Marathon Records and Rankings
CLUB RECORD PROGRESSION
MEN
Time Runner Venue Position Date
03:03:41 W Holmes 13 30-May-31
02:54:09 W Holmes Windsor-Chiswick 11 28-May-32
02:52:58 Derek Reynolds Birmingham 19 30-Jul-49
02:44:53 Lew Piper Windsor-Chiswick 13 17-Jun-50
02:34:06 Charlie Busby Peterborough 1 06-Aug-51
02:33:31 Johnny Withers Windsor-Chiswick 22 16-Jun-56
02:31:08 Johnny Withers Watford 10-Aug-57
02:27:20 Jon T Lang Bloemfontein, South Africa 1 05-Apr-63
02:27:08 Jon T Lang Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1 28-Mar-64
02:24:41 Bob Richardson Cwmbran 13 27-Jul-68
02:24:00 Mike Willis Harlow 8 25-Oct-69
02:20:12 Bob Richardson Windsor-Chiswick 3 13-Jun-70
02:19:31 Bob Richardson Manchester 18 13-Jun-71
02:17:51 Bob Richardson Manchester 16 04-Jun-72
02:17:16 Bill Foster London 29 17-Apr-94
02:17:12 Bill Foster Helsinki, Finland 31 14-Aug-94
02:15:49 Bill Foster Berlin, Germany 11 24-Sep-95
02:13:27 David Taylor Frankfurt, Germany 6 26-Oct-97
02:11:18 Mark Steinle London 11 16-Apr-00
02:10:46 Mark Steinle London 6 22-Apr-01
02:09:17 Mark Steinle London 8 14-Apr-02
WOMEN
Time Runner Venue Position Date
03:29:18 Maureen Farish London 5659 17-Apr-83
03:19:27 Judy Wilson London 3910 13-May-84
03:07:59 Janida Darby London W102 10-May-87
02:58:44 Janida Williams née Darby London 23-Apr-89
03:47:37 Tanya Blake London 8306 24-Apr-98
02:58:44 Janida Wiliams London 23-Apr-89
02:55:13 Carole Coulon London mass 2071 23-Apr-23
02:53:18 Carole Coulon Berlin, Germany 2781 29-Sep-24
02:32:11 Andrea Clement London mass 276 26-Apr-26
(Women’s records were by Bromley Ladies/Bromley AC runners to April 1992)
SUB-3 RANKINGS
Ranking Time Runner Venue Position Date Notes
1 02:09:17 Mark Steinle London 8 14-Apr-02
2 02:10:55 Scott Overall Berlin, Germany 5 25-Sep-11
3 02:13:27 David Taylor Frankfurt, Germany 6 26-Oct-97
4 02:15:49 Bill Foster Berlin, Germany 11 24-Sep-95
5 02:17:00 Mike Willis Huddersfield 2 30-Mar-70 1
6 02:17:51 Bob Richardson Manchester 16 04-Jun-72
7 02:19:33 Ross Braden London mass 3 03-Oct-21
8 02:20:28 Richard Coles London 105 17-Apr-83
9 02:21:30 Jamie Harrison London 33 02-Apr-95
10 02:21:46 Alan Guilder Nottingham 4 26-Sep-93
11 02:22:31 Spencer Newport London 45 18-Apr-04
12 02:23:12 Peter Tucker London 25 13-Apr-08
13 02:23:28 Graham Martin London 154 17-Apr-83
14 02:23:35 Tim Dickinson London 31 14-Apr-02
15 02:23:39 Joe Clare Windsor-Chiswick 11 13-Jun-70 2
16 02:24:00 Chris Haines Manchester 39 04-Jun-72
17 02:24:40 Andy Arrand Manchester 2 08-Oct-00
18 02:24:52 Tim Soutar Hong Kong 10 21-Jan-84
19 02:24:59 Les Roberts Boston, USA 38 21-Apr-86
20 02:25:13 Peter Hamilton Harlow 31 27-Oct-73
21 02:25:50 Oliver Knowles London mass 87 26-Apr-26
22 02:27:01 Mark Bruce Manchester 25 19-Apr-26
23 02:27:08 Jon T Lang Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1 28-Mar-64
