Road racing round-up from around the UK in recent days

FARNBOROUGH HALF-MARATHON, Surrey, February 9

Adam Clarke, who won the Manchester Marathon last year in 2:16:29, races sparingly but added the Brighton 10km in November in 29:47 and here posted a routing win after breaking away from Max Milarvie, in 63:46, as top veteran Kevin Quinn ran 66:54 in third spot.

The women’s race was won by Ellie Monks in 75:56, a time that would have ranked fourth on the 2024 W40 age group listings.

Also having an impact on the ranking lists was Reading Road Runners’ Sarah Gee, who went third on the all-time W60 tables with an 86:36 effort and this after the two-time London Marathon W45 age group winner returned to the sport after 14 years away.

Gee said: “I started cautiously as it was my first Half-marathon in many years and I was a little worried about the last 3 miles. But, as I warmed up, I was able to pick up the pace and sustain more or less a 4min/ km pace but it does take me a few miles to loosen up.”

Also in form, among the older runners, was W70 rankings topper Dot Kesterton who raced to 1:45:05.

Overall: 1 A Clark (AFD) 63:46; 2 M Milarvie (Dulw R) 66:14; 3 K Quinn (S Lon, M45) 66:54; 4 A Pointon 67:36; 5 N Bester (Best A) 69:00; 6 B Tyler 69:16

M40: 1 B Stephenson 70:02

M50: 1 C Compton 75:04

M60: 1 O Dare 82:10; 2 S Townsend 82:15; 3 K Murray 82:40

Women: 1 E Monks (Soton, W40) 75:56; 2 C Cain 76:02; 3 L Bailey (Strag, W40) 78:32

W50: 1 A Granger (B&W) 83:21; 2 K Streams 83:54

W60: 1 S Gee (Read RR) 86:36; 2 S Ridley 95:27

W70: 1 D Kesterton (Steel) 1:45:05

BOLSOVER 10km, Derbyshire, February 9

Overall: K Watson (Mansf) 32:37

M45: 1 D Hawley (Long E) 33;19

M60: 1 J Lowe (Mansf) 38:35

M70: 1 T Barrable (Mat) 44:23

Women: 1 H Gill (Mansf, W45) 36:34

W50: 1 S Eadsforth (Der) 40:43

W60: 1 B Coomber (Denby D) 42:39

GOODWOOD GRAND PRIX, West Sussex, February 9

Veteran James Baker kept up his long-standing winning streak with yet another victory, this time his 1168th in all competitions and it was his fourth win in the marathon series here, in 2:31:54, his fastest since 2022.

Overall (26.2M): 1 J Baker (Chich R, M45) 2:31:54; 2 A Hudson (S Lon) 2:41:38

M55: 1 R Dixon (Bide) 2:58:49

Women: 1 L Robbins (Clap) 2:54:12

Overall (20M): 1 D Elam (B&W) 1:58:48

Women: 1 L Leakey 2:27:52

Overall (13.1M): 1 C Riley (Clap) 72:02

Women: 1 E proto (Lewes, W35) 84:12

W55: 1 L Albrecht (Arun) 96:47

Overall (10km): 1 K Heeley (Amaz Ft, M40) 32:35

Women: 1 C Firth (WSEH), W40) 38:02

LYTCHETT 10, Dorset, February 9

Overall: 1 F Harris (Poole) 54:15; 2 C Peck (Eg H, M40) 54:24

M60: 1 J Critchlow (Purb) 62:13

M70: 1 H Murray (Purb) 73:51

Women: 1 N Lawrence (Eg H, W35) 63:23

W45: 1 S Hill 67:46

W50: 1 D Pearce (Lytch) 71:48

W60: 1 T Harrold (Ed H) 74:13

MAD DOG 10km, Southport, Lancashire, February 9

Overall: 1 I Lawton (M40) 31:52

Women: 1 R Taylor 39:01

RUN TATTON 10km, Knutsford, Cheshire, February 9

Overall: 1 C Holdsworth (CleM) 31:47

Women: 1 M Walls (W40) 40:22

VALENTINE’S 10km, Easton College, Norwich, Norfolk, February 9

Overall: 1 N Mapperley (C&C) 30:26; 2 L Smith (Norw) 30:36; 3 L Alden (Norw) 31:39

