Sunderland Harrier Alice Smith is running into good form with less than two weeks before her London Marathon appearance on April 23.

The 34-year-old had her best ever performance since joining Sunderland Harriers early last year.

She finished runner-up in the Blyth Valley 10k Road Race in a personal best of 37min 47sec in a strong women’s field, knocking 15 seconds off her previous fastest.

This is just the performance the Penshaw athlete was looking for in her final race before the big one.

The women’s race was won by Birtley’s Tracy Millmore in 36.30 and third place was filled by North Shields athlete Jaqueline Penn in 37.50, with Georgia Campbell (Jarrow and Hebburn) fourth in 37.53.

Sunderland Harriers also placed Amy Callaghan as 23rd woman (42.19) and Coleen Compson was 32nd (44.09).
Morpeth Harrier Ross Floyd won the race in 31.57, with club-mate Tom Straughan second (32.05).

Sunderland Harriers had Michael Barker in 10th (33.53), Ian Ritchie 12th (34.00) and Jake Jansen 19th (33.39).

Original Article Sunderland Echo:
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/athletics/sunderland-harrier-alice-in-good-form-ahead-of-london-marathon-1-8483990