24 02:27:29 Steve Rutherford London 239 17-Apr-83
25 02:27:38 Chris Woodcock Manchester 58 04-Jun-72
26 02:27:53 Jackie Mekler Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2 28-Mar-64
27 02:28:00 Roy Smith Boston, USA 15-Apr-96
28 02:28:10 Michael Skinner London 18 21-Apr-13
29 02:28:16 Ian Wilson Manchester 56 13-Jun-71
30 02:28:16 Peter Shepheard London 258 17-Apr-83
31 02:29:00 Dylan Mitchard Valencia, Spain 440 07-Dec-25
32 02:29:00 James Meader London mass 166 26-Apr-26
33 02:29:03 Hugo Mathew London mass 169 26-Apr-26
34 02:29:18 Mike Hampton Rugby 8 05-May-73
35 02:29:46 Roger Vilardell Valencia, Spain 486 01-Dec-24
36 02:29:49 Rory Byrne London 80 18-Apr-04
37 02:30:04 Ken Pike London 239 13-May-84
38 02:30:28 Bill Wade London 314 17-Apr-83
39 02:31:08 Johnny Withers Watford 10-Aug-57
40 02:31:23 Tony Weeks-Pearson Windsor-Chiswick 18 10-Jun-67
41 02:31:34 Fintan Parkinson London 88 24-Apr-16
42 02:32:11 Andrea Clement London mass 276 26-Apr-26 6
43 02:32:19 Lyn Atterbury London 183 29-Mar-81
44 02:32:37 Alan Stevens Lower Hutt, New Zealand 2 21-Jan-67
45 02:32:42 Andrew Rayner London 74 22-Apr-12
46 02:33:01 Roy Morley Windsor-Chiswick 16 28-Jun-58
47 02:33:01 John Beck London 246 22-Apr-90
48 02:33:03 Nick Kinsey London 240 23-Apr-89
49 02:33:23 Jamie Atkinson Amsterdam, The Netherlands 45 28-Oct-07
50 02:33:44 John Baldwin London 320 20-Apr-86
51 02:33:50 Alex N Gibbins London 81 22-Apr-12
52 02:34:06 Charlie Busby Peterborough 1 06-Aug-51
53 02:34:25 Richard Parrott London 130 26-Apr-98
54 02:34:38 Tony Bounds London 364 13-May-84
55 02:34:54 Sam Douglass Valencia, Spain 840 07-Dec-25
56 02:35:00 S Russell London 443 17-Apr-83
57 02:35:19 Brian Swift London 250 29-Mar-81
58 02:35:54 Mike Williams London 474 17-Apr-83
59 02:35:55 Derek Reynolds Windsor-Chiswick 12 19-Jun-54
60 02:36:02 Micah Evans London mass 454 21-Apr-24
61 02:36:41 Nick Rust Swinderby 7 27-Apr-77
62 02:36:44 Jack Braughton Windsor-Chiswick 6 18-Jun-55
63 02:37:11 Ian Young London 309 29-Mar-81
64 02:37:20 Ryan Weston London mass 550 21-Apr-24
65 02:37:22 Humphry Nunns Windsor-Chiswick 29 16-Jun-56
66 02:37:27 John Nash London 322 29-Mar-81
67 02:37:27 Keith Whicheloe London 536 17-Apr-83
68 02:37:37 Dave White London 461 13-May-84
69 02:37:59 Alan Davis London 393 09-May-82
70 02:38:03 Richard Coe London 551 17-Apr-83
71 02:38:15 Ben Hakki Valencia, Spain 1171 07-Dec-25
72 02:38:23 Nick Mandeville Windsor-Chiswick 11 14-Jun-69
73 02:38:30 Ted Pepper Windsor-Chiswick 46 10-Jun-67
74 02:38:45 Bob Cliff London 363 29-Mar-81
75 02:38:48 Mark Farrell London 452 22-Apr-90
76 02:38:48 Nick Mayers London 214 18-Apr-99
77 02:38:49 Peter Varcoe London 579 17-Apr-83
78 02:38:58 Blair Wilson Valencia, Spain 936 04-Dec-22
79 02:39:10 William Reedman-White London mass 594 27-Apr-25
