Coach: Yes Club: Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds Gender: Female Age Group: V45 County: Middlesex Region: London Nation: England

Lead Coach: Shige Yamauchi

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Domestic Championships Record 1998 – National Cross Country Championships gold 2005 – AAA Championships 10,000m bronze. Flora London Marathon silver (AAA Championships silver) 2006 – Flora London Marathon 6th (AAA Championships gold) 2007 – Flora London Marathon 6th (National Championships 6th) 2009 – Flora London Marathon silver (National Championships gold) 2010 – Virgin London Marathon 10th (National Championships gold). ING New York City Marathon 13th. New York Half Marathon gold Major Championships and International Record 2008 – Olympic Games Marathon 6th. Osaka International Ladies’ Marathon gold< 2007 – World Championships Marathon 9th 2006 – European Championships 10,000m 13th. Commonwealth Games 10,000m silver. World Cross Country Championships 23rd 2005 – World Championships Marathon 18th. World Cross Country Championships 27th. World Half Marathon 18th. Tokyo Women’s Marathon 5th 1998 – World Universities Cross Country Championships 6th 1997 – European Cross Country Championships 38th. World Universities Cross Country Championships 6th After making the European Cross Country team in 1997, Mara went to work as a diplomat in Japan for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and dropped out of athletics for a couple of years. In 2005, the Japanese-based athlete made a breakthrough on the world stage as she lowered her lifetime best from 2:39:16 to 2:31:52 in London, before finishing 18th at the World Championships in Helsinki in 2:31:26 and in her third marathon in seven months, Yamauchi improved again with 2:27:38 in Tokyo. In 2006, the veteran picked up a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games over 10000m and improved to 2:25:13 in the London Marathon and at the 2007 World Championships, Yamauchi finished a creditable ninth in blistering conditions. The Harrow AC athlete won the Osaka Marathon in January 2008 (finishing ahead of Constantina Tomescu-Dita) in 2:25.10 and was a fine sixth in the Beijing Olympics, which equalled the best ever performance by a British woman at the Olympic Games. In the Osaka Marathon in November 2008, Yamauchi was third in a lifetime best of 2:25:03, which was also a British over-35 record. In 2009 she posted her best ever half marathon with 68:29 at Marugame, Japan and also lowered her marathon pb to 2:23.12 when finishing second in the London marathon. After suffering from injury and much lost time she fought her way back to fitness and things looked up after a victory in the New York Half Marathon but below-par London and New York City Marathons emphasised the time lost and lack of racing. She was named after the Mara river in Kenya where she lived until the age of eight and where her parents had lived for 25 years. Mara's own blog is here.

Athletes Coached

Name	Club	AG	Sex	Best Event	Rank	AG	Year	Performance
Alexander Betts	Oxford Uni	V40	M	Mar	400	ALL	2023	2:36:15
Andrew Heyes	Hallamshire	SEN	M	Mar	9	ALL	2022	2:13:53
Jake Waldron	Newham & Essex Beagles	SEN	M

Best known performances

Event PB 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Event 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1998 1500 4:43.4 1500 4:43.4 3000 9:53.8 3000 9:53.8 5000 15:28.58 5000 15:28.58 10000 31:49.40 10000 32:14.88 31:49.40 32:36.57 33:29.20 5K 15:52 19:29 5K 15:52 16:19 parkrun 17:59 22:44 19:28 20:27 21:56 17:59 18:28 18:25 19:04 19:28 parkrun 5M 31:13 32:21 31:13 5M 6M 39:27 39:27 6M 10K 31:43 41:59 32:28 32:19 10K 32:27 32:26 32:21 31:43 33:08 35:41 Event PB 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Event 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1998 10M 54:13 66:11 57:55 10M 54:13 55:49 HM 68:29 84:13 92:19 75:52 69:25 HM 68:29 69:59 68:45 69:24 69:51a 73:36 72:33 30K 1:43:24 1:43:24 30K Mar 2:23:12 2:58:48 2:27:24 2:26:16 Mar 2:23:12 2:25:03 2:25:41 2:25:13 2:27:38 2:39:16

