On Monday Paula Radcliffe, Life Vice President of Bedford & County, ran the Boston Marathon finishing in a time of 2 hours 53 minutes 46 seconds. This run breaks her own W50 marathon club record that she set only 7 weeks ago in Tokyo.
The Tokyo Marathon was Paula's first marathon in a decade after retiring from competitive running in 2015, and her time of 2 hours 57 minutes 22 seconds took an hour off the previous W50 club record.
Paula has added Six Star finisher to her roll of honour after completing the Boston Marathon as her final World Major Marathon. In a full circle moment Paula was awarded her Six Star Medal in Boston, 33 years after she won her first international medal there at the World Cross Country Championships in 1992.
Congratulations Paula!
Brothers Glen and Darren Kerr hammered it at the weekend producing superb performances at the Dickenson Classic held at Windsor on Saturday 19th April. Glen threw a magnificent 56.78m to go 9th on the UK all-time M50 rankings. Not to be outdone, Darren produced a new M55 record of 48.06.M. Both promise more to come this season.
The Leighton Buzzard AC Leighton 10, which also doubles as the Beds AAA 10 mile county champs, is now open for entries via the links below.
The race will take place on Sunday 21st September 2025, starting at the Ascott House estate.
There is a £5 early bird discount until 31st May. Entry fee for early birds are:
From 1st June entry fees will be
Enter via Race Results Leighton10 mile road race, or for full information see the LBAC Leighton10 page.
A mix of new and seasoned junior athletes made the long journey to Norwich for their first EYAL match of the season where they came up against some very stiff competition. The weather was kind to us with rain only starting during the relays. We came away with a total of 69 PBs, 36 for the girls and 33 for the boys.
1st Chelmsford 844
2nd Norwich 811.5
3rd HAWKS 569
4th COBRA 552.5
5th Bedford 501
6th West Suffolk 255
7th Beds Lions 153
Congratulations to Lois Fordham who has set a new U15 girls pole vault club record with her jump of 3.00m at the EYAL at the weekend.
Last Saturday, at the Bedfordshire AAA open meeting, Glen Kerr threw 55.39 metres in the Hammer competition. This is not only an M50 club record, but also places Glen 11th on the UK all time list for Men's 50 hammer.
Congratulations Glen!
