Murray Lambden on the finishing straight
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Murray Lambden was the first Manx athlete to cross the line in the London Marathon on Sunday.
The 52-year-old finished the 26-mile course in two hours 45 minutes 59 seconds, claiming fifth overall in the over-50 age group.
The 2008 Manx Marathon champion said: "I'm delighted with the result, the conditions were good for running.
"My training went well in the build-up to the race and to finish in the top 1% is fantastic."
The second Manxman home was Christian Varley who also broke three hours, finishing eight and a half minutes behind Lambden in a time of 2:54:31.
Nikki Boyde was the first Manx lady home in 3:31:44, just 23 seconds ahead of Emma Rogan.
Meanwhile, Richard Radcliffe and Paul Curphey both completed their 16th London Marathon, coming home in 3:19:33 and 3:20:58 respectively.
Over 35,000 runners completed the course with Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru winning the men's race in a new course record time of 2:05:10 and German Irina Mikitenko took the ladies crown in 2:22:11.
Results, 26 April
Top 10 Manx finishers:
Murray Lambden - 2:45:59
Christian Varley - 2:54:31
Mike Garrett - 3:08:39
Paul Cubbon - 3:13:50
Tim Knott - 3:16:25
Richard Radcliffe - 3:19:33
Paul Curphey - 3:20:58
Nikki Boyde - 3:31:44
Emma Rogan - 3:31:07
Aaron Quinn - 3:32:20
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