23-04-2017 19:43 via theguardian.com

British club runner Josh Griffiths bursts on to world stage at London Marathon

• He is fastest British finisher in time of 2hr 14min 49sec
• It earns him place at 2017 world championships in LondonSomething strange and entirely wondrous began to happen to Josh Griffiths, a 23-year-old club runner from Cross Hands, halfway through his first race over 26.2 miles on Sunday. He started passing athletes in the men’s elite race at the London Marathon. First he found himself galloping past the best of the British crop. Then, improbably, he began overtaking maratho
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