There were fast times at the Great Manchester Run as we bring you our UK-wide endurance racing review
You can read our report from the Great Manchester Run here but see below for many more results.
AJ BELL GREAT MANCHESTER RUN 10km & HALF-MARATHON, May 18
Overall (10km): 1 S Barega (ETH) 27:49; 2 S Catrofe (URY) 27:52; 3 V Ngetich (KEN) 27:58; 4 M Geremew (ETH) 28:21; 5 A Manthorpe (Sheff) 28;22; 6 B Robinson (AUS) 28:27; 7 K Sonata (JPN) 29:02; 8 D Griffiths (Swan) 29:10; 9 F Tesfu 29;16; 10 S Nishiwaki 29:18; 11 S Jamaal (Lon H) 29:25; 12 O Lockley (Leeds) 29;26; 13 A Elmi (B’mth) 29:23; 14 J Mellor (Liv) 29:32; 15 S Stirling (Falk) 29:35; 16 N Mapperley (C&C) 29:51; 17 J Travers (Donore) 30:03; 18 C Coulson (Morp) 30:10; 19 S Roberts (Ret) 30:15; 20 M Bostock (Leeds) 30:34
M50: 1 F Okumu (Army) 34:03; 2 N Grinnell 35:32
M55: 1 C Coleman (S Chesh) 35:06
M60: 1 P Entwhistle 37:54
Women: 1 M Eisa (ETH) 30:42; 2 E Sisson (USA) 31:03; 3 G Gebreslase (ETH) 31:11; 4 H Obiri (KEN, W35) 31:16; 5 I Batt-Doyle (AUS) 31:30; 6 V Cheruiyot (KEN, W40) 31:35; 7 A-E Neale (Wake) 31:37; 8 D Scott (RSA) 32:05; 9 V Ockenden (Swan) 32;21; 10 R Wanjiru (KEN) 33:14; 11 A Bell (P&B) 33:19; 12 N Phillips (Dund H) 33:30; 13 J Nesbitt (P’pridd) 33:51; 14 J Holterman 33;59; 15 C Evans (P’pridd) 34:01; 16 H Townsend (Leeds) 34:04; 17 P Jackman ( Newark) 34:07; 18 K Maltby (Border, W35) 35:24; 19 M Connor (Belg) 35:33; 20 L Fairclough (St Hel S) 35:56
W50: 1 L Dixon (Newc St) 41:24
W60: 1 D Vaughan (Quak) 46:45
Overall (13.1M): 1 J Birmingham (Salf) 66:25; 2 J Griffiths (Swan) 66:41; 3 S Crawford 9Long E) 67:30; 4 E Keogh 70:07; 5 M Leigh (Chorl) 71:35
M40: 1 M Lucas (L’hulme) 72:15
Women: 1 M Duncan (W35) 76:27; 2 B Lowe 79:27; 3 A Wallace (T Bath) 80:02
W50: 1 K Rennie (Dac) 82:07; 2 N Walker 91:52; 3 S Allcard (Steel) 92:01
W55: 1 S McTigue 89:42; 2 T Shaw 93:18; 3 T Medley (Border) 93:36
W65: 1 A Hirsch (Belle V) 1:48:04
SHREWSBURY 5km FESTIVAL, Shropshire, May 17
In a race packed with good standard runners up the age groups, Ben Robinson, the British Masters cross-country champion, won overall from Bristol team-mate Luke Burgess in 14:43.
Topping the age groups standard was recent World indoor multi-W75 champion Sarah Roberts, who improved her own British Masters best ever time by 21 seconds with a 21:33 clocking.
The Dacorum runner first set the W75 best at 22:31 in Battersea last December before improving to 21:54 in April at Dorney.
Elsewhere there were also good age group wins for W55 Kate Ramsey and W65 Gill Harrison, but none bettered Roberts’ age grading.
