A group of Bourton Roadrunners collected lots of silverware as they travelled north to Leeds for a running festival.

The festival, held within Roundhay Park, a 700-acre city park, featured events including a half marathon, 10 kilometres, and five kilometre options.

Roadrunners' Claire and Iain Cox, alongside Linda Edwards, opted for the half marathon: a rural five-lap route with more trail than tarmac.


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Claire secured second in the women's over 45 classification in a time of one hour, 50 minutes and two seconds.

Her husband Iain was first in the males over 60 category in 1:53:03.

Linda Edwards ran excellently, finishing first in the ladies over 60 in 2:13:28.

Meanwhile, seven club members participated in the 10 kilometre race.

Steph Holton finished first in the women over 60 category, and was the fifth female finisher overall, in 50:49.

Club member Susan Hunt raced strongly, achieving first in the women over 55 in 52:57.

Other Roadrunners joining them were Liz Hulcup - second LV60 in 56:27, Giles Canning - 1:06:08, Gillian James - 1:06:09 and Gary Holton - 1:08:23.

Despite an injury, Gill Carrick completed the course in 1:39:36, showing some grit to finish third in the LV60.

Rebecca Townsend participated in the Alcester 10Km and ran a personal best of 44:27.

She was with Steve and Gilly Howell, who clocked times of 52:40 and 52:42 respectively.

In London, John Harding ran the Greenwich Park 10Km along with his children Daniel and Laura.

He completed the picturesque course, which includes the Royal Observatory and the Old Naval College, in one hour and 38 seconds, landing second in the MV65 category.

Elsewhere was club member Jaq Underwood, who took part in the Cardiff Half Marathon to record a time of one hour, 49 minutes and 20 seconds.

Despite the focus being on Leeds, the group made a detour on their way back south to the Long Eaton parkrun to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary and Linda Edwards' 100th parkrun.

Susan Hunt ran a time of 27:59, helping her group to complete a sub-28 minute run.