Blue Skies and Blue Vests at Belfast City Marathon

Among the thousands of runners who took to the streets of our capital today for the 41st Annual Belfast City Marathon, dozens of Ballymena Runners donned their blue vests and joined them. Marathoners, Relay Teams and Marathon Walkers were all represented along the route.

19 club members completed the full marathon:
Debbie WATTERS 4:09:20
Denise DOHERTY 4:50:13
Sara BEGGS 4:54:25
Stephen GAGE 2:45:45
Jim MOORE 2:59:33
David JONES 3:13:22
Colin WRIGHT 3:16:56
James MC CANN 3:19:22
John ROBINSON 3:27:18
Declan HASSAN 3:29:58
Peter FLEMING 3:38:03
George BUCKLEY 4:05:26
Mark ADAIR 4:07:00
Peter DRENNAN 4:16:42
Jonathan MURPHY 4:28:54
Francis MC GUIGAN 4:34:07
Conor DALY 4:49:39
Stewart ROSBOROUGH 4:58:16
Peter FERRIS MBE 5:45:20

5 Teams also ran in the Relay section:
Mena Men: 2:52:00 (Nigel, Darren, Mark, Timmy, Brendan)

BRAC Belles: 3:13:25 (Sinead, Emma, Paula, Geraldine, Charlotte)

Ballymena Runners: 3:43:22 (Jim, Elle, Vicki, Eugene, Catherine)

The Pretenders: 4:05:34 (Carmel, William, Siobhan, Alana, Cathy)

Belles: 4:06:10 (Carmel, Tricia, Kathryn, Andrea, Pamela)

Other club members formed Relay Teams for charity and with work colleagues.

Worthy of note is Stephen Gage's performance which positioned him 25th overall and in 7th place in Clubs' Top Ten Marathon Times, and also Colin Wright's incredible 19 minute Marathon PB!

Please send in any other PBs to celebrate!

Thanks to the dozens of club members who turned out to support at our Cheer Zone and along the course 💙