Overall: 1 B Robinson (B&W) 14:43; 2 L Burgess (B&W) 14:54; 3 R Owen (Merr’ydd) 14:57; 4 R De Camps (Glouc) 15:06; 5 J Hart (W&B, M45) 15:07; 6 J Morris (W&B) 15:08
M40: 1 B Brett (E’brne) 15:36
M50: 1 C Blackburn (Holl Sp) 16:05; 2 J Prest (Traff) 16:17; 3 S Davies 16:33; 4 R Jones (Llis) 16:41; 5 H Evans (P Bryn) 16:44; 6 D John (P’broke) 16:44; 7 N Shasha (Orion) 16:49; 6 C Axe (Elmb) 16:49
M55: 1 W Felton (Spect) 17:04; 2 A Porter (Bramhall) 17:04; 3 D Rowlands (Wrex) 17:38
M60: 1 M Whyatt (Eryri) 16:40; 2 M Robinson (B&W) 17:40; 3 G Moyse (Herne H) 18:13; 4 B Park (S’port W) 18:19; 5 D Williams (G&G) 18:33
M65: 1 M Eustace (C&S) 18:21; 2 R Drage (Tav) 18:36; 3 D James (Les C) 18:44; 4 D L’Anson (St Ther) 19:11
M70: 1 D Gibson (Tri Hard) 19:42; 2 P Hough (Shrop) 20:21; 3 M Forder (Wimb W) 20:42
Women: 1 S Winstone (Soton, W35) 17:19
W40: 1 S Curtis (Off Couch) 17:26; 2 D Morris (Builth) 17:40; 3 S Delderfield 9VoA) 17:59
W45: 1 H Gill (Mansf) 17:50; 2 K Craigen 18:01; 3 D Sherwin (Stoke) 18:07; 4 Z Oldfield (Lought) 18:07
W50: 1 J Stanfield (Trenth) 18:43; 2 N Sturzaker (Herne H) 18:53; 3 E Crowe (Dees) 19:39
W55: 1 K Ramsey (Charn) 19:06; 2 T Jenkins (P’cawl) 19:57; 3 A Deeley (Dees) 19:59; 4 N Morgan (Chep) 20:10
W60: 1 M Williamson (Leam) 20:32; 2 F Usher (Linc &D) 20:40; 3 F Smith (Border) 20:45; 4 L Geyer (TROTS) 20:49
W65: 1 G Harrison (B&W) 22:07; 2 J Morgan (St Ed) 22:36; 3 M Grace (Yate &S) 22:47
W75: 1 S Roberts (Dac) 21:33; 2 C Lewis (Yate & S) 24:21
BIG GREEN SCUNTHORPE 10km, Lincolnshire, May 18
Overall: 1 W Strangeway (Linc W) 31:05; 2 E Stones 31:38
M70: 1 A Whitehouse (Totley) 40:20
Women: 1 A Scales 37:54
W40: 1 V Shaw (Barns) 39:41
BOGNOR PROM 10km, West Sussex, May 18
Over-40s James Copeland and Rachel Laurie won overall in 31:07 and 35:18 respectively but there was a British age group all-time best behind.
That came from Elspeth Turner, with a 37:00 chip and gun time, to hack over a minute from Fiona Matheson’s two-year-old over-60 previous best, in her first competitive outing in the age group.
It was also a lifetime best for the Horsham Blue Star 60-year-old who ran 74:07, for fifth woman, in the 1986 Great North Run. Turner stopped competing after a 33:05.43 10,000m in 1988 before resuming her running career in 2004.
