Adenegan Breaks Course Record

YOUNG ATHLETES RACE OVER LAST THREE MILES OF THE MARATHON

TWO decades after he claimed the first of his three Mini London Marathon titles, Mo Farah was back on the streets of London, impressing in the full 26.2-mile event.

Many stars of the future are sure to have been among the class of 2018 as young runners followed in Farah’s footsteps by racing over the final three miles of the full marathon course, starting at Old Billingsgate.

Incorporating the British Athletics Road Running Championships for the 10th time, the event saw titles awarded to athletes in under-17, under-15 and under-13 categories, plus in under-17 and under-14 races for wheelchair and ambulant para-athletes. Farah won his titles in 1998-2000 when running for Hounslow and athletes this year were again representing either their London boroughs or British regions.

Coventry athlete Kare Adenegan ensured that her successful Mini Marathon career ended on a high, with the three-time Paralympic and five-time world medallist breaking the under-17 wheelchair race course record to claim her fifth consecutive win.

Clocking 12:37, Adenegan took two seconds off a mark which had been set five years earlier by Jade Jones, who recently won triathlon gold and marathon bronze on the Gold Coast and was back racing over 26.2 miles in London.