It was a busy weekend within the distance operating world throughout the UK as we deliver you our newest round-up
BRECON CARREG CDF 10km, Cardiff, September 7
In what organisers described as “the most important ever operating of the occasion”, 1000’s of runners and spectators took over the Welsh capital as noticed Omar Ahmed prolong his love affair with Welsh operating, regardless of the rain.
The Birchfield-based Ethiopian took first prize within the males’s race with a time of 29:27 as Natasha Wilson claimed the highest spot within the girls’s part in a private greatest 32:42, to verify their wins within the R4W 10km Sequence.
Ahmed mentioned: “Regardless of the climate situations, at the moment’s been good and I’m so completely happy to win the race. There was a superb, supportive crowd out cheering, which is why I at all times like operating in Wales. I actually just like the CDF 10K, the course, the group and the organisation had been stunning.”
The fast-improving Pontypridd Roadents membership took the following 4 placings led by Dan Nash’s 30:08, with David Hamilton third.
Wilson mentioned: “I ran a PB at the moment so I’m completely happy. I wished to return right here and break sub-33:00 and I did that. It was a little bit of a last-minute determination as I’ve received the Copenhagen Half subsequent week, so I wished to expire at the moment as prep and to present me a little bit of confidence. It’s at all times good to return out to Cardiff as there’s a superb group of fellows who pull me by. It’s nice to be again within the capital and racing in entrance of a Welsh crowd.”
General: 1 O Ahmed (Bir) 29:27; 2 D Nash (P’pridd) 30:08; 3 D Hamilton (P’pridd) 30:43; 4 A Bull (P’pridd) 30:46; 5 D Lengthy (P’pridd) 30:51; 6 D Kashi (Merr’dd) 30:59; 7 D Rigby (B&W) 31:11; 8 D Griffith (Medd’dd) 31:16; 9 F Fielding 31:17; 10 T Rees 31:22
M45: 1 P Wylie (W Tempo) 31:25
M50: 1 D Davies 34:37; 2 N Grinnell 35:23
M60: 1 Okay Chalke 39:04
M65: 1 D James 39:28; 2 P Thomas 39:28
M70: 1 A Davis 39:57
Ladies: 1 N Wilson (Dindee H) 32:42; 2 O Tsim (P’pridd) 34:29; 3 S Antell (Bide, W35) 34:29; 4 Okay Worth 36:01; 5 D Morris (Builth, W40) 36:06; 6 L Flynn (Les C) 36:14
W55: 1 T Jenkins 39:51
W60: 1 L Clements 46:15; 2 J Evans 46:35
ALTRINCHAM 10km, Cheshire, September 7
General: 1 C Sarsfield (Helsby) 31:22; 2 G Beardmore (Salf) 32:02; 3 M Crichton (Swinton) 32:05
M55: 1 R Johnson (Alt) 36:36
M60: 1 S Watmough (Warr) 37:53
Ladies: 1 B Hansen (Alt, W35) 36:41
W45: 1 J Seddon 40:19
W50: 1 A Hurndall (Salf M) 42:30
W55: 1 F Carter (L Goat) 39:19
W60: 1 T Carr (Liv) 47:10
BBB 10km, Battle, East Sussex, September 7
General: 1 R Boorman (Hast) 32:30
Ladies: 1 G Baker (Hast) 37:28
W60: 1 G Crathern (Bex) 47:23
BRIDGWATER HALF-MARATHON, Somerset, September 7
2025’s second ranked W50 Gill Pearson gained the ladies’s race total in 83:15.
General: 1 J Chitty (Cheddar) 73:05
Ladies: 1 G Pearson (Yeo) 83:15
BURY BID 10km, Lancashire, September 7
General: 1 B Kirkman (R’dale) 32:05
M60: 1 M Dillon 39:03
Ladies: 1 C Gregory 41:26
CAERNARFON HALF-MARATHON, North Wales, September 7
General: 1 T Roberts (Merr’dd) 71:30
M50: 1 R Mansell (Cybi) 75:53
Ladies: 1 E Alofs (Cybi, W35) 87:55
W50: 1 C Inexperienced (NWRR) 95:48
COMPTON BASSETT 5, Wiltshire, September 7
General: 1 J Share (G&G) 26:25
M65: 1 P Reddaway (Ware) 31:03
Ladies: 1 E Willmers (Salis, W40) 30:06
W60: 1 M Grace (Yate & S) 37:47
W70: 1 C Lavis (Yate & S) 42:58
FRAMLINGHAM 10km, Suffolk, September 7
General: 1 B Barber (Ips H, U20) 32:52
Ladies: 1 D Glover (Fram) 34;43
KENILWORTH HALF-MARATHON, Warwickshire, September 7
General: 1 J Corridor (Strat) 73:12