Overall: 1 J Copeland (SC Vets, M40) 31:07
M60: 1 A Noble (Folk) 38:57
Women: 1 R Laurie (Chich R, W40) 35:18; 2 K Drew 35:28
W60: 1 E Turner (Horsh J) 37:00; 2 G Moffatt (B&H) 39:42
ESSAR CHESTER HALF-MARATHON, Cheshire, May 18
Overall: 1 C Leeming (Western IoM) 67:21; 2 M Smith (Ashf) 68:19; 3 C Hannon (St Hel) 69:46
M60: 1 R McGrath (North M) 81:11; 2 B Park (S’port W) 83:18
M65: 1 A Clark (Osw) 88:11; 2 M Walters (Holme P) 88:49
M70: 1 K Slattery (NWRR) 98:32; 2 G Crewe (Wilm) 1:40:25
M75: 1 J McGlynn (Wig) 1:43:04
Women: 1 M Gibson (Ealing E, W40) 75:50; 2 T McCormick mVale R) 78:08
W50: 1 C Hay (Mansf) 82:35
W55: 1 M Butler (Red RR) 95:00
W60: 1 M Janssen (Read RR) 1:41:32
HACKNEY HALF-MARATHON, London, May 18
Belgrave Harriers’ Hugo Fry and Chris Bruchhausen were given identical 66:53 times as they headed third placed Jacob Pickering by 27 seconds. Fry was a minute outside his best but his South African team-mate improved his best by 97 seconds.
Becky Briggs took the women’s section in 74:20.
Overall: 1 H Fry (Belg) 66:53; 2 C Bruchhausen (Belg) 66:53; 3 J Pickering 67:20; 4 C Rainsford (Heanor) 68:43; 5 C Wheelan (Belg) 69:15; 6 A Gladley (VP&TH) 69:30
M50: 1 J Forsyth (Lon H) 75:40
M55: 1 T Clements 80:07
Women: 1 B Briggs (CoH) 74:20; 2 A Culling (Clap) 76:41; 3 C Boyd-Squires Long77:59; 4 G Ackerman 78:02; 5 A Barnes 78:06
W50: 1 A Smith (Camb H) 92:33; 2 A Daignton 94:58
W55: 1 M Quintero (Vegan) 88:50; 2 D Foster 91:08
MAY 5, Poole, Dorset, May 18
Overall: 1 J Grose (Poole) 25:25
M60: 1 J Critchlow (Purb) 29:52
M70: 1 H Murray (Purb) 34:33
Women: 1 H O’Neile (Poole R, W35) 30:52
W55: 1 K Mitchell (Dorch) 35:20
W65: 1 H Khoshnevis (L’down) 37:09; 2 P Jarvis (Poole R) 38:50
NETLEY 10km, Hampshire, May 18
Overall: 1 C Newnham (Ryde) 31:52
M70: 1 C Fox (N For) 45:32
Women: 1 E Willmers (Win RC) 35:57
W55: 1 T Train (Ryde) 43:58
W60: 1 L Tyler (Farn R) 45:12
PONTEFRACT 10km, West Yorkshire, May 18
Overall: 1 J Firth (Tad) 31;24
M50: 1 N Clarkson 35:10
STRABANE LIFFORD HALF-MARATHON, Northern Ireland, May 18
Overall: 1 S McCauley (L’kenny) 70:18; 2 K Doherty (Derry) 70:28
M40: 1 E Mullan (Omagh) 72:31
M50: 1 S Somers (Sligo) 74:52
M55: 1 A Doherty (Milford) 80:54
Women: 1 A McGlynn (Strabane, W45) 75:04; 2 C McGuigan (Strabane, W40) 80:47
W50: 1 H Waters 89:06
CHRISTLETON 5km, Chester, Cheshire, May 16
Emily Haggard-Kearney sliced three seconds from her previous best, set earlier this year, with a 15:33 gun time although she had previously been given the same chip time, which was matched here.
Behind, Kate Ward was 20 seconds outside her best with a 15:47 effort as Sarah Dufour-Jackson took ran 15:52 to take 13 seconds from her previous best.