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2023 V45 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	22:44				6		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 151	25 Feb 23
2022 V45 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	19:29			19:38	199	P	30		Málaga, ESP	META:Time:Trials by ASICS 5 km	24 Apr 22
parkrun	19:28				49				Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 906	10 Dec 22
parkrun	19:36				46				Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 901	5 Nov 22
parkrun	20:11				38			1	University Parks	University Parks parkrun # 1	5 Feb 22
parkrun	20:31				69			1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 864	12 Feb 22
parkrun	22:34				7		2	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 126	3 Sep 22
parkrun	22:52				22		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 106	16 Apr 22
parkrun	23:06				8		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 124	20 Aug 22
parkrun	23:08				9		2	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 109	7 May 22
parkrun	23:53				8		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 113	4 Jun 22
5M	32:21			32:24	46		3	2	Oxford	Headington 5	29 Aug 22
10KMT	47:00				30		4	2	Wytham	Run Wytham Woods 10K	12 Jun 22
2021 V45 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	20:27				36			1	Oxford	Oxford parkrun # 441	20 Nov 21
parkrun	23:50				11		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 90	25 Dec 21
parkrun	24:10				6		2	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 75	11 Sep 21
2020 V45 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	21:56				8		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 56	1 Jan 20
parkrun	22:19				66			1	Oxford	Oxford parkrun # 422	7 Mar 20
parkrun	25:04				142				Newbury	Newbury parkrun # 431	1 Feb 20
parkrun	30:24				268				Kingston	Kingston parkrun # 518	8 Feb 20
parkrun	38:54				618				Richmond Park	Richmond Park parkrun # 651	18 Jan 20
2019 V45 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	17:59				13		3	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 793	15 Jun 19
parkrun	18:10				20		3		Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 789	18 May 19
parkrun	18:12				18		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 783	6 Apr 19
parkrun	18:14				21		3		Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 773	26 Jan 19
parkrun	18:17				17		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 774	2 Feb 19
parkrun	18:21				34		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 782	30 Mar 19
parkrun	18:21				20		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 788	11 May 19
parkrun	18:24				20		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 796	6 Jul 19
parkrun	18:29				26		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 781	23 Mar 19
parkrun	18:31				18		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 792	8 Jun 19
parkrun	19:43				58			1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 819	14 Dec 19
parkrun	21:31				2		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 24	25 May 19
parkrun	21:33				8		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 19	20 Apr 19
parkrun	21:43				6		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 25	1 Jun 19
parkrun	22:24				13		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 55	28 Dec 19
parkrun	23:09				7		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 45	19 Oct 19
parkrun	53:05				413				Fountains Abbey	Fountains Abbey parkrun # 275	17 Aug 19
parkrun	1:09:19				309				Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 34	3 Aug 19
5MXC	30:50				7	D1		1	Croydon	Start Fitness Surrey Ladies' League Division 1/2	2 Mar 19
8MMT	51:21				6		1	1	Hungerford	Run West Berks Series Hungerford Harey 8	23 Jun 19
Mar	2:58:48			2:59:31					Matsuyama, JPN	Ehime Marathon	10 Feb 19
2018 V40 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	18:28				27		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 761	17 Nov 18
parkrun	18:33				24		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 765	15 Dec 18
parkrun	18:43				39		2		Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 759	3 Nov 18
parkrun	18:55				3		1	1	Lydney	Lydney parkrun # 153	1 Dec 18
parkrun	19:03				35		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 747	11 Aug 18
parkrun	19:03				34		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 748	18 Aug 18
parkrun	19:03				40		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 749	25 Aug 18
parkrun	19:11				37		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 735	19 May 18