Ladies: 1 N White (N’brook, W35) 79:08
KILACOLM HALF-MARATHON, West of Scotland, September 7
General: 1 J Bell (I’clyde) 69:36; 2 C Reilly Cambus, M40) 71:09
Ladies: 1 G Blee (Garscube, W40) 89:21
RUN FOR TASH 10km, Bathtub, Somerset, September 7
General: 1 T T Loughlin (T Bathtub, U17) 32:13
Ladies: 1 F Thwaites-Miles (T Bathtub) 38:31
W50: 1 V Ratcliffe (T Bathtub) 40:09
W60: 1 L Porter Avon T) 42:52
RUN NORWICH 10km, Norfolk, September 7
General: 1 M Smith (Ashf) 31;28
M50: B Corleys 34:38
M60: 1 T Jesson (People) 39:27
Ladies: 1 H Archer (C&C) 35:34; 2 M Beckett (Norw) 36:42
W40: 1 E Rugg (Norw) 37:02
W45: 1 Okay Murrell (Norw RR) 38:28
W50: 1 J Andrews (Bung) 37:56
W60: 1 C Henery (Norw) 45:51
W65: 1 A Stewart (Norw RR) 49:52
W70: 1 L Cusack (Thet) 52:41
W75: 1 N Stanford (Serp) 59:12
SAWTRY 10, Cambridgeshire, September 7
General: 1 D Hudson (Hunts) 55:49
Ladies: 1 C Thurgood (C&C, W40) 66:08
SOUTH CHESHIRE 20, Crewe, September 7
General: 1 N Barry (Sale) 1:53:01
Ladies: 1 A Kelly (Stoke, W35) 2:16:10
W55: 1 J Stanfield (Trenth) 2:18;50
STIRLING 10km, Fife, September 7
General: 1 J Burns (Shett) 30:06; 2 A Thompson (Central) 30:20; 3 L Rodgers (Fife) 30:29; 4 A Smith (Corst) 30:30; 5 C Smith (Cambus) 30:35; 6 A Wright (Edin U) 31:00
M40: 1 A Grey (Lass) 32:28
M55: 1 S Allen (Cambus) 35:05
M60: 1 D Cross (Edin) 38:22
Ladies: 1 F Ross (Shett) 33:21; 2 A MacLean (Garscube) 34:42; 3 A Frankland (Lass) 35:11
W40: 1 F Ross (Falk) 36:48
W55: 1 L Finlay (Dumfr) 38:12
W60: 1 F Matheson (Falk) 39:54
THORPE PARK 10km, Surrey, September 7
General: 1 M Jervis 33:38
Ladies: 1 T Barlow (TVH, W40) 33:51
TREGGY 7, Launceston, Devon, September 7
General: 1 C Jones (Corn) 37:26
M65: 1 J Eldon (Hayle) 47:39
Ladies: 1 J Temple (Truro) 46:09
W55: 1 J Jeeves (Tav) 51:35
VALE OF YORK HALF-MARATHON, Selby, North Yorkshire, September 7
General: 1 G Chalmers (Leeds) 68:43; 2 M Thackwray (Ilkley) 68:49; 3 J Firth (Tad) 69:21
M40: 1 Okay Swainson (Sheff RC) 70:26
M45: 1 S Harrington (Otley) 72:31
M55: 1 A Constantine (Donc) 74:47
M60: 1 J Harlock (CoH) 83:09
Ladies: 1 Okay Ballantyne-Chalmers (Leeds) 77:29; 2 T Boynton (Goole) 79:45
W50: 1 H Corridor (Knaves) 90:11
W55: 1 W Chapman (Sund Str) 89:07
W60: 1 H Burrell (Swale) 99:01; 2 Okay Park (W Hull) 1:45:09; 3 Okay Sinkinson (Holmf) 1:46:55
WIGAN 10km, Lancashire, September 7
General: 1 J Reesgara (Wig) 31:42; 2 C Hannon 31:47
M40: 1 Okay Darcy (Salf) 32:17
M55: 1 F Rafferty (S’port W) 34:59
M65: 1 D Lea (Preston) 39:09
Ladies: 1 L Fairclough (St H Sutt) 35:03; 2 G Metal (Charn, W35) 35:12; 3 E Simm 35:34
WILNE 10km, Draycott, Derbyshire. September 7
General: 1 Okay Taylor (B&W) 29:59; 2 S Moakes (Unsanc) 30:28; 3 D Bishop (Derr) 30:43; 4 G Phillips 31:31; 5 C Rainsford (Heanor) 31:59
M45: 1 D Magelela (L Eaton) 32:56
M50: 1 R Keal (Beest) 35:35
M55: 1 A Taplin (Beest) 36:41
M60: 1 A Noble (People) 39:15
Ladies: 1 E Decide (Peel) 35:01; 2 H Viner (Excessive) 36:03; 3 H Gill (Mansf, W45) 36:35
W50: 1 S Eadsforth (Der) 40:34
W55: 1 N Nealon (Hunc) 41:26; 2 H Stout (L Eaton) 41:59
W60: 1 G Colville (Barns) 42:52
W70: 1 L Rowley (Metal) 50:34
COTSWOLDS CLASSIC 10, Witney, Oxfordshire, September 6
General: 1 N Silence (NSP) 55;38
M50: 1 J Bolton W’inventory) 56:45; 2 P Fernandez (Abing) 59:40
Ladies: 1 N Prince 63:59
W50: 1 R Masser (W’inventory) 71:34
W55: 1 F Maycock (W Tempo) 69:37
W60: 1 V Woodwood (Abbey) 76:59
GREAT NORTH 5km, Newcastle, Tyne & Put on, September 5
This yr’s AJ Bell Nice North 5km occasion was as soon as once more the curtain raiser to a weekend of operating, because the 5km occasion occurred round Newcastle and Gateshead’s Quayside, Martin Duff studies.
