{"id":31425,"date":"2023-10-22T21:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=31425"},"modified":"2023-10-22T21:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:19:41","slug":"abingdon-marathon-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=31425","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Marathon 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am back in Abingdon in time for the Abingdon Marathon. The Caution Runners<\/em> signs were in place last night when I got home, and this morning the Abingdon Marathon started at Tilsley Park at 9 a.m.
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\nNear the Oxford Road roundabout, three minutes into the race, the first runner, Alex Teuten of Southampton AC, already had a good lead over the other runners. He went on to win in a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 22 seconds. The fastest ever time in 1986 was 2 hours 19 minutes and 7 seconds (ref 1). So this is the second fastest time and the record for the current course (used since 2016).
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\nThe sun was shining at the start and stayed dry throughout, which was a change from recent wet weather.
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\nThere were 738 competitors at the start line, and they took a few minutes to all get started.
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\nOn Abingdon Market Place (nearly 5 miles into the race), there was a good crowd of spectators to cheer the competitors on.
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\nAfter the 5-mile mark at St Helen’s Wharf one of the marshals congratulated each of the competitor by name. He sounded like their personal coach. ‘Well done Mike. You are running well Tina & etc.’ <\/p>\n

I asked him how he knew so many of the runners and he said, their names are on their shirts. It’s an example of the incredible volunteers and marshals who line the course and make this such a fine community marathon.
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\nThe event is organised by Abingdon AC and volunteers from clubs across Oxfordshire.
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\nThe marathon also helps raise money for good causes, and fosters good relations. Scott was one person fostering good relations and making people smile. He is a Joggler (jogs and juggles) and finished with a time of 4 hours 23 minutes and 12 seconds. He has a Sanctuary vest. Sanctuary runners bring people together in communities, especially, asylum seekers and refugees. <\/p>\n

ref 1: https:\/\/abingdonmarathon.org.uk\/history.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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