HALSTEAD Road Runners demonstrated their skills with a weekend of personal bests, marathons and trail adventures.
The Carver Barracks 10K and 5K Remembrance Run was held on Saturday.
Nathan McGregor completed the 10K in (49:42), improving his personal best by two minutes and 49 seconds.
Having targeted a time below 50 minutes, Nathan achieved his goal and finished fifth in his age category and 66th among 255 runners.
Lois Watson continued her return from injury in the 5K, completing the course in (34:00) without experiencing any pain.
The result marked another step in Lois’s return to competitive running.
The Stebbing 10 took place on Remembrance Sunday, sending runners over 10 miles of country lanes and farm tracks.
Laurence Gowers was first home for Halstead, recording a new personal best of (1:07:45) on the undulating course.
Luis Betancourt Canas followed in (1:12:48), with Bailey Cook just three seconds behind in (1:12:51).
Emily Bentley also made significant progress, finishing in (1:30:46), nine minutes faster than her time in last year’s race.
Sam Wolton completed the course in (1:31:01), followed by Lorraine Garnham in (1:39:00) and Len Marten in (1:39:06).
Gary Wiles crossed the line in (1:39:33), improving on last year’s performance by six minutes.
John Warne finished in (1:56:49), while Valerie Kerrison completed the race in (2:01:02).
Sarah Waddington ran the French Riviera Marathon, a 26.2-mile coastal race from Nice to Cannes.
Sarah had set herself a target of four hours and 30 minutes before the event.
She finished in (4:25:52), lowering her personal best by 14 minutes.
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Caroliena Cameron completed The Hobble, a 16-mile trail race starting and finishing at the Horse and Groom in Galleywood.
Returning from injury, Caroliena had not run 16 miles in one go for some time.
She completed the course in (2:59).
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