Tone Zoners coast to personal-best times

IT was a weekend of coastal half marathons and personal bests as Bognor Tone Zone Runners raced at the ever-popular Brighton Half Marathon and the Portsmouth equivalent.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Feb 2015, 15:00 BST
Tone Zone members at the recent Chi 10kTone Zone members at the recent Chi 10k
Tone Zone members at the recent Chi 10k

To highlight the effect of training at the club, almost everyone who ran the Portsmouth event claimed a PB – an amazing achievement.

Daniel Croshwaite was first home for the club in 1hr 44min 03sec in perfect running conditions.

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In Brighton, Simon Gill finished in an astounding 1.13.54, coming 16th overall from a field of almost 8,000 runners.

Jack Penfold paced the race with Danny Mahoney, but pulled away from Mahoney in the final few miles. Both managed their aim of sub-1.30.

PBs were secured by Mark Edwards, Neil Strudwick, Carolyn Stapely, Sam Miles, Amanda Shepheard and Jacqui Salt, showing how a structured training programme can improve performance.

Tone Zone times: Portsmouth Half Marathon - Daniel Croshwaite 1.44.03; Daniel Hughes 1.44.48; Nina Baldwinson 1.52.27; Garry Gaskin 1.56.52; Debbie Pacey 1.58.03; Grace Natoli 2.02.14; James Savage 2.05.31; Victoria Holloway 2.50.25; Lisa Thornton 2.50.26.

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Brighton Half Marathon - Simon Gill 1:13:54; Jack Penfold 1:27:46; Danny Mahoney 1:28:39; James Simmons 1:33:27; Mark Edwards 1:38:08; Neil Strudwick 1:38:07; Tony Holcombe 1:38:20; Daryl Fairbrother 1:40:32; Carolyn Stapely 1:39:33; Glenn Penfold 1:41:08; Keith Hardwell 1:42:25; Felicity Paton 1:49:02; Kate O’Connor 1:48:08; Sam Miles 1:54:57; Gary Pidgeon 1:57:58; Chris Gallagher 1:59:39; Colin Hiscock 1:59:50; Stuart Thomson 2:00:43; Paul Stevenson 2:02:04; Benita Milton 2:11:36; Amanda Shepheard 2:11:43; Jacqui Salt 2:25:32.

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