The biggest half marathon in the world took place in Newcastle at the weekend and Sutton Runners were represented by two athletes - Paul Piper, who finished in 1:54:36 and Mark Asten, who ran 1:58:53.

Further afield, and twice the running distance at Berlin, saw Jim Mundy run his 199th marathon in a time of 2hrs 30m 37s.

Jim runs his 200th marathon next weekebnd.

Team mate Luis Gomez ran the fastest marathon every by a Sutton Runners member in a personal best time of 2hr 46m 59s to achieve a splendid finish of 344th position out of a total of over 40,000 runners.

Down at Hove, on Sunday, Martin Giles finished the 10Km race in a time of 35m 49s and Martin Newton in 37m 35s.

In the weekly 5km parkruns Sutton Runners had representatives at Banstead Woods, Roundshaw, Richmond Park and Bushy Park with 3 of the 9 runners Earl Tulloch, Philip Graham-Claire, and James Barber claiming PBs.

Results: Banstead Woods Time Trial - Saturday 19th September Chris Catt 18.46 8th Earl Tulloch 19.40 16th PB Tony Moorhouse 20.47 29th Lauren Jones 21.37 42nd Therese Panetta 24.16 65th Patricia Cue 31.03 117th Bushy Park Time Trial - Saturday 19th September Tim McIntyre 20.06 79th Roundshaw Time Trial - Saturday 19th September Philip Graham-Clare 23.06 12th PB Richmond Park Time Trial - Saturday 19th September James Barber 21.43 39th PB