Most Improved Male Runner of the Year 2018 Jimmy Dale Congratulations to Jimmy Dale - ELR Club Runner of the Month for May 2018. Jimmy joined East London Runners in October 2017 and has been focusing on the longer distance challenges. On 13th May he completed the 'hilly' Halstead and Essex Marathon in a personal best time of 3.52.57. The following weekend he achieved a personal best time of 1.40.04 at the Hackney Half Marathon. Having signed up for an Ironman, Jimmy decided that the best preparation would be to run a marathon a month! Since March, he has also competed in the Thames Meander Trail Marathon, Greater Manchester Marathon and Brighton Marathon. A regular at the track and club events, Jimmy is set to make his debut for ELR in the ELVIS series at the Dagenham 5 Mile race on 30th May and can look forward to the Chicago Marathon in October.