Aerospace 5 Miles, Cheltenham - 1st July 2010
A fantastic clutch of personal bests were achieved at the Aerospace 5M Race in Cheltenham on Thursday, with Mike Smith first home for Bourton in 7th place and first MV40 in a time of 27:35.
Junior runners Lewis Gray, Conor Shoemark and Beth Pudifoot all achieved PBs in 11th, 15th and 3rd Lady respectively in times of 28:39, 29:27 and 32:47.
First Vet 45, Ian MacDougall ran a season's best in 30:08, as did Ewen Smith 30:22. Not far behind came Ian Shoemark 32:35. Sarah Harper ran a superb race for first LV40 in 32:49, just 2 seconds behind Beth for 4th lady overall.
MV55, John Raper, ran an excellent race for 34:35, as did John Gibson in the same category with 35:02. Richard Bufton and Andy McCommbes were both on form on the day with 35:49 and 36:13, just staying ahead of Niamh Shoemark in 36:22.
Other results were: Jan Short 39:56, Susan Hunt 40:51, Chris Bence 42:02, Shirley Creed 42:23, Gill Carrick 43:01, Robin Macdonald 43:24, Lynn Hudson 44:05 and Robert Humphris, doing well to finish after pulling a hamstring mid race, 48:12.
Kingham 10k - 3rd July 2010
Ewen Smith had a great run for a tough hilly event in Kingham 10K on Saturday with a time of 39:20 in 8th place, while Lucy Walmsley finished 2nd lady in under 43 minutes.
Highlights
Mike Smith finishes 7th in a fast field - 27:35
Ian MacDougall 1st V/45 - 30:22
Beth Pudddifoot is 3rd lady - 32:47
Sarah Harper is 1st L/40 - 32:49
Inspect the full results for the Aerospace 5 mile race.
Other reports may be found on our recent race reports page.