Christine masters rivals

Ashford and Dist RR

Christine Costiff claimed first place in her age category as one of 16 Ashford and District runners who competed in the 35th Hastings Half-Marathon.

An exceptional performance saw her win by more than 14 minutes with 1hr35min17sec to take the National Masters award.

Robert Latala ran home in fifth place with a time of 1:14.45, while Becks Macey was the first lady home with a personal best 1:33.37.

Paul Ridley finished in 56th with a PB of 1:26.36, Scott Lynch took 58th with 1:26.58 and Julius Samson came in 59th with 1:27.02.

Debutant James Booth earned 96th with a time of 1:29.30 to make it five club runners with sub-1:30.00 times.

Keith Haynes finished a respectable 167th in 1:33.51, before James Phillips registered a PB of 1:42.59.

John Beale and Adrian Beresford came in at 444th and 445th respectively, while Shane Harris placed 730th, Mark Cleworth 962nd and Keith Lynn 1,250th.

Lucy Johnstone continued her marathon preparations by finishing in 844th, followed by Sarah Taylor in 890th.

The London Landmarks Half-Marathon saw Filiz Salah produce a PB of 1:48.50, while elsewhere in Krakow, Tomasz Latala finished in 111th with a time of 1:24.43.

Distance runner Mark Attenborough described the Medway Megalith Marathon as “the hardest run I have ever done”. Attenborough ran 4:42.43 for fourth in the 50-59 category.

He was accompanied by Rik Holden, who took first place in the same age group in 4:18.27.

Five of the club’s runners ran in the Canterbury Riverside 10k.

Jon Wells picked up the M40 prize and finished sixth in 38min20sec, while Paul Moses took the M50 prize and finished 10th in 40.06.

Neil Woodham took 28th in 44.45, Anthony Brown 52nd in 47.32 and Rhian Shrimplin was the sixth lady home with 46.42.

Adrian Moody won the M50 prize at the Smugglers 10k at Minnis Bay. Simon Jackson recorded 53.07 and Rachel Jenkins performed admirably.

Don Dewar clocked in at 46.37 in the Whitstable 10k and Steve Hickman took part in the Rog Run on the Isle of Wight in memory of an Isle of Wight Road Runners team-mate.

Emma Jenkins and William Whittington continued a busy week by representing the club at the Great Local Run, with John Pearce finishing second in Saturday’s parkrun.

Neil Woodham, Jon Wells, Paul Moses, Anthony Brown and Rhian Shrimplin at the Canterbury Riverside 10k

Ashford and District at Hastings and, above, Rachel Jenkins, Simon Jackson and Adrian Moody at the Smugglers 10k

Ashford and District Road Runners Mark Attenborough and Rick Holden before the Medway Megalith Marathon

Left, Adam Wood in action at Leeds and, above, Louis and Jack Small celebrate schools glory with team-mates