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Posted on: March 16th, 2009 by admin

Flight Staff Cadets Rob Harris and Chris Ashford complete the Addidas Silverstone Half Marathon.

” It was hard but we got there! ”

Held on 15 March 2009 the Addidas Silverstone Marathon, which is often used as the official warm-up race for the Flora London Marathon, is a 13.1 mile run around the world famous F1 circuit.

“It took a lot of preparation and practice to go from being able to run just 1.5 miles to doing 13!” said Rob. “On the day the atmosphere was brilliant with thousands of people running. It took a lot of determination to just keep running but both me and Chris made it without stopping and in good times for our first half marathon. It was an excellent feeling of achievement and we are very proud that we completed it.”

Rob completed the course in a time of 2:05:32 with Chris slightly ahead, breaking the two hour mark, with a time of 1:53:39. Chris ran in aid of Cancer Research and raised around £130.

Well done guys!