M75-79: Sheridan masters London in 3:25:31

• Mike Sheridan won the M75-79 age group in 3:25:31 (7:50/mi) — more than 15 minutes clear of second place.
• Richard Pfeiffer and Francis Brennan staged a tight battle for the silver, finishing just 32 seconds apart — 3:41:17 to 3:41:49 — with Brennan making up ground late.
• Raymond Butler (5th, 3:52:32) was the strongest finisher in the back half of the top five, posting one of the better 35K–40K splits among the group.
• 58 men aged 75–79 crossed the line at London, with the top 20 all finishing under 4:47.

Mike Sheridan simply ran away from the M75-79 field. His 7:50/mi average was a different race from the rest of the group, and his move through the men's field tells the story: after a conservative opening, he was climbing steadily through the standings all the way to 30K, then held his pace through a windy final stretch to finish with authority. By the time the race was done, he had put 15 minutes and 46 seconds between himself and second place — a margin that left no ambiguity about who owned this age group today.

The real drama unfolded behind him. Richard Pfeiffer came through in second at 3:41:17 (8:26/mi), but Francis Brennan was closing hard. Brennan's 40K-to-finish split was strong enough to rank among the better closing efforts in the broader field, and he ate into Pfeiffer's lead in those final kilometres — but 32 seconds was ultimately too much to claw back, leaving Brennan in third at 3:41:49 (8:28/mi). Fourth went to Ronald Cattle in 3:47:19, with Raymond Butler rounding out the top five in 3:52:32 after a solid 35K–40K segment.

Further back, a cluster of finishers between 4:07 and 4:14 — Frank Moggan (6th, 4:07:24) through Andy Watts (9th, 4:13:14) and Peter Rymill (10th, 4:14:27) — kept things competitive in the mid-field, separated by just seven minutes across five athletes. All 58 men who toed the line in the M75-79 age group at London in 14 mph winds and overcast skies got it done.