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Athletics Delight for Chelsea after she runs her 'perfect race'
Bristol Post
|October 24, 2025
A DELIGHTED Chelsea Baker has revealed she ran almost the 'perfect' race at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon.
Chelsea Baker and fiance Adam Stokes celebrate in Amsterdam
Baker soared to third in the Bristol & West AC All Time Rankings behind Olympian Claire Hallissey (2:27:44) and England international Jenny Spink (2:31:14) after completing the 26.2 miles in a personal best time of 2hrs 32mins 27secs.
That carved close to four minutes off her previous best set two years ago in London and puts her No 1 in the South West this year and 11th in the UK Rankings.
"I was absolutely delighted," said Baker.
"Everything was perfect and the event went like a textbook. I'm still buzzing from it."
Baker went out to Amsterdam a couple of days before Sunday's race to get settled in and on race day was greeted with perfect weather conditions and a fast course
"I was really chilled beforehand and I knew I would have no-one to blame but myself if the race didn't go well," added Baker.
This story is from the October 24, 2025 edition of Bristol Post.
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