Elite Female Athlete, Natasha Cockram running for Great Britain, in the 2019 London Marathon. She went on to finish 21st, in a time of 02:40:31
Rising Welsh marathon star Natasha Cockram has celebrated being named among the elite field at this year’s Virgin London Marathon by setting a new personal best in America. The Micky Morris Racing Team athlete sliced a minute-and-a-half off her lifetime best for the mile distance at the Houston Marathon on Sunday. Cockram, who only ran her first marathon last April, has now lowered her best mark by over 10 minutes since winning the Newport Marathon on her debut. he Welsh runner clocked a time of 2, eclipsing her previous best set at the Dublin Marathon last October. Cockram will now turn her attentions to April’s London Marathon, which will incorporate the Welsh and British Marathon Championships, as well as acting as a trial for the Great Britain team ahead of this September’s World Championships in 26-year-old’s new personal best is well within the IAAF’s World Championship qualifying standard of 2 However, she will face fierce competition for places on the Great Britain team from the likes of England’s Tracey Barlow, who ran 73:03 over the half marathon distance in Houston.
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Location: North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom
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