[4] He finished second at the 1984 Miami Marathon behind Sweden's Tommy Persson.

His finishing time was five seconds slower than in Berlin the previous year.

[8] Ashworth had spent most of the race in the leading pack behind Brown,[10] and gradually caught up to him.

[8] Ashworth himself was running with a knee injury sustained two months before the race.

[12] Later in the year, he came 12th at the 1986 New York City Marathon; he was the highest finishing Briton at the race.