Many happy returns for Marc at a parkrun

Marc Nevill celebrated his birthday by heading down to the seafront to take part in the latest Southsea parkrun.

And he made it a day to remember by clocking a personal best course time of 25mins 38secs.

Nevill was one of 301 finishers in the 358th Southsea 5k event.

Mike Liddell was first to make it back in a time of 17:14.

Thom Hammond followed (18:35) and Daniel Bailey completed the set of the first three finishers home (18:54).

City of Portsmouth's Elley McMeehan was the first female (21:13).

■ Runners were not deterred by blustery and cold conditions in the latest Lee parkrun.

In total, the seafront course saw 286 finishers make it back despite the difficulties brought by the weather.

Stokes Bay-based Bayside Tri members Tom Barnard (18:51) and Callum Aldous (19:27) were first and second home respectively.

Hannah Cooper, who finished 51st, was first female back in 23:26.

■ Havant had more than 200 finishers at their Staunton Country Park 5k course.

Denmead Striders' Julian Manning was the first of those to complete the off-road course in a time of 17:52.

Second placed Steven

Amos clocked a personal best course time of 17:54 while Run Academy Worthing's Adam Whitmee's trip along the coast was worthwhile as he recorded 19:12.

Victory AC’s Joanne Stanford was first woman to finish in 17th place (21:47).

■ There were just under

200 course finishers at the latest Fareham, Whiteley and Portsmouth Lakeside events.

Fareham had 196 runners managing to complete the Cams Hall Estate course.

Thomas Wallace (18:14) was first back at Fareham with Melissa Gray (23rd, 23:32) the first female to finish.

Meanwhile, 177 parkrunners made it home in the Portsmouth Lakeside 5k - where Peter Newman (18:45) and Tillie Johnston (26th, 23:52) were first back.

Teenager Leo Smith (Winchester & District AC) was the first of 159 finishers at Whiteley in a course PB of 17:50, with Emily Moore sixth in a 19:34 PB.