Richard Pitcairn-Knowles added to his extraordinary list of masters achievements indoors and out during March with a new UK record 18:55.69 in the M85 indoor 3000m as he won both the 3000m and 800m (4:57.18) at the British Masters Indoor Championships over 9/10 March.

Not content with mere UK titles, Richard went on to contest the World Masters Championships at Torun, Poland on 24/25 March where he won silver in the M80 3000m (18:57.99) on day one and followed that with gold in the M85 Cross Country on the following day (6k/50:41).

The picture of Richard in his UK record run is from Athletics Weekly. Many congratulations to Sevenoaks AC's reigning World Champion and UK record holder!

Andrew Mead won the five mile March handicap, in bright conditions, ahead of Tony Horlock. This was Andrew's third win in the third race of the series, and he was also fastest on the day.

The next race, over seven miles, is on Sunday 21st April at the Sevenoaks School track. Details are here.

Andrew Mead was first M50 and Ed Saunders and Andrew Hutchinson second and third overall as fourteen SAC runners contested the Rotary 10k on 17th March. The SAC results were:

The full results are here.

Spring marathon preparations were in evidence among SAC runners on Sunday 10th March as they competed in the Lydd 20, where John Witton was 18th, Lydd Half and the London Marathon "Big Half", with results as follows:

Lydd 20:

Lydd Half:

The Lydd results are here.

Big Half:

The Big Half results are here.