THORNBURY running club’s Margaret McLachlan finished in the top 250 of the women’s race at the London Marathon on Sunday.

She finished 216th and 43rd W40 in an impressive time of 3:17:00.

Another lady, Trinity Booth, finished 96th W45 in 3:37:04 just six days after competing in the Boston Marathon, where she finished in 3:23:50. Booth was rewarded with a Personal Best in Boston as well as the satisfaction of coming close to the Thornbury Club record.

The quickest of Thornbury’s contingent in London though was James Godden who finished in 3:04:44. Other runners who finished in less than four hours were Robert Hopkins (3:24:50), Joanne Ross (3:31:54) and Joanne Plumbley (3:49:07).

Other Thornbury RC runners: Arthur Renishaw (4:11:07), Jane Leslie, John Greenwood (both 4:27:58), David Thomas (4:29:43), Madeliene Parrott (4:33:31), Malcolm Carr (4:33:46), Caroline Lansdown (4:56:53), and Katie Becerra (4:59:46).

Last Sunday was the culmination of months of hard training, through the winter for 27 Hogweed Trotters, including some first-timers, competing in the London marathon.

First finisher at London was Stuart Wilkie in 3:14:05, Dave Wintle added another marathon to his collection, finishing in 3:21:34 with Geoff Doyle next in 3:22:35 and Adrian Pook in 3:24:43.

Vic Garner finished in 3:34:05 before Lee Masters (3:49:13), Kevin McConville (3:55:55) and Pat Hall 4:02:02 crossed the line. Ali Ramsey was first lady club member in 4:05:11.

Other Hogweed runners: John Perrett (4:13:56), Andy Cooknell (4:15:03), Nicola Rushton (4:57:42), Serena Griffiths (4:58:32), Ted Atkins (5:06:42), Stephen Chandler (5:42:17) and Ruth Conlon (5:56:40).

Jo Wood (6:56:01) deserves a special mention, having battled through injuries to take part, whilst unluckiest was undoubtedly Darhyl Davies, who withdrew through illness on Thursday.

Former Castle School pupil James Randall finished in three hours and 36 minutes at the London Marathon and raised £3,000 for McMillan Cancer support.

The 30-year-old, who grew up in Thornbury and now lives in London, also ran in the New York marathon last year.