STEVE Way finished 30th in the mass event of the Virgin Money London Marathon.

Building towards an ultra distance race, Way followed 2 hr 37 min 10 sec in Manchester just three weeks ago with 2:26:52 in the capital.

He edged out Iain Trickett of Dorset Doddlers, who finished on the same time. Elite winner Daniel Wanjiru of Kenya clocked 2:05:48.

BAC have hopes of team medals after Rob McTaggart finished 41st in 2:28:53, backed up by Stuart Fox (2:33:24) and Anthony Clark (2:33:26).

New Forest’s Alastair Pickburn made the top 50 (2:29:30), while Poole Runners’ Sean Hogan placed 69th in 2:30:50.

Joanna Hanna of Poole AC finished 69th in the women’s race in 2:59:20, compared with Mary Keitany’s women’s only world best of 2:17:01. Vicki Ingham ran a massive personal best for Poole Runners with 3:10:33.

BAC’s Peter Thompson completed in 4:28:47, on day 23 of his charity fund-raising bid to complete 44 marathons in successive days.

Virgin Money London Marathon – leading local club results - men: 30 Steve Way (BAC) 2:26:52, 31 Iain Trickett (DD) 2:56:52, 41 Rob McTaggart (BAC) 2:28:53, 47 Alastair Pickburn (NFR) 2:29:30, 69 Sean Hogan (PR) 2:30:50, 110 Stuart Fox (BAC) 2:33:24, 113 Anthony Clark (BAC) 2:33:26, 187 Toby Chapman (BAC) 2:36:52, 333 Richard Swindlehurst (PAC) 2:40:44, 357 Jack Galloway (PAC) 2:41:15, 391 Mark Smith 2:41:56, 473 Stuart Nicholas (BAC) 2:43:44, 562 Steven Yates (PR) 2:45:14, 659 David Jones (PAC) 2:47:42, 696 Nigel Rogerson (PAC) 2:48:01, 979 Matthew Brown (LDH) 2:52:01, Darren Howard-Tomes (LDH) 2:52:31, Gary Worsley (LDH) 2:54:08, Simon Way (BAC) 2:54:11, Joff McGill (NFR) 2:54:32, Graeme Miller 2:56:48, Billy McGreevy 2:57:52, Jon Spear (PAC) 2:57:56, Matthew East (PR) 2:58:06, Jerry Shield (WAC) 2:58:56, Rupert Tory (PR) 2:58:59, Lee Dempster (LMS) 2:59:03, Paul Chapman (BAC) 3:01:31, Robert Jones (LDH) 3:04:26, Paul Currah (PR) 3:05:35, David Wilson (LDH) 3:06:30, Gary Woolnough (BAC) 3:07:28, Jason Robbins (PAC) 3:07:56, Stephen Bridger (PuR) 3:08:14, Sanjai Sharma (BAC) 3:08:51, Mark Goodwin (LDH) 3:09:32, Stephen Williams (LDH) 3:09:41, Rob Murray 3:09:45, Nigel Haywood (PuR) 3:13:04, Neil Sexton (PR) 3:15:09, Andrew Barry (WAC) 3:18:45, Paul Turle (LDH) 3:23:47, Andrew Horsley (WAC) 3:30:00, Jonny Hayes (DD) 3:36:15, Ben Hitchcock (DD) 3:37:01, Tim Evans (Westbourne) 3:39:51, Mark Worssell (PAC) 3:44:53.

Women: 69 Joanna Hanna (PAC) 2:59:20, 185 Vicki Ingham (PR) 3:10:33, 197 Valeria Sesto (NFR) 3:11:09, 301 Carly Readings (LMS) 3:15:48, 345 Lesley Moore (PAC) 3:17:22, 693 Liz Goldsack (PuR) 3:27:22, 833 Heather Khoshnevis (LDH) 3:29:43, 868 Paula Barker (PR) 3:30:27, 937 Chloe Woolf (NFR) 3:31:39, Liz Harvey (PR) 3:34:06, Kathy Fooks 3:42:42, Kerstin Cummins (BJ) 3:43:37, Carmel Ryan (LDH) 3:47:50, Francesca Christopher (PR) 3:51:10, Clare Martin (PuR) 3:52:11, Debbie Camp (BJ) 3:52:56, Sarah Orr (WAC) 3:53:13, Noreen Henderson (NFR) 3:55:32, Helen Edbrooke (WAC) 3:57:02, Alison Barry (WAC) 3:57:02, Jenny Walker-Leach (LMS) 3:59:41, Joanne Jenkins (NFR) 3:59:53, Hannah Ridout (LDH) 3:59:56, 2nd W70 Jacqueline Jenkins (LDH) 4:00:39 (positions in club, charity and ballot event).

Key to clubs: BAC - Bournemouth AC, BJ – Bournemouth Joggers, DD – Dorset Doddlers, LDH – Littledown Harriers, LMS – Lytchett Manor Striders, NFR – New Forest Runners, PAC – Poole AC, PR – Poole Runners, PuR – Purbeck Runners, WAC – Wimborne AC, WR – Westbourne Running Club.