Background
Clarke Harrison grew up in a small village in Derbyshire.
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Jill Harrison
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She studied at the Birmingham and Loughborough Universities and turned down a scholarship to an American University.
Career
She didn"t discover running until encouraged in a PE lesson to train for the Sheffield schools championships. This lead her to run for Britain at the age of 19. By this time she had already been 2nd in the English Schools.
Her time in the London Marathon, 2 hours 34 minutes 19 seconds was the fastest Marathon debut by a British woman until Paula Radcliffe in 2002.
As of December 2006 she was the 21st fastest 10k female runner in Britain with a time of 32.41 and 22nd fastest 5000m female track runner with 15.34. Coaches have included George Gandy, Brian Scoby & Frank Horwill.
World University Cross Country Championships Women (individual) Gold Medal Jill Clarke/Harrison 1980
Vulcan Run-1987 November 3 place Jill Clarke/Harrison in 33´32´´
10,000 meters 33´27´´ 1st place Hull 22-jun-1986
10 kilometers (road) 32´41´´ 4th place Orlando, Florida United States of America 21-feb-1987
15 kilometers (road) 50´27´´ 2nd place Jacksonville, Florida United States of America 14-mar-1987
10 miles (road) 54´27´´ 4th place Washington District of Columbia. United States of America 2-abril-1989
Half marathon 1º11´44´´ 1st place Fleet 29-mar-1987
25 kilometers (road) 1º30´33´´ 2nd place Glasgow 30-sep-1990
Marathon 2º34´19´´ 14th place London Marathon 23-April-1989 toda esta información está en ().
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