The much-anticipated worldwide occasions drew in a powerful native crowd who noticed Thailand’s Kieran Tuntivate simply get the drop over the North East duo from Morpeth Harriers, Scott Beattie and Rory Leonard.
In a equally shut elite girls’s race and it was Belgium’s Lisa Rooms who simply headed Kate Axford in 16:00, as India Weir took third over the three laps of the quick and flat one mile circuit.
Elite Males: 1 Okay Tuntivate (Thailand) 14:01; 2 S Beattie (Gate) 14:02; 3 R Leaonard 14:02; 4 T Verbaandert (NED) 14:02; 5 M Magnussen (ICE) 14:13; 6 T McCambridge (IRE) 14:23; 7 C McClean (IRE) 14:24
Elite Ladies: 1 L Rooms (BEL) 15:59; 2 Okay Axford (Belg) 16:00; 3 I Weir (TVH)16;00; 4 G Gregec (Herne H/NZL) 16:03; 5 A Quirk (Brack) 16:05; 6 L Wellsted (Col H) 16:23; 7 Okay Foster (IRE) 16:42; 8 L Corridor (AFD) 16:46; 9 S Pikett (ELSW) 16:59
Mass Begin General: M Hedley (Tyne Br) 15:33; 2 L Ionita (NE Proj) 15:47; 3 O Burn 16:22
M40: 1 M Hope (Heaton) 16:55
Ladies; 1 J Eaton (Tyne Br) 17:45; 2 G Carroll (Sund) 18:11; 3 O Clark (Wash’ton) 19:30
TAMESIDE 5km FESTIVAL, Ashton-u-Lyne, Larger Manchester, September 5
General (Warmth A): 1 D Barrett (Salf) 14:45; 2 R Worland (Salf) 15:20; 3 M Mannings (O&R) 15:24
M45: 1 J Cleaver 15:50
M50: 1 J Prest (Traff) 16:14; 2 S Corridor (B’burn) 16:52
General (Warmth B): 1 S Roiditis (Salf, WU20) 17:29
ACCRINGTON 5km, Lancashire, September 4
General: 1A Whale (CleM) 16:49
M50: 1 S Livesey 17:15
M55: 1 P Freary (Belg) 17:47
M60: 1 G Goodwin (Accr) 18:07
Ladies: 1 J Darby 20:42
W60: 1 Okay Brierley (Tod) 23:52
W65: 1 S Burns (CleM) 22:59
AUTUMN COAST ROAD 5KM, Redcar, North Yorkshire, September 3
General: 1 A Theaker (L&W) 15:30
M55: 1 A Hardy (B’ham) 17:42
M60: 1 R Williamson (L&W) 18:00; 2 M Forrest (R&Z) 18:23
Ladies: 1 C Williamson (L&W, W40) 18:11
W55: 1 Okay Neesam (N Marske) 19:35; 2 P Speedie (N Marske) 21:15; 3 Okay Aspin (N Marske) 22:29
W60: 1 L Eadon (R&Z) 22:31
W75: 1 C Gale (NY Moors) 25:54
HATFIELD 5km SERIES, Hertfordshire, September 3
General: 1 C Dockerill (St Alb) 15:06; 2 S Pedley (Herts P) 15:27
M60: 1 S Townsend (Dac) 18:02; 2 A Jordan (St Alb) 18:12
M80: 1 R Bloom (Herts P) 25:32
Ladies: 1 F Weddell (St Alb) 16:46
W45: 1 Okay Dixon (St Alb) 18:59
W50: 1 Okay Rennie (Dac) 17:52
W55: 1 C Hale (Gard CR) 20:50; 2 W Walsh (St Alb) 22:21
W65: 1 M Jackson (Dac) 25:37
W75: 1 S Roberts (Dac) 21:58
RUN EXE SUMMER SERIES 5km, Exeter, Devon, September 2
It’s now seven years since Louise Small gained silver medals in each the 2017 and 2018 English Nationwide cross-country championships however the Aldershot 33-year-old nonetheless has what it takes and right here, gained the ladies’s part in 16:14.
This was simply ten seconds exterior her private greatest set final yr within the Guernsey Easter collection.
General: 1 B Williams (N&P, U20) 15:28
M45: 1 M Jenkin (Bide) 16:00
M55: 1 S White (Tiv) 18:18
Ladies: 1 L Small (AFD) 16:14
W55: 1 J McFadzean (SWRR) 21:14
W65: 1 C Benstead (Oke) 25:09
W70: 1 A White (Ex’mth) 30:04
