Brilliant at Bury and Blackpool!

4 North Herts Road Runners continued their marathon preparations with excellent results at the Bury 20 mile on Sunday. First home for the club in 37^th position was Adrian Sherwood in 2.20.46 closely followed by Mark Young with 2.21.48 in 38^th. Melissa Winters finished 43^rd overall and 5^th lady in 2.23.15, with Richard Thackeray finishing 85^th in 2.35.10. Also in action but in the 10mile race was Mike Mello who secured the highest male finish of the day, 28^th in 69.30.

Further afield James Atkins was competing in the Great North West Half Marathon in Blackpool and was delighted to knock a staggering 4 minutes off his previous PB finishing in the top 30 in 1.19.10.

On Saturday 4 road runners took part in the toughest cross country this season running in the English national championships at Parliament Hill in London. 7 miles of hills and mud proved a considerable challenge but Gary Cook was delighted to finish 524^th out of a field of 1455 runners in 50.13. V50 Chris Priestley also ran well to finish 1175^th in 1.00.38. In the ladies 5 mile race new team captain Tash Pitman finished in the top half of the field, 269^th in 40.11 with Lindsay Cook finishing 524^th in 53.56.

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