Martin Connell encountered fairly hot conditions for the Edinburgh Marathon. This did not deter him though as he went on to record 03:28:02 which was a massive personal best taking 20 minutes off his first marathon time of 03:48:40 only 7 months ago. Martin said "I only started coming to the running club Thursdays in late November, no speed sessions till January when I properly joined so huge improvement in 5 months. If you could put pass on my thanks to everyone for making me so welcome & helping me would be appreciated. I even managed to do a little negative split so must have picked up some good habits! Also I was running it for Dravats Syndrome UK (severe childhood epilepsy) and have raised about £400 so far. More to come still!" Great effort Martin.