SEVERAL Harlow Running and Tri Club members were in action at the Lee Valley Runfest on a wet and chilly Sunday morning. There were two distances available. In the Half Marathon Pas Blackwell finished in 4th place out of 195 finishers and 1st Male Vet 40 in an excellent 1hr 19min 05sec. He was followed home by Kevin Smith in 20th place and 2nd Male Vet 50 in 1.30.47, Michelle Sheridan 114th in 2.00.29, Steve Wright 118th in 2.01.35, a PB by over 25min, Colin Langbridge 151st in 2.14.04, Gary Mead 152nd in 2.15.18, Paul Watts 153rd in 2.15.19, Debbie Mead 169th in 2.23.28 and Stacey Miziolek 170th in 2.25.42 in her debut at the distance.

In the 10k race Louise Cootes finished in 87th place out of 253 finishers in 54.02, Emma Luck was 104th in 56.21(PB), Alan Cootes 105th in 56.21 and Alex Soady 149th in 1.01.11(PB). 

Meanwhile, at the Wymondham 20 Mile race Martin Westley finished in 23rd place out of 474 finishers in a superb 2.08.03.

At the Oakley 20 Mile race Holly Nairn finished in 222nd place out of 401 finishers in a PB time of 3.08.59 and Laura Prime was 258th in 3.16.07.

At the Colchester 15 Mile race Martyn Coulter finished in 15th place out of 100 finishers in 1.47.17, Sandi Rust was 47th in 2.05.09, Catherine Ridge 49th in 2.07.01(Debut) and Kerry Mavris 55th in 2.10.52, a PB by over 10min. Sandi, Catherine and Kerry combined to win the Female Team Prize. 

Jason Fox completed the Hampton Court Half Marathon in 615th place out of 4021 finishers in 1.42.15.

Two triathletes completed the Ashridge Duathlon, at Berkhamsted, over two different distances. In the Standard Distance (10Km Run / 39Km Bike / 5Km Run) Ben Usher finished in 77th place out 142 finishers in 2.32.47. 

In the Sprint Distance (5k run, 19k bike, 2.5k run) Terri Willey finished in an excellent 2nd place and 1st Female in 1.25.43.

At Harlow parkrun Jamie Ferreira finished in 42nd place in a PB time of 24.44 and Emma Luck was 87th in 27.21, to equal her PB.