80 02:39:27 Barry O’Gorman London 767 21-Apr-85
81 02:39:35 Harry Deans London mass 653 26-Apr-26
82 02:39:41 Nicholas Clegg Valencia, Spain 1391 07-Dec-25
83 02:39:48 Doug Cocker London 615 17-Apr-83
84 02:40:02 Gavin Giles Windsor 47 10-Jun-78
85 02:40:06 Steve Robinson London 553 13-May-84
86 02:40:14 G Gosling Windsor-Chiswick 48 16-Jun-56
87 02:40:15 Robert Perry London mass 622 23-Apr-23
88 02:40:22 Dan Kennedy Newport 37 19-Apr-26
89 02:40:23 Chris Shorter Harlow 61 25-Oct-80
90 02:40:30 Mike Peel London 417 29-Mar-81 3
91 02:40:34 William Cross London 823 21-Apr-85
92 02:40:34 Dave Hassall London 592 10-May-87
93 02:40:38 Rob W Hall London 221 23-Apr-06
94 02:40:51 Roy Savery London 734 20-Apr-86
95 02:40:56 Steve Cluney Eugene, Oregon, USA 119 07-Sep-80
96 02:41:37 David Adams Chicago, USA 626 08-Oct-23
97 02:41:48 Peter Corbett Windsor 58 10-Jun-78
98 02:41:57 Matthew Draper London mass 771 27-Apr-27
99 02:42:02 Jim McGee London 626 13-May-84
100 02:42:04 Joshua Kennedy Valencia, Spain 1685 07-Dec-25
101 02:42:19 Kevin Fini Valencia, Spain 1721 07-Dec-25
102 02:42:27 Gregory Bull London mass 802 27-Apr-25
103 02:42:28 Giles Clifford London 370 02-Apr-95
104 02:42:31 Paul Barrington-King London 561 09-May-82
105 02:42:52 Peter Greenwood London 736 17-Apr-83
106 02:42:56 Barry Mellish London 654 22-Apr-90
107 02:43:04 Mike Field London 741 17-Apr-83
108 02:43:35 Luca Ercolani Valencia, Spain 1677 01-Dec-24
109 02:43:36 Alistair Love London mass 953 26-Apr-26
110 02:43:47 Kevin May London 315 13-Apr-14
111 02:43:53 Ben Cockburn Gloucester 1 06-Aug-17 4
112 02:43:54 Bob Minting London 781 17-Apr-83
113 02:44:04 Samuel Barnes London 321 22-Apr-12
114 02:44:18 Jim Phelan Dublin, Ireland 180 30-Nov-88
115 02:44:37 Gordon Hull Jersey 16 01-May-83
116 02:44:50 R Creffield London 665 09-May-82
117 02:44:52 BJ Foster Windsor-Chiswick 49 16-Jun-56
118 02:44:53 Lew Piper Windsor-Chiswick 13 17-Jun-50
119 02:45:04 P E Baldwin Watford 18-Aug-57
120 02:45:34 Chris Ware Ryde, I.O.W. 43 16-May-81
121 02:45:43 Martin Athawes London 877 17-Apr-83
122 02:46:17 Darren Henry Rotterdam, The Netherlands 17-Apr-94
123 02:46:19 Daniel Brewer Paris, France 244 08-Apr-18
124 02:46:31 Ian Firla London virtual 150 04-Oct-20
125 02:46:39 Chris Walker London 820 13-May-84
126 02:46:45 Richard Daniels Berlin, Germany 390 01-Oct-08
127 02:46:59 Peter German London 839 13-May-84
128 02:47:15 Peter Rissen London 987 21-Apr-91
129 02:47:20 Thomas Desborough Valencia, Spain 2404 07-Dec-25
130 02:47:21 Mark Watling London 979 10-May-87
131 02:47:30 Jim Bailey London 20-Apr-86
132 02:47:37 Leonardus De Bruyn London mass 1352 26-Apr-26
133 02:47:39 Graeme Lugar Brighton 46 10-Apr-22
134 02:47:40 Mike Cronin London 1335 21-Apr-85
135 02:47:48 R Webb Windsor-Chiswick 59 16-Jun-56
