Whilst the senior athletes worked hard to cover the full 26.1 miles of the London Marathon there were also eight Harrier juniors competing for Somerset in the traditional curtain-raiser event, the London Mini Marathon this past weekend. Best age-group performance over the 2.65mile distance was by Baltonsborough’s Alex Wiltshire competing in the age 13-14 race who finished in an excellent 14^th place in a time of 14.21. George Harris in the same age group, though a year younger, also ran really well for 67^th in a time of 15.48.

Tristen Goldsmid ran a well judged race for 27^th in the 11-12 age group in a time of 15.57, whilst Charlie Maclean was 22^nd in 13.26 amongst the 15-17 age group, and Ben Venus was 70^th in 14.48. Pick of the Harrier girls was Laura Parker with her 17^th position in the age 15-17 category with her time of 15.28 whilst in the 13-14 age group Leighanna Chappell ran well for 59^th in 17.20 and Christie Jones was a competitive 75^th in 18.53.