Last Saturday, 43 athletes who live or go to school in Richmond represented the borough in the mini marathon.

The course began at Horse Guards Parade, looped around St James’s Park, passed Buckingham Palace and finished on The Mall, the iconic end point of the London Marathon.

In the borough challenge section of the mini marathon, where they competed against other London boroughs, Team Richmond delivered a strong set of results across the age groups.

The girls under-14s won their age group and the boys under-18s placed third overall.

Richmond’s boys under-13s came sixth, the boys under-14s placed eighth and the boys under-16s also finished eighth.

Richmond’s girls under-16s and under-18s came eleventh, and the girls under-12s finished twelfth.