[Not a valid template]The May Day holiday came and with it the Belfast Marathon and alongside it the Marathon Relay and its hundreds of teams. Conditions were frankly bad – very cold, constant rain and strong winds. The girls’ relay team, running as North Down Bunnies had a terrific gun-to-tape victory in the all female relay section. Jessica Craig took the lead on the opening leg, a lead which was maintained by Rachel Gibson, Julie Balmer, Debbie Matchett and captain Ange Perrott. Well done to all five of them, it was a great effort. The total time was ahealthy 2:49.18 hrs.