An Isle of Wight runner has completed her seventh marathon just before her 70th birthday.
Gill Shaw, 69, ran the ABP Southampton marathon on Sunday, April 6, in just under six hours.
She completed her first 26-mile race on the Isle of Wight in 2020, and won a ballot place to do the London marathon the year after.
Gill said: "When I turned 60, I decided to start exercising - I joined parkrun, then Love Running Tuesday Nighters.
Gill Shaw started running when she was 60, and ran her first marathon in 2020 (Image: Contributed)
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"It's great when you're in a lovely group of people doing all sorts of things."
The Southampton marathon is made up of two laps of a 13-mile course - Gill managed to overtake people on her second lap.
She said: "I said before and on the day that this should be it, but never say never.
"I'm 70 at the beginning of May, and we have a lovely veteran group on the Island.
"We're still pushing the boundaries - onwards!"
Despite considering her future with marathons, Gill will take on, in her own words, the more relaxed challenge of the IW Ultra Marathon.
She said: "It's much more of a relaxed environment.
"We'll be doing that on May 3."
