressive time of 3:31:13.
- 2:44:47 Phil Knox
- 2:46:02 Rory Dearden
- 3:31:13 Martin Hall
- 3:37:22 Samantha Hall