Tallahassee-bound Ockenden and Ramsden get pleasure from Ribble Valley 10km wins

Brits Verity Ockenden and Matt Ramsden sharpen up for the World Cross Nation Champs in Florida on January 10.

Verity Ockenden and Matt Ramsden loved a festive season blow-out over 10km in Lancashire on Sunday (Dec 28) forward of competing within the World Cross Nation Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, on January 10.

Ockenden was a transparent winner of the ladies’s race on the Ribble Valley 10km in 32:18 as junior Issy Holt was runner-up.

Blackburn Harrier Ramsden ran 29:05 as he broke away from Biruk Aduna Kebede, an Ethiopian who runs for Clayton le Moors, with round 250m to go, as Ollie Lockley wound up third.

The RunThrough-organised occasion integrated the North of England Championships.

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Males: 1 M Ramsden (Blackburn) 29:05; 2 B Kebede (ETH/Clayton le Moors) 29:12; 3 O Lockley (Leeds C) 29:30; 4 J Sanderson (G&G) 29:45; 5 G Chalmers (Leeds C) 29:48

Girls: 1 V Ockenden (Swan) 32:18; 2 I Holt (Blackburn, U20) 33:32; 3 L Hesketh (Clayton le Moors, W40) 33:55; 4 M Stenhouse (Rugby & Northampton) 34:16; 5 E Simm (Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde) 34:18

Full outcomes right here.