Highworth 5 Mile Run 2007
While many people were still enjoying a Sunday morning lie-in or planning a relaxing day in the sun, a record entry of people took part in the Highworth 5 mile run today.
An event now in its 22nd year, and for the first time ever attracting nearly six hundred runners.
Run in the sun:
competitors sprint off at the start of the
Highworth
5 Mile Race |
All negotiating an undulating, picturesque course in and around Highworth, which started and finished at Warneford School.
The first man home, Shrivenham-based soldier Tim Crossland, who beat a strong local field to win in a time just over 25 minutes.
Bourton Road Runners Mike Smith and Dennis Walmsley came in second and third.
"It was tough out there," Crossland, who also won the Swindon half-marathon in 2006, said, "the heat really made a difference at the end."
"I never normally take a drink on a 5 mile run but I had to today."
The top three:
winner Tim Crossland (centre) with
second-placed Mike Smith (l) and Dennis Walmsley, third |
One competitor, Charles Brookes-Robinson eveb braved the sweltering conditions to run the route twice to raise money for the Martin Miles appeal, a charity set up to help a Highworth policeman seriously injured in a recent motorcycle crash.