Overall: 1 M Clark (Bury) 14:57; 2 S Whitehead (Vale R) 15:08; 3 A Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 15:09
M45: 1 M Gittins (Helsby) 15:59
M50: 1 R Grantham (Wirral) 16:35
M55: 1 A Walker (Newc St) 17:38
M60: 1 M Hershaw (W Chesh) 18:24
M65: 1 D Norman (Warr) 19:25
Women: 1 E Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 15:33; 2 K Ward (Vale R) 15:47; 3 S Dufor-Jackson (Vale R) 15:52
W45: 1 E Renondeau (Vale R) 17:56
W50: 1 M Vernon (Stoke) 20:12
W55: 1 D Millington 21:45
W60: 1 S Avery (Chesh Dr) 19:49
W65: 1 S Hancock (Osw) 24:14
YEOVIL TOWN RRC 5km, Somerset, May 14
Overall: 1 T Webb (Wells, U20) 15:18; 2 O Purchase (Exe) 15:21
Women: 1 H Blundy (Wells) 16:47; 2 S Nicholls (Wells) 16:54
W65: 1 C Benstead (Oke) 20:06
AVR WESTBURY 5km, Wiltshire, May 13
Overall: 1 T Loughlin (T Bath) 15:26
M65: 1 P Reddaway (Ware) 18:23
Women: 1 E Willmers (Salis, W40) 16:56
GOSPORT SUMMER SERIES 5km, Hampshire, May 13
Overall: 1 J Copeland (SC Vets, M40) 15:01
Women: 1 J Grainger (Soton, W35) 17:56
EMGP BLISWORTH 5, Northamptonshire, May 16
In his first outing of the year, Dominic Jones won his 11th East Midlands Grand Prix race by well over a minute in 24:46 and regained the Blisworth title that the Cambridge & Coleridge athlete last won in 20:22.
Junior Ashleigh Walters shaved three seconds from her best when taking the women’s section in 29:23.
Overall: 1 D Jones (C&C) 24:46
M50: 1 H Davis (R&N) 28:28
M55: 1 P West (Kett) 29:24
M60: 1 A Green (North Tri) 30:59
M70: 1 A Phillips (North RR) 36:05
TEAM: 1 R&N) 1:47:25
M40 TEAM: 1 R&N 1:51;43
Women: 1 A Walters (Corby) 29:23; 2 R Doherty (Higham, W35) 29:49
W45: 1 K Godof (Olney) 30:59
W60: 1 K Bond (Dav) 38:31
W65: 1 N Haggart (Bed H) 46:02
W75: 1 A Copson (R&N) 54:02
TEAM: 1 Higham 97:00
W35 TEAM: 1 Bucks & Stowe 1:44:23
GORDON SMITH MEMORIAL RELAYS, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, May 14
Men (3x2M): 1 Tyne Bridge 31:09 (Z Kettle 10:09, T Wilcock 10:41, M Hedley 10:19); 2 Sunderland 31:25; 3 Wallsend 31:34
Fastest: Kettle 10:0-9
Women (3x2M): 1 NSP 37:39 (M Pace 11:51, N Harvey 12:56, C Harlow 12:52); 2 Morpeth 37:51; 3 Tyne Bridge 38:38
Fastest: Pace 11:51
LAKESIDE 5km SERIES, Portsmouth, Hampshire, May 14
Overall: 1 T Beasley (Havant, U20) 15:43
M45: 1 J Baker (Chich R) 16:06
M65: 1 M Hargreaves (Ports) 19:29
U17: 1 J Ingleby (Ports) 16:25
U15: 1 S White (Olympia) 17:16
Women: 1 E Willmers (Win RC, W40) 17:15
W60: 1 J Harrop (Chich R) 20:57
VETERANS AC 5-MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Battersea Park, London, May 13
On a hot evening, M45 Ade Russell won the overall men’s race as just nine seconds covered the top four, Steve Smythe reports.
There were some notable performances in the older age groups as Peter Giles went third all-time in the UK M80 rankings with 38:55.
World Masters M75 10km champion Ron Cattle went top of this year’s UK rankings with a time of 34:55.
Bryony Proctor was the clear overall women’s winner in a time of 29:42 and though she was using the event as a tempo run, her time went top of the UK W35 rankings for 2025.
Proctor though was running as a guest so the overall Championships women’s winner was W60 Clare Elms who had incidentally outsprinted Proctor to win senior gold in the 2011 Kent cross country championships.
Elms went top of this year’s UK rankings in her age group with her 31:34 while Anna Garnier went top of the W70 lists courtesy of her 38:15.
