Murray Lambden on the finishing straight

Murray Lambden was the first Manx athlete to cross the line in the London Marathon on Sunday.

The 52-year-old finished the 26-mile course in two hours 45 minutes 59 seconds, claiming fifth overall in the over-50 age group.

The 2008 Manx Marathon champion said: "I'm delighted with the result, the conditions were good for running.

"My training went well in the build-up to the race and to finish in the top 1% is fantastic."

The second Manxman home was Christian Varley who also broke three hours, finishing eight and a half minutes behind Lambden in a time of 2:54:31.

Nikki Boyde was the first Manx lady home in 3:31:44, just 23 seconds ahead of Emma Rogan.

Meanwhile, Richard Radcliffe and Paul Curphey both completed their 16th London Marathon, coming home in 3:19:33 and 3:20:58 respectively.

Over 35,000 runners completed the course with Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru winning the men's race in a new course record time of 2:05:10 and German Irina Mikitenko took the ladies crown in 2:22:11.

Results, 26 April

Top 10 Manx finishers:

Murray Lambden - 2:45:59

Christian Varley - 2:54:31

Mike Garrett - 3:08:39

Paul Cubbon - 3:13:50

Tim Knott - 3:16:25

Richard Radcliffe - 3:19:33

Paul Curphey - 3:20:58

Nikki Boyde - 3:31:44

Emma Rogan - 3:31:07

Aaron Quinn - 3:32:20

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