STEVE Way ran 10 minutes faster than last year to finish 28th in the Flora London Marathon.

The Bournemouth AC star clocked exactly two hours 25 minutes to finish within 20 minutes of winner Samuel Wanjiru (2:05:10).

Way was just 10 minutes down on the first British finisher, Andi Jones (2:15:20), and within two minutes of the 2:23:12 in which top British woman Mara Yamauchi finished second in the separate elite women’s race.

Though his hopes of team medals had faded with illnesses and injuries to club-mates in recent weeks, as 13th British man home, Way could come under scrutiny from national selectors.

Poole Runners’ captain Martin Lewis was 103rd in 2:35:11, with club-mate James Baulch taking more than one minute from his personal best in 2:41:52.

Poole Athletic Club’s Andy Clements continued a consistent record of capital performances. Stepping up to the over-50s, he missed a medal by little more than one minute as he clocked 2:44:46 for fourth in his new category.

London Marathon, local results, women: 55 Valeria Sesto (New Forest Runners) 3:02:15, 279 Becky Griffith (PR) 3:21:03, 293 Heather Khoshnevis (LDH) 3:21:37, 346 Janie Chapman (LDH) 3:24:19, 412 Carole Loader (BJ) 3:26:52, 883 Debbie Camp (BJ) Men: 28 Steven Way 2:25:00, 103 Martin Lewis (PR) 2:35:11, 216 James Baulch (PR) 2:41:52, 291 (4th over-50) Andy Clements (PAC) 2:22:46, 524 Philip Mosley (BAC) 2:52:48, 644 Jerry Shield (WAC) 2:55:12, 690 Robin Copestick (BAC) 2:56:07, 1075 Peter Rabjohns (PAC) 3:02:33, 1516 Adrian Mead (WAC) 3:09:12, 1611 Steve Nethercott (Lytchett Manor) 3:10:41, 1930 Steve Shuck (LDH) 3:14:05, 275 Richard Shipway (PAC) 3:19.26, 2218 Craig Dixon (WAC) 3:17:18, 2628 (10th over-60) Thomas Booth (Lytchett Manor) 3:21:27 Bournemouth AC: Andrew Jennings 3:19:15, Paul Consani 3:54:38 Poole AC: Bob Sweetlove 3:34:29, Andrew Rosa 3:39:18, Mark Worssell 3:50:13, Karl Parry 3:57:16, Alan Broadbent 4:01:058, Tina Stoakes 4:29:14, Peter Jones 6:29:59, Rita Wellstead 6:33:11 Poole Runners: Don Doe 3:17:53, John Cakebread 3:18:20, David Ozanne 3:26:18, Hannah Towner 3:54:36, Andrew Ingold 3:55:59, Jane Chandler 4:50:50, Deborah Bundy 4:54:46 Wimborne AC: Andy Porter 3:37:30, Nigel Eldred 3:58:23, Timothy Box 4:52:27, Debbie Whittle 5:06:18 Bournemouth Joggers: Carly Harrison 4:00:41, Naomi Bennett 4:08:46, Colette Hunter 4:11:22, Patricia Ozier 4:17:15, Jacqui Burrows 4:18:01, Kerstin Wadeley 4:22:15, Anna Porter 4:25:34, Carol McCloskey 4:50:17, Patricia Everitt 5:23:31, Debbie Phillips 5:31:26, Elizabeth Jenkins 5:31:26 Hamworthy Harriers: Kevin Dwyer 3:56:50, Rebecca Collins 3:56:58, Martin Coombes 4:04:39 Littledown Harriers: Kevin Brown 3:28:20, Paolo de Luca 3:31:49, Craig McElroy 3:35:39, Neil Ingle 3:37:02, Nicki Sandell 3:47:33, Nick Jay 3:57:57, Barry Light 3:59:24, Mark White 4:09:42, Ulrich Kneifel 4:12:16, Robert Bajaj 4:13:42, Linda Edwards 4:14:53, Pauline Roberts 4:30:23, Jim Kerr 4:30:40, Carmel Ryan 4:31:48, Madeline Lynch 4:39:50, Antony Robinson 5:07:29 Lytchett Manor Striders: Steve Cooper 3:42:53, Steve Littlecott 3:55:32, Brian Sanderson 4:14:27, Robert Brown 4:27:35, Andrea Young 4:40:47, Caroline Dodd 5:37:05, Chris Keevil 6:03:14.