136 02:47:51 John Facer London 862 09-May-82
137 02:47:56 Don Hopgood Windsor-Chiswick 57 12-Jun-66
138 02:48:01 Darryl Hilliar London 411 17-Apr-05
139 02:48:04 Glen Turner Boston, USA 466 17-Apr-11
140 02:48:07 David Lilley London mass 711 02-Oct-22
141 02:48:22 Steven Hough London mass 1335 27-Apr-25
142 02:48:24 Con Griffin London 12-Apr-92
143 02:48:45 Alf Dashwood Windsor-Chiswick 36 13-Jun-53
144 02:48:53 Brian Pearce Windsor-Chiswick 62 15-Jun-63
145 02:49:21 John McConville London 540 26-Apr-98
146 02:49:29 Roger Morriss London 1096 23-Apr-89
147 02:49:35 Paul Sharpe London 424 26-Apr-09
148 02:49:36 Graham Meek London 601 18-Apr-99
149 02:49:42 Chris Lord London 755 29-Mar-81
150 02:49:52 Mike Wilkinson London 1113 17-Apr-83
151 02:49:58 David Robjohns London 1011 13-May-84
152 02:50:13 G Williams London 1137 17-Apr-83
153 02:50:26 Dave Amner Harlow 139 27-Oct-79
154 02:50:51 R King London 12-Apr-92
155 02:50:52 Graham Canfield London 18-Apr-93
156 02:50:59 Norman Davidson London 1085 13-May-84
157 02:51:02 Richard Pitcairn-Knowles London 1089 13-May-84
158 02:51:12 Douglas Varney New York, USA 1202 02-Nov-25
159 02:51:22 Neal Humphreys London 398 22-Apr-07
160 02:51:23 Fadie Shamoon London mass 1607 23-Apr-23
161 02:51:28 Paul Betts London 1024 17-Apr-88
162 02:51:38 Paolo Lancini Milan, Italy 290 12-Apr-26
163 02:51:55 Dave Allen London 852 29-Mar-81
164 02:51:58 John R Turner London 1377 10-May-87
165 02:52:03 John Hoy London 580 14-Apr-02
166 02:52:07 Gordon Mexted London 1284 22-Apr-90
167 02:52:19 Peter Brooks Amsterdam, The Netherlands 595 15-Oct-23
168 02:52:20 Ted Tunley Jersey 26 01-May-83
169 02:52:20 Murray Shiels Ryde, I.O.W. 19 19-May-84
170 02:52:28 John E Turner London 1395 21-Apr-91
171 02:52:34 Stan Ridgewell London 1763 21-Apr-85
172 02:53:04 Duncan Flagg London 1377 23-Apr-89
173 02:53:05 Mike Lodwig London 1378 23-Apr-89
174 02:53:17 Ciaran Osborn New York, USA 240 02-Nov-03
175 02:53:18 J B Guernsey 26-Aug-85
176 02:53:18 Carole Coulon Berlin, Germany 2781 29-Sep-24
177 02:53:21 Mark Jackson London 1165 17-Apr-88
178 02:53:29 Mike Harley London 1329 17-Apr-83
179 02:53:31 Gregory Firth London mass 1864 23-Apr-23
180 02:53:44 Craig Daly London 1883 21-Apr-85
181 02:53:46 Andrew Grace London 1202 17-Apr-88
182 02:54:01 Ron Beale London 1927 21-Apr-85
183 02:54:04 Peter Catley London 1389 17-Apr-83
184 02:54:05 Fred Johnson London 1390 17-Apr-83
185 02:54:07 Bernard Leahy London 1458 22-Apr-90
186 02:54:09 W Holmes Windsor-Chiswick 11 28-May-32
187 02:54:12 Mike Reynolds London 1263 09-May-82
188 02:54:23 John Kavanagh London 976 29-Mar-81
189 02:54:35 Neil Colvin London 1362 13-May-84
190 02:54:45 Martin Richardson London virtual 369 04-Oct-20
191 02:54:46 Richard Farish London 1449 17-Apr-83
192 02:54:46 Tony Crowder London 1228 24-Apr-16
