A large field of 906 turned out today to stretch their legs over the notoriously fast Ribble Valley 10K course which starts from Edisford Bridge near Clitheroe, East Lancs. The race hosted the 2009 Northern Athletics 10K Championships and a number of GB international athletes and elite runners were amongst the runners who toed the start line. This made for a fast race up the front, with the top 8 running sub-30 minute times, and top 40 running sub-32 minute.
Race-winner was Bolton Harrier and GB international man Tom Lancashire in a new course record of 29:21 that places him in the top 10 of the 2009 UKA 10km rankings. Winner of the women's race was GB international, Helen Clitheroe in a time of 32:53, the fifth fastest time by a female British athlete this year.
Two elite Keswick AC athletes also made the journey! Both returned with pb's for the distance: Pippa Maddams clocking 37:24 with an excellent run. Steve Hebblethethwaite also had a good run, finishing in a new pb time of 33:28.
For more info on the UKA rankings visit www.thepowerof10.info
The Keswick AC club road-running ranking list has been updated here
Ribble Valley 10K results
1 comment:
Great results.... well done Steve and Pippa!.
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