Coasters are going the distance

Eight Skegness Coasters competed in the third Boston Marathon and Half Marathon.

Billed as the flattest UK Marathon course, with a total elevation of just 11 feet, this popular event saw 1,250 atheletes racing on the quiet country roads.

Mark Harvey and Robert Rennie on the Boston route.placeholder image
Mark Harvey and Robert Rennie on the Boston route.

Coasters times were: Marathon - Robert Rennie 3:09.05 (35th), Mark Harvey 3:11.48 (39th), Carole Tumber 4:58, Sue Smith 5:06; half marathon - Janet Harmston 1:56.29, Ian Bailey 2:09.42, Emily Avison 2:12.46 (first half marathon), Jackie Rhodes 2:12.46

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