A global pandemic didn’t deter local long distance runners from having fun!

Eye Community Runners organised a ‘virtual relay’ in its place, in which the name of the game was for each individual to cover as much ground as possible in one hour. The event attracted a mammoth 530 athletes who between them covered a distance of 3451.84 miles.

Five Peterborough based clubs were among the 14 entries and a number of local runners delivered fine performances as they strived to be the best at their club

Peterborough Nene Valley AC’s Phil Martin comfortably covered the greatest distance, finishing with 11.08 miles under his belt. Martin chose to run lap after lap of a mile long loop at Lynch Wood.

His teammates Dominic Watson and Simon Fell were second and third in mileage achieved with Watson covering 10.78 miles to Fell’s 10.43.

Maggie Skinner, also of Peterborough Nene Valley, was the most travelled lady with 8.88 miles as clubmate Elisabeth Sennit-Clough covered 8.63 miles. Laura Whitton of Eye Community Runners split them with 8.69 miles.

The leading Yaxley runners were Darren Maddison and Darren Wells who both managed 8.80 miles. Kayleigh Draper led their ladies with 8.22 miles.

Wayne Bradley covered exactly nine miles for Eye, while Daniel Woodward and Kelly Maddy were the top two for Thorney with 8.05 and 7.94 miles respectively.

For Werrington Kelly O’Donoghue was the pick of the bunch with 7.81 miles. Richard Lowings was next running 7.65 miles.

As an added attraction runners were encouraged to run with a baton of their choosing. These ranged from wooden spoons to toilet brushes.

The event raised over £1,000 for the charity ‘Give Back Peterborough’, including a £300 donation from Yaxley Runners.