Dont expect fast times on the Olympic course in the French capital, with over a thousand feet of elevation on 26.2 mile route

The marathon course for the Paris Olympics in 2024 has been revealed and it will be one of the toughest courses in recent memory.

The 26.2 mile journey starts at Hotel de Ville and ends at Les Invalides, taking in sites such as the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre and Versailles.

Athletes will be tested with the highest point of the course reaching 600 feet at the 20.3km mark. The total elevation from start to finish is a staggering 1584 feet.

The course has been inspired by la marche des femmes (the Womens March on Versailles), when in 1789 thousands of women walked from the Paris City Hall to Versailles to put pressure on King Louis XVI to establish constitutional rights for French citizens.

The Paris 2024 Olympic marathon course has been unveiled

It's drawn inspiration from the Women's March in 1789

Men's marathon: August 10, 2024

Women's marathon: August 11, 2024 pic.twitter.com/xXQ5pild60

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Due to the march, he subsequently ratified the Universal Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen, just months after the French Revolution.

The mens and womens marathons will take place on August 10 and 11, 2024, the last two days of the next Olympics. It will be the first time that the womens marathon is held on the final day of the Games.

The athletes, the thousands of spectators and millions of television viewers will experience a special line-up of iconic sites, from Frances capital to Versailles, through the emblematic landscapes of Ile-de-France, said Head of the Paris Organising Committee Tony Estanguet.

In this exceptional setting, the athletes will also take on a sporting challenge of unprecedented difficulty thanks to a tough course with significant climbs.

Beyond a doubt, the Paris 2024 marathon will have something special about it, said double Olympic marathon champion and world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge.

To perform in such an impressive setting, in a place so charged with history and symbolism, will be a unique experience. I could not ask for a more perfect race for the Games.

Over 40,000 members of the public will be given the opportunity to run the entire course, plus a 10km stretch, after the Games.

With its unprecedented course, the Paris 2024 Marathon represents great sporting challenge for the athletes, in a spectacular setting, said former womens world record-holder Paula Radcliffe.

This race, more unpredictable than ever, promises to be mythical.

The best of the months mountain running action includes the English Schools Champs in North Yorkshire

ENGLISH SCHOOLS FELL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Giggleswick, October 1

English National cross-country winner Jess Bailey, who took the European under-18 silver medal at 3000m during the summer, added the English Schools fell title to the cross-country gold she won in March with a clear win in the year 12-13 race over Emily Gibbon.

Her Leven Valley clubmate Georgia Bell was an even more dominant winner of the year 10-11 event and won by over two and a half minutes from Olivia Aldham.

The margin was not quite as great in the year 8-9 category but it did produce the performance of the day as Clara McKee won by over two minutes and with the race held with the boys event only winner Ben Brassington headed her and she did actually lead some of the way as shown in the picture below.

Freddie Roden, only 103rd in the English Schools Cross-Country Champs this year, was a clear year 12 and 13 winner from Edward Hobbs while Jack Sanderson was a runaway winner of the year 10-11 event.

Robert Carter and Isla Jebb were the winners of the year 7  events.

Years 12/13 (5.95km/251m) Boys:
1 F Roden 25:50
2 E Hobbs 26:49
3 I Battye 27:08

Girls:
1 J Bailey 28:25
2 E Gibbons 29:08
3 A Lane 30:17

Years 10/11 (5.95km/247m) Boys:
1 J Sanderson 23:37
2 F Goodman 24:16
3 S Perry 25:03

Girls:
1 G Bell 27:17
2 O Aldham 29:49
3 S Cowin 30:28

Years 8/9 (3.96km/206m) Boys:
1 B Brassington 20:46
2 H Berry 21:09
3 T Kunicki-Holda 21:11

Girls:
1 C McKee 21:05
2 I-M Wilson 23:23
3 B Buckley 23:29

Years 7 (283km/130m) Boys:
1 R Carter 13:46
2 O Goodman 14:08
3 J Smith 14:11

Girls:
1 I Jebb 14:44
2 M Ford 15:15
3 E Ranner 15:44

CURBAR COMMOTION, Calver, October 1

Overall (8.4M/1640ft):
1 E Brown (Dark Pk) 65:17
2 L Hudson (K&C) 65:17
3 T Hartley (Notts, M50) 66:24
4 P Williams (Dark Pk, W) 67:03
5 T Arthur 69:18
6 C Andrade (Dark Pk) 69:33

M60: R Murphy (Gdale) 86:12

M70: J Gorman (Totley) 97:44

Women:
1 Williams 67:03
2 A Pearse (Steel) 75:44
3 H Elmore (Dark Pk, W50) 79:52
4 E Clossick (H&R) 80:27

W60: P Goodall (Totley) 1:41:01

LONGMYND HIKE, Church Stretton, October 1

Overall (50M/8000ft), gender and age not declared, h:m only):
1 A Davies 9:17
2 D Moxon 9:37
3 F Roberts 9:39
4 M Price 9:49
5 M Jones-Walters 10:19
6 W Fitter 10:39

