STUART Ashworth led Halstead Road Runners home at the Braintree Five Mile race in a new personal best of 36 minutes 11 seconds at Chelmsford City Racecourse.

Caroliena Cameron was first lady for the club in 38:49 and she was followed by Leigh-Anne Porter in 42:26 and Lisa Clark, who knocked two minutes off of her previous best to finish in 43:29.

Octogenarian Brian Collins put in a solid run in 50:54.

Treena Carder took part in the Colchester Zoo Stampede 10k which was re-scheduled from March when it was called off due to bad weather and finished in 53:29.

John Warne ran the White Peak Marathon alongside his son for the first half of the race.

It was a hard run due to the heat and a late start time, but Warne finished in 4:46:41.

James Smith competed in the North Downs Way 50-mile trail race, starting in Farnham, Surrey and finishing in Knockholt Pound, Kent.

The course has roughly 6,000ft of climbs, including the famous Box Hill, and Smith was going well until just after halfway when he cut his head on a low hanging branch.

After getting clearance from medics to continue he took it easy for the remainder of the race to finish in 8:37:16 to place 19th.

In other events, Halstead's Rob Frost came tenth at the notoriously muddy Nuclear Rush 7km Obstacle Course Race.