Overall: 1 A Russell (Vets, M45) 27:05
M50: 1 S Winder (Vets) 28;14
M60: 1 M Tennyson (Vets) 30;12; 2 S Plummer (Vets) 30;16; 3 A Jordan (Vets) 31:07
M65: 1 D Ogden (Vets) 31:19
M70: 1 D Pitt (Vets) 34:29
M75: 1 R Cattle (BRAT) 34:55
M80: 1 P Giles (Vets) 38:55
Women: 1 B Proctor (Herne H, W35) 29:42; 2 C Elms (Vets, W60) 31:34; 3 A Critchlow (Vets, W55) 32:36; 4 E Skinner (Vets, W45) 32:38
W60: 1 C Shelley (Vets) 36:41
W65: 1 P Whitter (Vets) 35:56
W70: 1 A Garnier (Vets) 38:15
GATHIMBA EDWARDS 5km, Aberdeen, May 18
Overall: 1 S Chalmers (A’deen) 15:57; 2 Nathan Lawson (U17) 16:06
M40: Paul Knight/David Marshall (eq) 16:47
M50: Lucasz Czyzcki 17:56
M60: Richard Holland 19:43
Women: 1 Ely Smith 18:03; 2 Hannah Mutch 18:18; 3 Ruth Clark 18:59
W40: Eilidh Gilbert 19:59
GRYFFE VALLEY 10km, Houston, May 18
Women: Elspeth Kerr 38:42
SRI CHINMOY 5km, Edinburgh, May 16
Overall: 1 L Rees (Fife) 14:04; 2 J MacKinnon (Cambus) 14:06; 3 S Chalmers (A’deen) 14:08; 4 C Tharme (Cambus) 14:13; 5 H Hickey (Centr) 14:16; 6 R Thomson (Cambus) 14:16
M40: S Livingstone (Cors) 14:57
M50: B Brodie (Bella H) 16:17
M60: D Cross (Edin) 18:08
M70: E Norton (PHRC) 20:47
U20: A Wright (Edin U) 14:30
U17: James Alexander 14:30
U15: C Campbell (Garsc) 15:53
TEAM: 1 Cambus 12; 2 Centr 43; 3 Fife 56
Women: 1 M Millar (Centr) 15:57; 2 N Scott (Edin) 15:59; 3 L McKenna (Shett) 16:03; 4 M McCellland-Brooks (I’clyde, U20) 16:06
W40: L Haggarty (Kil’k) 17:50
W50: P Baillie (Gala) 18:58
W60: F Matheson (Falk VH) 19:00
U17: N Corrie (Harm) 17:02
U15: Rachel Caves 17:11
TEAM: 1 Edin 31; 2 Shett 45; 3 Edin U 57
HOLYWOOD STROLL 5, Dumfries, May 13
Overall: 1 C Muir (Shett) 26:09; 2 J Ackland (Dumf) 26:31; 3 M Breen (Cors) 26:59
Women: 1 L Finlay (NHS D&G, W50) 30:50; 2 L Hellam (Hartf) 31:41
Mountain running
HOWGILLS (England International Mountain Cup trials), Sedbergh, May 18
U19 (7km/508m): 1 J Sanderson (Sett) 34:09; 2 J Hutchinson (Traff) 36:49; 3 T Mckee (Calder V) 38:34
U19 women: 1 C Jenneson (Bux) 44:14; 2 R Gilldaley (Eden) 44:24; 3 I-M Wilson (Dark Pk) 44:32
U17: 1 J Ireland (Macc) 34:17; 2 B Hodson (St’try) 38:08; 3 T Wood (Macc) 38:40
U17 women: 1 C Mckee (Calder V) 40:34; 2 I Yorke (Warriors) 43:29; 3 M Jebb (Helm H) 43:40
CADER IDRIS, Dolgellau, May 17
Overall (10.5M/3000ft): 1 H Ruddell (P&B) 88:49; 2 G Roberts (Calder V, M40) 90:43; 3 D Lawson (Shett) 92:24; 4 D Connolly (Mercia) 93:51; 5 M McGleenan (Kesw) 94:46; 6 M Burley (Macc) 95:02
