Michelle Turner’s 51 minute 27 second 10km walk on Sunday is remarkable in many ways. I’ve calculated it to be the third best mark ever by an over 40 British walker (behind Lisa Kehler 48:15 in 2007 and Kim Braznell’s 48:36 in 1998), she moved to third in the 2012 British rankings (all age groups) and she is now 5th on the all time Manx lists dislodging Jane Kennaugh who she also pushed into 48th in the all time UK list. The best Manx performance is by Cal Partington (46:26 in 1995; 7th UK all time list).  Carolyn Brown’s 49:14 in 1992 is second best Manx and second best British under 20 and another under 20 (Lauren Whelan 51:15 in 2011) is 4th best. Third on the Manx list is Karen Kneale with her 49:27 clocking in 1996. (ML)

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