British masters athlete runs 10:43.34 in Athlone in Eire to take 5 seconds off previous mark
On a weekend that noticed British 3000m runners take two silver medals within the European Indoor Championships, Clare Elms additionally loved success over 15 laps.
The Briton added to her many world age-group data when she took 5 seconds off of the W60 indoor 3000m mark set by Fiona Matheson of Scotland with a time of 10:43.34 on the Irish Masters Championships at Athlone on Saturday (March 8).
With no out there 3000m races in England, the AW masters athlete of 2024, determined to journey to Eire for an try previous to the World Championships in Florida later within the month the place she is entered for the 1500m, 3000m, cross-country and 10km occasions.
Competing in Eire within the girls’s race that coated all age teams W35 up, the Kent AC athlete completed third general forward of all of the W45, W50 and W55 winners.
Final yr she had missed Matheson’s mark by one hundredth of a second within the British Championships at Sheffield after having issues passing lapped runners on the ultimate lap.
This time she was on track all through and completed strongly a number of weeks after breaking the W60 world 1500m report within the masters inter space match.
The race was received by W40 Rachel Murphy in 10:18.21.
M50 Lea Fulcher produced the quickest general male clocking with 9:15.19.
Northern Eire’s British champion Dave Clarke received the M65 800m in 2:29.23 and the 1500m by over 40 seconds in 4:59.07.