M50: J Brown (Buck) 1:45:07
M60: J Simpson (Pens) 2:06:46
M70: E Davies (Mald) 2:16:43
Women: 1 M Mitchell (Swan B OC) 95:56; 2 R Calcraft (R Free, W40) 1:53:53; 3 K Ironside (MDC) 1:56:41; 4 R Beaty (Kesw) 1:58:46
W50: A Arden (Tatten) 2:06:18
W60: F Gunner (Croft A) 2:32:01
LUKES MOUNTAIN, Meelmore, May 15
Overall (5M/200ft): 1 T Crudgington (Newc) 36:06; 2 A Crutchley (Newc) 38:15; 3 N McCartan (BARF) 38:56; 4 J Mcatee (Mourne) 39:15; 5 J Millar (Mourne 39:47; 6 M Stephens (Mourne) 40:13
M45: L Vallely (Armagh) 41:34
M50: W Fleck (B’mena) 46:30
M55: W Cartmill (Newry) 47:38
M65: J Brown (BARF) 52:38
M70: Peter McGuckin 60:40
U20: C Lewis (Jog Lisb) 44:24
Women: 1 E Dickson (Newry) 47:31; 2 K Wilton (Jog Lisb, W50) 47:36; 3 D Wilson (Drom, W55) 50:21; 4 S Mcintyre (T R’well, W40) 51:05
W65: J McMinn (N Down) 64:46
U20: N Cotton (Newc) 62:45
PARKS LIFE, Belper, May 15
Overall (7km/210m): 1 A Raynard (Bake) 27:29; 2 J Broughton (Ilkes) 27:44; 3 L Beresford (Ripley, M40) 29:31; 4 J Beat (Derw, M40) 29:55; 5 R Plant (Hean) 29:59; 6 M Shillcock (Sinfin) 30:02
M50: M Jones (Ripley) 30:59
M60: D Cowie (Sinfin) 34:45
M70: L Thurston (Mat) 52:05
Women: 1 M Holmes (Belpr) 32:01; 2 C Williams (Sinfin) 33:07; 3 J Ainsworth (Ashb) 34:09; 4 L Sherratt (Derw) 34:34
W40: S Watson (Ripley) 35:45
W50: P Holden (Shelt) 36:54
W60: G Watson (Sinfin) 48:06
SHINING TOR, Buxton, May 14
Overall (6.2M/1020ft): 1 A Heyes (Dark Pk) 34:29; 2 H Webb (Dark Pk) 35:57; 3 H Bond (Staffs M) 36:03; 4 N Booker (Macc) 38:03; 5 B Hobson (Chrolton) 38:51; 6 Luke Cook 40:27
M50: M Johnson (Stock H) 40:49
M55: T Savage (Penn) 44:39
M60: R Gittins (Macc) 48:23
M65: Alan Renfree 50:52
M70: Graham Barnes 51:15
Women: 1 L Heyes (Hallam) 41:41; 2 C Leigh (Penn) 47:13; 3 R Munday (Macc, W45) 47:30; 4 H Saunders (Macc) 47:39
W55: S Curtis (Penn, W55) 48:35
W65: A Dean (Ashb) 56:11
W70: A-M Jones (Macc) 57:52
JACK BLOOR RACE, Ilkley Moor, May 13
Overall (8.4km/350m): 1 S Bentham (Ilkley) 38:31; 2 G Rush (Leeds C, M40) 39:30; 3 O Murphy (Ilkley) 40:25; 4 N Marsh (Leeds C) 40:38; 5 J Cummings (Ilkley) 40:42; 6 J Woodcock-Shaw (Leeds C) 42:10
M50: M Calvert (N Leeds FR) 46:51
M60: S Webb (Bing) 56:29
M70: K Brewster (Vall) 72:07
Women: 1 C Rawstron (Skyrac) 46:48; 2 S Martin (Wharf) 51:01; 3 J Roberts (N Leeds FR) 51:57; 4 M Kondo (Abbey, W40) 52:34)
W50: J McCarthy (Ilkley) 54:34
W60: J Marshall (Ilkley) 59:07
