Despite less than ideal conditions, Fiona put in a stunning run on Sunday to win the Halstead Marathon and the title of Essex Marathon Champion ! Not only did she win the race, but she destroyed the previous course record by almost 11 minutes - taking it from 3' 09 to 2' 58 ! - an incredible achievement

One of the race officials said

"I'm lost for words. When I saw your winning time of 2:58:22 I was stunned that someone had taken over 10 mins off of our course record (which previously stood at 3:09:04). Now I don't know what to say. You acheived that and are battling a collapsed lung and have had both kneecaps removed. Unbelievable. Hats off. (many times over)"

Wearing her Vegan Runners Top she was presented with the winners trophy by the Mayor

As you can see Fiona was very happy to win !

Hopefully someone will pick this story up and give it the attention it deserves - with the media full of Vegan hating Gordon Ramsey who cooked a Horse on his miserable show yesterday. Ramsey is a very keen marathon runner too - yet Fiona, a girl AND a VEGAN is capable of running a marathon 90 minutes quicker than he can - and she has a knee replacement ! - is this a story or is this a story?