193 02:54:51 Gareth Evans London mass 2478 21-Apr-24
194 02:55:39 C Nash London 1513 17-Apr-83
195 02:55:44 Len Toms Windsor-Chiswick 32 19-Jun-54
196 02:55:48 Tony Nana New York, USA 1190 25-Oct-81
197 02:55:55 Rod Palmer London 1457 13-May-84
198 02:56:00 Philip Lonergan London 12-Apr-92
199 02:56:01 Peter Daniel London 2147 21-Apr-85
200 02:56:18 Mathieu Ducep London mass 2476 26-Apr-26
201 02:56:19 Alan Davies London 1412 09-May-82
202 02:56:21 Steve Fitz-Costa London 1496 13-May-84
203 02:56:31 Gareth Lloyd London 12-Apr-92
204 02:56:37 Truang DanAn Berlin, Germany 1833 21-Sep-25
205 02:56:49 Allan Jones London 1762 23-Apr-89
206 02:56:52 David Beadle London 724 26-Apr-09
207 02:56:52 Ritchie Leccia Nottingham 23 28-Sep-14
208 02:56:56 Michael Beaton London 927 23-Apr-06
209 02:57:00 Guy Morgan London 12-Apr-92
210 02:57:13 John Day London 1506 09-May-82
211 02:57:20 Peter Crawford London 1890 21-Apr-91
212 02:57:21 Steve Freemantle London 1503 17-Apr-88
213 02:57:27 Duncan Flagg London 1200 02-Apr-95
214 02:57:42 Dick Webber Hayes, Kent 8 25-Jul-64
215 02:57:50 Peter Hannell London 1736 17-Apr-83
216 02:57:50 Andy Tucker London 875 13-Apr-08
217 02:57:50 Roy Priestley London 858 17-Apr-11
218 02:57:57 Mark Ellison London 1577 17-Apr-88
219 02:58:09 Jonathon Vintner Brighton 93 15-Apr-18
220 02:58:12 Simon Mitchell London 2461 21-Apr-85
221 02:58:13 Nicholas Kibblewhite Ljubliana, Slovenia 95 20-Oct-24
222 02:58:19 Stephen Holmes London 1036 23-Apr-06
223 02:58:25 Richard Hall London 970 25-Apr-10
224 02:58:39 AGV Allen Windsor-Chiswick 15 28-May-32 5
225 02:58:39 Charles Mobbs Windsor-Chiswick 14 28-May-32
226 02:58:44 Janida Williams London 23-Apr-89
227 02:58:51 Jessica Keene London mass 3335 21-Apr-24
228 02:58:53 Roger Ebbutt London 1854 17-Apr-83
229 02:58:56 Mike Gasson London 1751 13-May-84
230 02:58:58 Mark Clissold London 1708 17-Apr-88
231 02:59:05 Andy Edwards London 1238 29-Mar-81
232 02:59:05 Gary Cook London 1005 13-Apr-08
233 02:59:13 Gary Spencer New York, USA 1466 23-Oct-83
234 02:59:14 Simon Capey London 2329 10-May-87
235 02:59:23 Bill Wheeler London 2650 21-Apr-85
236 02:59:36 Terry Brightwell London 1169 16-Apr-00
237 02:59:39 Simon Harris Brighton 144 14-Apr-19
238 02:59:52 Graham Coates London 13-Apr-97
239 02:59:59 Ron Foreman London 13-May-84
Notes:
1 – actual time 2:14:30 NCAAA championship course later measured 833 yds short
2 – also ran 2:18:43 from Inverness to Forres (1) on 6 July 1968 before joining Blackheath
3 – poor organisation actual time probably 2:42:23 approx 485th in the race
4- official winning time (gun) 2:44:01
5 – club marathon championship awarded in memory of AGV Allen, first presented 1982
6 – women’s club marathon record holder
(Last updated May 2026)
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