Marathon men CLAY HARRIS MUDLARK

The training regime of Stuart Horsewood, Standard Chartered's main in Kabul, has paid off. Horsewodd, you may recall, prepares for marathons by running inside the bank's house in the Afghan capital (Mudlark, November 2 2004).

Horsewood successfully completed the four marathons in the Greatest Race on Earth, part of Standard Chartered's effort to raise enough money to restore sight to 1m people through the Seeing is Believing project. His accumulated time of 18:29:29 for Nairobi, Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong was the sixth best. Horsewood also ran marathons in Dubai, London and the Falkland Islands.

He was one of only eight runners to complete all four legs of the Greatest Race.

Kenyan runner Martin Longuran finished first only in Mumbai, but his combined time of 09:20:11 was 1 min 59 sec ahead of runner-up Cleophas Rop and won him Dollars 100,000 (Pounds 53,000). The team prize of Dollars 400,000 was won by PACE Sports Management team, all Kenyans - Stephen Ndungu, John Rono, Penuel Osoro and Joshua Kipkemboi. www.thegreatestrace.com

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