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LONDON MARATHON: 'I felt like I was flying'
JOHN Scarborough, 61, from Upton ran with the Didcot Runners club and finished in four hours, 48 minutes and 24 seconds. He said: “I really enjoyed it. For the first half I felt like I was flying, then I got cramp at 20 miles. “It was quite
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LONDON MARATHON: Donna-Marie shows passion for charity
WHEN Donna-Marie Gibson was offered a place to run the London Marathon for a military charity the 35-year-old didn’t think she would raise the necessary £1,600. But having completed the race in four hours and 17 minutes – and after a collection
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LONDON MARATHON: No stopping Didcot runners
DIDCOT Runners’ Kirsty Reade, 40, from East Isley, ran for children’s charity Cure Rett. She finished in three hours, 37 minutes and nine seconds, which was longer than she was hoping for, but she has raised more than £1,000 for her charity.
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A34 crash closes lane
A lane of the A34 was closed this morning because of an overturned vehicle. The lane on the northbound carriageway was clsoed between Bicester Road and the B4027 at around 10.20am. The lane was reopened around two hours later.
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LONDON MARATHON: 'I ran it in mum's honour'
When he ran the London Marathon last year, Stuart Howes’ mum Marilyn was cheering him on. This year, he ran it in her honour. Mr Howes, 37, from Freeman Road, Didcot, lost his mum in February this year, and then weeks later his second son Lucas
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LONDON MARATHON: Heat proves hard work
JULIE Shand, 46, from Didcot, ran the 26-mile course for Brookfields Special school in Tilehurst. She has run three marathons before, and was hoping to smash her personal best of four hours and 17 minutes, but like many others was surprised by
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LONDON MARATHON: Steph joins an elite club
STEPH Anders only began running seriously a year ago when she joined her local running club. But yesterday the 39-year-old from Pyrton, near Watlington, completed the London Marathon in five hours and 14 minutes. She said: “Before I joined
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LONDON MARATHON: First 26-miler may be the last for Tricia
TRICIA Partlett spent eight years trying to get into the London Marathon. But now that she’s completed it, in six hours and 20 minutes and raised more than £1,000 for charity, her marathon days may already be behind her. She said: “The whole
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London Marathon live blog
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