Half Marathon results
John Beattie and Lee Merrien crossed the finish line at the same time (1:08:13) ahead of more than 600 runners at the NSPCC Milton Keynes Half Marathon in Buckinghamshire, England.
Merrien, whose name appears second in the results, took to Twitter to talk about how first place was decided.
Technically @beattiejohn and I crossed the line together but we settled the matter by a good old fashioned coin toss :)
— Lee Merrien (@leemerrien) July 12, 2015
Ben Fairhall finished in 1:14:48 to take third.
For the women, it was Julia Davis coming in first with a time of 1:20:34.
Second-place finisher Gill Fullen, the only other runner to finish under an hour and 25 minutes, came in at 1:22:43.
Melanie Edwards just missed the mark, finishing in 1:25:01.
Top 10 Men
1 | John BEATTIE | 1:08:13 |
2 | Lee MERRIEN | 1:08:13 |
3 | Ben FAIRHALL | 1:14:48 |
4 | Lewis CHALK | 1:15:19 |
5 | Ross MILNE | 1:15:58 |
6 | Darren KING | 1:16:14 |
7 | Michael GREGORY | 1:16:19 |
8 | Ludovic RENOU | 1:17:47 |
9 | Nick COUPE | 1:18:59 |
10 | Grant HARRADENCE | 1:19:02 |
Top 10 Women
1 | Julia DAVIS | 1:20:34 |
2 | Gill FULLEN | 1:22:43 |
3 | Melanie EDWARDS | 1:25:01 |
4 | Diane MOORE | 1:26:25 |
5 | Nicola BOWERMAN | 1:29:22 |
6 | Rosanna ANDREWS | 1:31:10 |
7 | Ellen GARRAWAY | 1:33:35 |
8 | Fiona BUGLER | 1:35:59 |
9 | Abi GOOCH | 1:36:57 |
10 | Kirsty MCKENZIE | 1:37:20 |