parkrun	19:17				40		3	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 746	4 Aug 18
parkrun	19:18				38		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 743	14 Jul 18
parkrun	19:22				47		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 737	2 Jun 18
parkrun	19:34				24		2	1	Dulwich	Dulwich parkrun # 320	21 Apr 18
parkrun	19:35				11		2	1	Oxford	Oxford parkrun # 334	12 May 18
parkrun	19:37				14		2	1	Longrun Meadow	Longrun Meadow parkrun # 258	1 Sep 18
parkrun	19:45				6		1	1	Tamar Lakes	Tamar Lakes parkrun # 186	5 May 18
parkrun	19:47				11		2	1	Bideford	Bideford parkrun # 105	31 Mar 18
parkrun	19:47				69			1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 729	7 Apr 18
parkrun	20:15				19		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond Park parkrun # 564	9 Jun 18
parkrun	21:07				1		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 2	22 Dec 18
parkrun	21:09				6		1	1	Woolacombe Dunes	Woolacombe Dunes parkrun # 3	29 Dec 18
6KXC	24:45				14	D1		1	Nonsuch Park	Start Fitness Surrey Ladies' League Division 1/2	10 Nov 18
7KMT	26:41				25		1	1	Bushy Park	Wedding Day 7K	27 Jul 18
8KXC	35:23				25	D1		5	Wimbledon Common	Start Fitness Surrey Ladies' League Division 1/2	13 Jan 18
5M	31:13			31:17	55		4	1	Oxford	Headington 5	26 Aug 18
8.3KXC	33:31				23	D1		5	Richmond Park	Start Fitness Surrey Ladies' League Division 1/2	10 Feb 18
6M	39:27				19		1	1	Hornton	Hornton Classic 6	21 Jul 18
8MMT	65:26				9		2	1	Ilfracombe	Combe Crawler 8	25 Nov 18
HM	84:19			84:23	94		12	1	Ealing	Ealing Half Marathon	30 Sep 18
HM	84:13			84:35	183		9	2	Oxford	Virgin Sport Oxford Half Marathon	7 Oct 18
HM	89:51			90:39	588		28	3	Hackney	Virgin Sport Hackney Half Marathon	20 May 18
2017 V40 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	18:25				29		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 675	8 Apr 17
parkrun	18:41				39		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 676	15 Apr 17
parkrun	18:47				28		3	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 669	25 Feb 17
parkrun	18:47				21				Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 688	8 Jul 17
parkrun	18:49				29			1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 689	15 Jul 17
parkrun	18:57				17		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 665	28 Jan 17
parkrun	18:57				37		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 690	22 Jul 17
parkrun	19:00				35		1	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 671	11 Mar 17
parkrun	19:24				36		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 694	19 Aug 17
parkrun	19:40				55		2	1	Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 707	18 Nov 17
parkrun	19:45				17		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond Park parkrun # 535	2 Dec 17
parkrun	19:52				19		1	1	Richmond Park	Richmond Park parkrun # 537	16 Dec 17
parkrun	19:53				20		2	1	Richmond Park	Richmond Park parkrun # 536	9 Dec 17
parkrun	19:58				17		1	1	Oxford	Oxford parkrun # 314	25 Nov 17
parkrun	33:21				329				Fulham Palace	Fulham Palace parkrun # 194	3 Jun 17
7KMT	25:34			25:35	26		2	1	Bushy Park	Wedding Day 7K	28 Jul 17
4.7MXC	31:32				10			2	Coulsdon	Surrey Ladies' League	11 Feb 17
10M	66:11				101		9	2	Twickenham	Cabbage Patch 10	15 Oct 17
HM	92:19			92:44	50		10	4	Harrow on the Hill	Harrow Half Marathon	17 Sep 17
2016 V40 Harrow/Thames Hare & Hounds
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	19:04				41				Bushy Park	Bushy Park parkrun # 657	17 Dec 16
parkrun	19:48				11		1	1	Barnstaple	Barnstaple parkrun # 204	24 Dec 16
5.8KXC	23:20				27			4	Mitcham Common	Surrey Ladies' League	3 Dec 16
5.03MXC	32:02				17			1	Richmond Park	Surrey Ladies' League	13 Feb 16
10K	41:59			42:14	52		5	2	Crowborough	Crowborough 10K	27 Nov 16
2015 V40 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
HM	75:52			75:58	29		2	1	Wokingham	Wokingham Half Marathon	8 Feb 15
HM	77:50			77:52	91		6	2	Bath	Bath Half Marathon	1 Mar 15
2014 V40 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10M	57:55				35		4	1	Twickenham	Cabbage Patch 10	19 Oct 14
2013 V35 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	19:28				16		1	1	Brockwell	Brockwell parkrun # 144	12 Oct 13
2012 V35 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10K	32:28				6	EW			Manchester	Bupa Great Manchester Run 10K	20 May 12
10K	32:53			32:53	62		1		London	Bupa London 10,000 (10K)	27 May 12
Mar	DNF				-				London	Olympic Games Marathon	5 Aug 12