M40: 1 M Eccles (Bure) 32:29

M45: 1 J O’Brien (St Ed) 32:47

M60: 1 J Cordle (Norw RR) 38:42

Women: 1 H Archer (C&C) 34:12; 2 E Grubb (Norw) 35:56

W50: 1 J Andrews (Bungay) 37:23

W60: 1 C Brown (Wym) 45:09

VALENTINE’S 10km, Chessington, Surrey, February 9

Overall: 1 O Garrod (Belg) 32:34

M55: 1 C Allen (Strag) 36:50

M60: 1 S Mills (Uck) 38:23

Women: 1 T McCormick (Vale R) 34:23

W60: 1 P Ronksley (Strag) 46:34

W75: 1 J Davies (E&E) 55:04

WILTSHIRE 10, Melksham, February 9

Overall: 1 P Grist (T Bath, M40) 54:57

M60: 1 P Reddaway (Ware) 63:17

Women: 1 A Halton-Hanley (Chipp, W40) 62:28

W50: 1 J Carter (T Bath) 64:38

W60: 1 L Porter (Bitt) 69:06

NEIL McCOVER HALF MARATHON, Kirkintilloch, February 9

Overall: 1 S Paterson (RTCW) 71:29; 2 C Drummond (Giff N) 73:58

M50: C Hunter (VPCG) 82:50

Women: Joanna Petterson 90:41

KIRKINTILLOCH 12.5km, Kirkintilloch, February 9

Overall: B Kinninmonth (Fife) 43:52

Women: A Paton (C’nauld) 48:54

Multi-terrain

FALKIRK ULTRA 7-HOUR RACE, Falkirk, February 9

Overall: 1 Aaron Partridge 86.276km (6:58:26); 2 J Logan (G’nock) 85.015km (6:57:50); 3 Richard Goldsworthy (M40) 83.814km (6:57:59); 4 Grant McDonald (M40) 80.833km (6:57:46); 5 S Craighead (C’thy, M40) 80.351km (6:57:17); 6 S Walker (Pit) 79.903km (6:59:34)

M50: A Brown (Cripp C) 75.354km (6:57:18)

M60: D Hill (RTCW) 69.092km (6:56:59)

M70: A Robertson (Loth) 58.166km (6:59:02)

Women: 1 Heather Imrie (W50) 72.902km (6:57:05); 2 S Farquharson (Forfar) 72.302km (6:57:05); 3 Elsbeth McStay (W40) 69.671km (6:57:20); 4 Catherine Brown (W40) 6:58:20

W60: F Rennie (C’gie) 55.281km (6:58:09)

W70: J Binnie (Wee C) 49.005km (6:58:25)

FOXTRAIL SERIES HALF-MARATHON, Tyninghame

Overall: R Kitton (NBR) 81:35

Women: Sally Barr (W35) 95:55

Fell running

WINDY HILL, Oldham, February 9

Overall (19km/640m): 1 N Lawson (Dark Pk) 76:25; 2 J Williams (G’dale) 86:38; 3 A Bundy (Salf, U21) 26:53; 4 L Hinhchliffe (Sadd) 87:46; 5 B Coop (Bury) 94:01; 6 J Freke (P&B) 94:46

M45: P Skuse (G’dale) 99:11

M50: T Wing (TTGuru) 1:40:42

M55: A Wassington (G&Falc) 1:48:47

M60: G Mitchell (Slaith) 2:04:35

M65: Peter Fleming 2:09:32

M70: Mick Bull 2:29:19

Women: 1 J Badger (P’wich) 1:48:24; 2 G Hockin (Slaith) 1:50:12; 3 A Mcqueen (Radc) 1:54:24; 4 T Williams (Roch TC) 1:56:28

W50: E Ball (Roch) 2:03:00

W55: E Bowen (Penn) 2:09:28

W60: G Middlemas (R’bottom) 2:23:08

BARBONDALE, Kirkby Lonsdale, February 9

Overall (2.3M/1200ft): 1 M Barron (Amble) 22:54; 2 M Fretwell (Sett) 23:06; 3 S Burnstone (Helm, H) 24:02; 4 4 A Perry (Helm H) 24:30; 5 A Dunn (Helm H, M50) 24:34; 6 P Mather (Lons, M40) 24:53

M60: B Procter (Helm H) 27:55

M70: N Hewitt (Bowl) 33:01

U21: A Speight ((Helm H) 25:39

Women: 1 C Rawstron (Skyrac, U21) 26:27; 2 E Mather (Lons) 29:20; 3 B Dyer (Helm H, W50) 29:24; 4 J Hayes (Sett, U21) 31:01

W70: W Dodds (Dallam) 38:24

LONG MYND VALLEYS, Church Stretton, February 9

Overall (11.5M/450ft): 1 O Perratt (Mercia) 1:45:01; 2 B Tetler (G’dale, M45) 1:52:42; 3 J Agnew (Mercia) 1:54:03; 4 B Fanshawe (Mercia) 1:54:05; 5 J Stuart (Mercia, M50) 1:54:54; 6 H Holmes (Mat) 1:57:15

M55: J Hunt (Dark Pk) 2:09:07

M65: J Langton (Mercia) 2:22:24

Women: 1 S Willhoit (Mercia) 2:05:25; 2 Lauren Woodwiss 2:11:17; 3 J Mosley (Penn) 2:11:41; 4 M Jones-Walters (Mercia) 2:21:38

W40: H Stokes (Mercia) 2:34:49

W45: C Shelley (Tring) 2:38:04

W55: D Millington (Mercia) 2:38:34

W60: Celia Mills 2:56:11

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