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Neal wins her age group at the Alsager 5
MARCH athlete Melissa Neal won the Over 35 women’s age group at the Alsager 5 in 31.27.
Neal finished 12th lady and 108th overall and was delighted with her performance given the difficult conditions.
She said: “It went really well and I enjoyed it although it was very slushy in places.
“It was difficult to overtake in places because you had to try and stick to the better running line. The second mile was slippery but generally the course wasn’t too bad.
“I had to take it easy around corners and it was also foggy which didn’t help but I was very pleased to finish first veteran.”
Neal will next tackle the Pocklington Snake Lane 10 next week where she hopes to run around 61-62 minutes.
n STAMFORD Strider Paul Massingham won the Wellingborough Multi-Terrain 10k by 42 seconds in 37.20 while PACTRAC’s Chris Brennan was eighth in the 15k in 65.24. Thorney Running Club veteran Geoff Howes was 26th in the 15k in 72.47.
n WERRINGTON Jogger Chris Dunn finished 171st in the British Universities Cross-Country Championships at Cardiff in 36.05. Barnack’s Ed Gunby finished 56th in the B race in 36.05.
n HUNTS Athletic Club’s Tom Pope led the local challenge in the Cambridge ParkRun 5k, finishing 11th in 18.34.
Local results - 11 Tom Pope (Hunts, MV35) 18.34; 63 Phil Pearsons (BRJ, MV50) 22.04; 126 Richard Stevens (BRJ, MV35) 26:02; 143 Karl Taylor (BRJ, MV35) 27:18; 162 Keith Simmons (BRJ, MV60) 28:38; 219 Tony Cotton (BRJ, MV70) 35:50; 221 Frank Holmes (BRJ, MV40) 36:12; 223 Cameron Smith (BRJ, U15) 36:32; 224 Sarah Hall (BRJ, SL) 36:32; 227 John O’Callaghan (BRJ, MV60) 37:32.
n THREE members of the Barlow family from BRJ made their debut run at the Bedford ParkRun 5k. Charlie was 15th in a personal best 21.09, father Jon was 22nd in 22.19 and mother Nicky was 63rd in 27.07.
n THORNEY Running Club veteran Paul Down finished 1,308th in the Chichester 10k in 65.34.
n FENLAND Running Club’s Sarah Gauvin finished 19th at the King’s Lynn ParkRun 5k in 23.50.
n ANDY Rawlins of Werrington Joggers led the local challenge in the tough 8.5-mile Rauceby Ripper multi-terrain race.
Local results - 35 Andy Rawlins (Werrington, M40) 62.55; 50 Dave Denness (Stamford, M50) 65.35; 78 Paul Armstrong (Stamford) 70.02; 80 Dave Aust (Stamford, M40) 70.06; 82 Leanne Rickett (Fenland, SL) 70.17; 126 Nicholas Smith (Stamford, M40) 76.34; 127 Celina Silver (Stamford, LV40) 76.34; 140 Suzanne Moon (Stamford, SL) 79.03; 141 Maria Sowerby (Stamford, LV50) 79.35.
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