2011 V35 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10K	32:19			32:19			1		Berlin, GER	Berlin 10K	9 Oct 11
Mar	2:27:24				3				Yokohama, JPN	Yokohama Women's Marathon	20 Nov 11
2010 V35 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
HM	69:25	a			26		1		New York NY, USA	New York Half Marathon	21 Mar 10
HM	70:39	a			5	E			Newcastle-South Shields	Bupa Great North Run Half Marathon	19 Sep 10
HM	70:46						6		Marugame, JPN	Marugame Half Marathon	7 Feb 10
30K	1:43:24				1				Ohme-Hochi, JPN	Ohme-Hochi 30K	21 Feb 10
Mar	2:26:16			2:26:16	10	E			London	Virgin London Marathon	25 Apr 10
Mar	2:31:38			2:31:38	65		13	2	New York NY, USA	ING New York City Marathon	7 Nov 10
2009 V35 Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10K	32:27				1				Ome, JPN	Ome 10K	15 Feb 09
HM	68:29				1				Marugame, JPN	Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon	1 Feb 09
HM	70:09				1				Matsue, JPN	Matsue Ladies Half Marathon	15 Mar 09
Mar	2:23:12			2:23:12	2	E			London	London Marathon	26 Apr 09
2008 SEN Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10000	32:14.88				3				Kobe, JPN	Kobe Distance Meeting	11 Oct 08
10K	32:26				16		2		London	Bupa London 10,000 (10K)	26 May 08
HM	69:59				1				Matsue, JPN	Matsue Ladies Half Marathon	16 Mar 08
Mar	2:25:03				3				Tokyo, JPN	Tokyo International Women’s Marathon	16 Nov 08
Mar	2:25:10				1				Osaka, JPN	Osaka International Ladies' Marathon	27 Jan 08
Mar	2:27:29				6				Beijing, CHN	Olympic Games	17 Aug 08
Mar	2:46:58				5				Beijing, CHN	Olympic Warm-up	20 Apr 08
2007 SEN Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5K	15:52						5		Albany NY, USA	Freihofer's Run	2 Jun 07
10K	32:21						3		New York NY, USA	New York Road Runners New York Mini 10K	9 Jun 07
10K	34:18	A					5		Boulder CO, USA	Bolder Boulder 10K	28 May 07
10KL	31:43								Yokohama, JPN	Yokohama International Women's Ekiden	25 Feb 07
10M	54:13				28		3		Portsmouth	Bupa Great South Run 10	28 Oct 07
HM	68:45				2				Sapporo, JPN	Sapporo Half Marathon	8 Jul 07
HM	69:28				2				Okayama, JPN	Sanyo Road Race	23 Dec 07
HM	69:36				2				Matsue, JPN	Matsue Ladies Half Marathon	18 Mar 07
HM	74:38				3				Saint Denis, FRA	Saint Denis, FRA	4 Nov 07
Mar	2:25:41				26		6		London	Flora London Marathon	22 Apr 07
Mar	2:32:55				9				Osaka, JPN	IAAF World Championships	2 Sep 07
2006 SEN Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5000	15:28.58				1				Solihull	BMC/Nike Grand Prix	24 Jun 06
10000	31:49.40				3				Melbourne, AUS	Commonwealth Games	21 Mar 06
10000	32:07.90				13				Gothenburg, SWE	European Championships	7 Aug 06
5K	16:19				8				London Hyde Park	Hydro Active Women's Challenge 5km	3 Sep 06
10K	31:43						1		Ohme, JAP	Ohme, JAP	19 Feb 06
HM	69:24						3		Marugame, JAP	Marugame, JAP	5 Feb 06
HM	70:38						1		Rotterdam, HOL	Fortis Rotterdam Half Marathon	10 Sep 06
HM	70:56				5	2			Sapporo, JAP	Sapporo Half Marathon	9 Jul 06
Mar	2:25:13				45		6		London	London Marathon	23 Apr 06
2005 SEN Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10000	32:36.57				3				Watford	BMC	11 Jun 05
10K	33:08				48		7		Manchester	Manchester	22 May 05
10M	55:49				16		1		Twickenham	MAX SPORTS & FOSTERS CABBAGE PATCH 10	16 Oct 05
HM	69:51	a			33		6		South Shields	Great North Run	18 Sep 05
HM	71:52				2		1		Blackpool	Blackpool Half Marathon	19 Jun 05
HM	72:40				18				Edmonton, CAN	IAAF World Champs Half Marathon	2 Oct 05
Mar	2:27:38				5				Tokyo, JPN	TOKYO WOMEN'S MARATHON	20 Nov 05
Mar	2:31:26				18				Helsinki, FIN	IAAF World Championships	14 Aug 05
Mar	2:31:52				85		10		London	London Marathon	17 Apr 05
2004 SEN Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
10K	35:41				1				Blenheim	-	17 Oct 04
10K	38:29	A			28				Boulder, USA	-	31 May 04
HM	73:36				2				Wilmslow	Allsports Wilmslow Half Marathon	21 Mar 04
HM	80:39				13				Bristol	Bristol Half Marathon	12 Sep 04
HM	81:11	a			22				South Shields	BUPA Great North Run	26 Sep 04
Mar	2:39:16				17				London	London Marathon	18 Apr 04
2003 SEN Harrow
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	4:43.4				1				Harrow	Southern Womens League Division 1	7 Jun 03
3000	9:53.8				1	A			Harrow	Southern Womens League Division 1	7 Jun 03
10000	33:29.20				8				Watford	BMC Grand Prix	5 Jul 03
HM	72:33				2				Bristol	-	7 Sep 03
1998 SEN Parkside (Harrow)
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
5000	DNS								Battersea Park	BMC Regional Races	14 Jun 98
ZXC	27:36				1				Parliament Hill	South of England Cross Country Championships	31 Jan 98

Total Performances: 163

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