Ten of the best Harriers set new marks in Milton Keynes races
DOM James and George Watson produced excellent performances as 10 Cheltenham Harriers set 5000m personal bests in Milton Keynes.
Lining up in the C race, the duo were looking to beat their previous bests of 15:05 and 14:53 respectively.
James was happy with a 14:42.29 PB in third whilst Watson crossed the line in an impressive 14:49.11
Alex Lee and Richard de-camps lined up in the D race and Lee stopped the clock in a PB time of 15:08.05 as he took sixth.
Thirteenth placed de-camps’ time of 15:19.97 was four seconds outside his PB.
In the E race Richard Dare and Charlie Jones broke the 15:30 barrier for the first time, with Jones’ 15:27.10 earning him sixth before Dare followed two places later with 15:28.00.
There were four Cheltenham athletes in the F race.
Chris Booth grabbed a 17-second
PB of 15:51.47 in fifth with Dave Aubrey one place and a quarter of a second behind as he lowered his PB to 15:51.72.
Eliot Taylor finished 16th with a season’s best of 16:07.68 before James Bingham followed six places later as he set a track PB of 16:16.65
In the I race V45 runner Steve Linton was also amongst the PBS with 17:34.11 in eighth whilst Matt Lambourne clocked 18:02.93 for 17th place.
Clark Lawson chipped three seconds off his PB with 18:28.71 for ninth position whilst Rachel See produced her second fastest time over the distance with 19:03.95 for 18th.
Bristol and West AC also hosted a specialist 5000m with five Harriers lining up at Yate.
In the B race Marcus England kicked past Avon Valley’s Mike Towler with 600m remaining as he took a win and lowered his PB to 15:28.06 whilst Dan Thomas lowered his PB to 15:49.04 for eighth.
Chris Cleary ran 16:51.24 for sixth in the D race, V60 athlete Nick Holliday recorded 19:05.52 for 14th in the F race and LV60 runner Kathryn Moreon posted 22:51.18 for 12th in the H race.
At the club’s final Midsummer Open meeting Jamie Harper was in fine form in the 800m as he broke the two minute barrier for the first time with a 1:59.0 PB that earned him third place.
Gareth Edwards ran well in the 3000m as he finished sixth in the A race with a PB of 10:08.7 whilst Martin Ford’s 12:38.7 in the B race earned him third place in the UK rankings for the V75 age group.
Parkruns saw Beth Hawling (17:46) finish as first lady and sixth overall at the Southwark event which saw her mum Claire (22:21) finish as eighth lady as she posted her fastest time.
There were seconds for Henry James (17:44) and Georgia Palmer (21:37) in Cheltenham, Mark James (17:13) at Worcester Pitchcroft and for Marc Fallows (17:45) in Cirencester.
Alice Stalberg (22:58) was fourth lady home at Gloucester North and Ellis Woolley (21:47) finished as fifth lady in Tetbury.