Johnson and Haslam top the rankings
Nine members of Scarborough AC competed in the Thirsk 10-mile race.
The first of the Scarborough runners was the inform Matt Middleton, who achieved a personal best time of 63 minutes 42 seconds, and was 108th of 1,058 finishers.
Matt was followed home by Pete Johnson who clocked 66.07 and was the 166th overall and most notably the first over-65.
Johnson’s time was the fastest in his age group by a UK athlete this year, and he now heads the UK Athletics ranking lists.
Glyn Hewitt was next home with a PB time of 68.25 and 221st placing.
Hewitt was closely fol-lowed by Sue Haslam, who headed the six Scarborough women and was 21st woman overall, and the first over-60 in a splendid time of 68.35, which was also the f astest time run in her age group by a UK athlete this year.
Sue is now ranked number one in the UK Athletics rankings.
She was followed by her daughter Rhona Haslam who was the 28th woman in 71.27.
Anna Kolos headed the remaining Scarborough runners with a personal best of 76.24.
Next to finish was Nikki Hanson in 80.49, then Leah Gillon with 90.49.
Victoria Lockey achieved a personal best time of 97.32
Scarborough AC’s ultra distance specialist Nikki Carr competed in the Hardmoors 55, which the latest event of the Hardmoor series.
This consisted of a 55-mile route from Guisborough to Hemsley and had a challenging 2,700 metres of climb.
Nikki completed the race, which had a time limit of 16 hours in less than 10 hours and was unofficially placed fourth woman.
Nikki’s completion of this event meant that she achieved her target of completing 1,000 miles of Hardmoors events in two years and three months.
Her total mileage is now 1,010, and her achievement was duly recognised by the event organiser.
Three of Scarborough AC’s veteran runners, warmed up for Spring Marathons by competing in the East Hull 20.
The 20-mile course is mostly rural and flat, but was subject to some strong winds on the more exposed sections.
Geoff Cromack, 56, who will be competing in the Manchester marathon next month, was the first of the Scarborough trio home with a time of 2 hours 41 minutes, and was 194th of the 423 finishers.
Jim Johnson, 46, who is making hi s marathon debut at Manchester, was next home in 2 hours 57 and 286th
Mally Sweet love celebrate d his 64th birthday and warmed up for next month’s Blackpool Marathon when clocking 3 hours 19 and was 373rd.