Record numbers go in city's running festival
Paul Bond leads large MKAC squad home
The Milton Keynes Festival of Running attracted almost 4000 runners and the main race of the day, the half-marathon, produced a finishing field of 3243 - an increase of over 200 on 2009.
The new start in the city centre made for a smooth run along the grid roads for the first three miles.
Up front there was a race long battle between two men and it was only in the closing stages that Neil Addison (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers) got the better of Anuradha Cooray from the Vale of Aylesbury. Addison won in 68m 54s, 10 seconds ahead of his rival.
There were 55 Milton Keynes Athletics Club runners in the race and Paul Bond led them home in 7th place with a new personal best of 73.35.
There were also PBs from the next three - Steve Herring, 15th in 76.16, Marcus Whelband, 22nd in 78.19. and Daniel Webber, 31st in 80.14.
Finishing inside the 90-minute mark was Ian Lamb; Adam Atkins; Andrew Wasdell; Chris Nicholson; Jane Ovington; Neil Ovington; John Skelton; Ash Voralia; Ross Mackenzie; Neil Jones; Andy Stiles; Geoff Aldridge and Dennis Edghill.
MKAC runners were well featured in the age category awards. Steve Herring took the first veteran man prize, John Skelton was first M55 and Diane Farmer first M50 lady.
Jim McKellar was 2nd M70 and third places went to Jane Ovington (F35), Keith Cook (M60) and Ursula Ghaleb (F55). Kelvin Smith was 4th M60 and Julie Dalzell 5th F40.
In the accompanying 10km race MK's Marcin Fudalej was a comfortable winner from the field of 330 with the best time by a local runner for 10 years, 31m 32s.
Elle Roche placed 8th in her debut over this distance and was first lady clocking 39.16.
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