From Chicago to Chester, Yorkshire and Frankfurt, Northowram Pumas have been flying the flag internationally and closer to home, rounding off marathon season with a fantastic series of performances, personal bests and debut finishes.

The action began on the international stage, with Richard Young travelling to the USA to take on the Chicago Marathon.

Making his debut at the prestigious World Marathon Majors series, Richard made the most of the sunshine and delivered an excellent performance, crossing the finish line in 3:04:02.

Closer to home, Chester hosted a strong contingent of Pumas for the final event in the Chester Triple Series.

Richard Young took part in the Chicago Marathon.

placeholder image — Richard Young took part in the Chicago Marathon.

The weekend brought a mixture of marathon debuts, personal bests and some particularly impressive triple-series completions.

Sixteen Pumas tackled the full marathon distance, with Jordan Smith leading the club home in 2:50:06, closely followed by Richard Craven in 2:51:39. Both runners secured personal bests.

There were further personal best performances from Sam Ludbrook (3:07:20), Gemma Robinson (3:40:25), Dan Hill (3:42:26), Chris Lambert (3:51:04), Emily Sykes (4:23:02) and Kiron Berrill (4:49:11).

Jake Scott, Kelly Parr and Anita Hewitt celebrated marathon debuts, while Sam Ludbrook, Chris Lambert, Jake Scott, Kiron Berrill, Kelly Parr and Jay Graham completed all three events in the Chester Triple Series.

Some of the Pumas who took on the Chester Metric Marathon.

The Chester event also offered a Metric Marathon, covering 26.2k (16.3 miles), in which a further 10 Pumas took part.

Demelza Bottomley, Kathryne Patchett, Emma Rodgers and Nicola Flanagan celebrated first-time finishes, while several members added another Triple Series achievement to their names.

The following weekend saw more Pumas take on the Yorkshire Marathon, where favourable running conditions and a relatively flat course provided the perfect setting for some fantastic performances.

Adam Taylor (3:40:14) and Hannah Roby (3:43:06) both made their marathon debuts, while Rebecca Booth pushed to break the four-hour barrier with an excellent personal best of 3:59:40. Andrew Smith completed the course in 4:57:48, executing his race plan perfectly with negative splits throughout.

Bringing October's marathon calendar to a close, Richard Haydock headed to Germany for the Frankfurt Marathon.

He delivered an outstanding performance, crossing the finish line in 2:45:04 to secure a fantastic new personal best in his final marathon of the year.