The 2025 London Marathon was held on Sunday 27th April 2025.  Well done to all our members who took part.

Our Runners:

Dan Williams

Dan was the first ARC member to cross the finishing line - in a time of 03:06:45.  Well done Dan.

Phil Brayford

This was Phil's 12th marathon, which he completed in a time of 03:21:24. 

London Good For Age for his current age group has just been increased to 03:34, so his time, over 10 minutes inside, should be sufficient to give him yet another place, in 2026.

Dan Pheasant

This was Dan's third marathon, after running Amsterdam and Venice in the past two years, but his first race in an ARC shirt.  He was our third member to cross the finishing line, which he did in a time of 03:29:11. 

Dan ran for Centrepoint, the UKs leading youth homelessness charity. By the time of the marathon he had raised over £1000, which his employers have agreed to match.

You can still support Dan through his fundraising page. 

Carl Nicholls

Carl, 'fresh' from his ultra runs, finished London in a PB time of 04:02:43.  Well done Carl!

Kate Southern

Kate, running her first race for ARC, was our first female finisher, in a time of 04:38:19.  

Kate ran in aid of Cancer Research UK. She said: "This charity is very close to home for me & my family, as I'm sure many others too. Their continual time, effort & support during the most difficult times of our lives is admirable. I will forever be in this charity's debt, however I hope this pledge begins to express my gratitude for their life-changing work".  

​By the day of the marathon, Kate had raised £2600.

You can still support Kate through her fundraising page.

Sue Baker

Sue was the recipient of this year's club place, which she gained through our club ballot back in October.  Although she has covered the marathon distance several times in triathlons, this was her first single marathon race.

Sue crossed finished in a time of 05:06:06.  Well done Sue. 

Michael Mason

Michael chose to run London through a charity place, raising funds for Whizz Kidz, whose purpose is to "empower young wheelchair users by providing the wheelchairs, equipment, support and confidence-building experiences they need, and campaigning for a more inclusive society".   

This was Michael's 6th marathon and 3rd London.  He finished this year in a time of 05:39:37.  

By the day of the marathon Michael had raised over £1400.

You can support Michael's fundraising through his JustGIving page.

Martin Wall

Martin again ran locally, taking part in the Virtual London event, and finished in a time of ​06:48:16
ARC would also like to congratulate Sarah Heaven-Knight, who ran in memory of former member Claire Heaven.  Sarah finished in a time of 04:59:04 and at the time of the marathon had raised over £2,500 for Cancer Research UK.  You can still support Sarah through her fundraising page.
In a change to the usual calendar the Manchester Marathon took place on the same day as London and there was a strong ARC turnout.  Well done to our runners: 
  • Quentin Oury (02:44:03, First Marathon)
  • Dan McNeil (03:03:57, First Marathon)
  •  Ryan Noon (03:15:57, First Marathon)
  • Dan Day (03:22:08)
  • Tom Glibbery (04:08:40)
  • Claire Boyes (04:15:46, First Marathon)
  • Stephen Grice (04:15:46)
  • Roxy Babla (04:18:56, PB)
  • Chris Moon (04:28:15, First Marathon)
  • Kara Nicholls (04:45:07)
  • Catherine Birkbeck(05:29:24, First Marathon)
  • Andrew Birkbeck (05:29:24, First Marathon)
  • Barbara Johnson (05;29:54, First Marathon)
  • Barinderjit Cheema(05:29:55)
  • Jessica Jungklaus (05:52:48, First Marathon)
  • Angela Oury (05:26:38, PB)
  • Tom Edwards (06:06:43)
  • Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons (06:54:32)

Meanwhile, at Blackpool, Pete Dimbleby and Mike Morley completed the marathon in times of 03:16:52 and 03:17:26 respectively.

Special congratulations go to Quentin and to Mike, who each achieved a time well within the 2026 London Good For Age qualification times of 02:52 and 03:34 respectively.