YETHOLM BORDERS SHEPHERDS SHOW (SHR championships counter), Yetholm, October 1

Overall (6.5km/360m):
1 F Wild (Lber) 28:54
2 A Douglas (Iclyde) 29:30
3 A Masson (Cthy) 30:26
4 J Espie (Dees R) 31:07
5 A McLeod (Ochil) 31:22
6 R Spalding (Ochil) 32:10
7 T Callan (Wlands CC) 32:46
8 M Reid (Cthy, M45) 33:00
9 A Davis (Ochil, M45) 33:06
10 I Oldfield (Edin U) 33:53
11 A Macrae (Cthy, M50) 34:27
12 I Gilmore (Cthy) 34:52
13 J Connaghan (Shett, M50) 35:11
14 R Walsh (Chev) 35:20
15 A Lamont (Cthy, M40) 35:36

M60: S Whitlie (Cthy) 37:10

M65: D Duncan (Ochil) 48:25

M70: E Paterson (HHR) 48:41

TEAM (provisional):
1 Cthy 34
2 Ochil 42
3 Shett 76

Women:
1 E Cowper-Coles 37:17
2 M MacDonald (Bella R) 38:10
3 M Padilla (HHR) 39:36
4 C Marwick (HHR) 40:27
5 A Mudge (Ochil, W50) 40:48
6 M Watson (Law) 41:01
7 L Hellam (Hartf) 42:13
8 C Lumsdon (Ochil) 42:30
9 M Eades (Edin U) 43:22
10 M Breckenridge (Shett) 46:38

W60: J Wilson (Lom) 50:08

TEAM: Ochil 30

Overall winners:
Men: Wild
Team: Cthy

M40: A Fallas (Cthy)
Team: Cthy

Women: Marwick
Team: HHR

W40: Mudge
Team: Fife

Southampton athlete clocks 62:08 while we also bring you news of fast times in USA on the road and Japan on the track plus British USA college results

Breda, Netherlands, October 2

English National cross-country champion Mahamed Mahamed improved his half-marathon PB to 62:08 in finishing third and that moved him up to fifth in the 2022 UK rankings.

Men: HM:
1 Vincent Kibet KEN 61:21
2 Charles Muneria KEN 62:03
3 Mahamed Mahamed GBR 62:08
4 Nicolas Chelule KEN 62:38
5 Mohammadreza Abootorabi SWE 63:28
6 Youssef Ben Haddi MAR 64:09

Women: HM:
1 Gladys Jemaiyo KEN 68:18
2 Selamawit Teferi ISR 68:59
3 Naomi Rotich KEN 69:33
4 Diane van Es 70:50

USA 10 mile Championships, Minneapolis, October 2

Fiona OKeeffe won the womens title in a course and championships record 51:42, but by also holding off mens winner Hillary Bors 46:06 course and championships record, she won a total of $22,000 including the equalizer bonus between the men and women.

Overall:
1 Hillary Bor 46:06
2 Samuel Chelanga 46:14
3 Abbabiya Simbassa 46:29
4 Shadrack Kipchirchir 46:40
5 Reed Fischer 46:40
6 Matt McClintock 46:46
7 Andrew Colley 46:47
8 Tom Anderson 46:57
9 Josh Izewski 47:06
10 Colin Bennie 47:08
11 Parker Stinson 47:13
12 Jacob Thomson 47:23
13 Ahmed Muhumed 47:24
14 Futsum Zienasellassie 47:35
15 Nick Hauger 47:40
16 Reid Buchanan 47:43
17 Diego Estrada 47:47
18 Nick Randazzo 47:54
19 Martin Hehir 47:57
20 Matthew Wilkinson 48:05
21 Alejandro Martinez Ambrosio 48:09
22 Aidan Reed 48:11
23 Noah Droddy 48:17
24 John Mastandrea 48:17
25 Joseph Trojan 48:20
26 Tyler Jermann 48:31
27 Jason Weitzel 48:34
28 Johnny Crain 48:34
29 Isaac Updike 48:37
30 Tyler Pennel 48:38
31 Kevin Lewis 48:40
32 Nadir Yusuf 48:43
33 Michael Jordan 48:51
34 Joel Reichow 48:53
35 Colin Abert 48:57
36 Josef Tessema 48:59

Women: 10M:
1 Fiona OKeeffe 51:42
2 Anne Frisbie 52:10
3 Emily Durgin 52:16
4 Nell Rojas 52:20
5 Aliphine Tuliamuk 52:35
6 Ednah Kurgat 53:08
7 Molly Grabill 53:10
8 Lauren Hurley 53:10
9 Tristin Van Ord 53:13
10 Emma Grace Hurley 53:24
11 Sarah Pagano 53:29
12 Annie Rodenfels 53:56
13 Paige Stoner 54:14
14 Dakotah Lindwurm 54:16
15 Jessa Hanson 54:32
16 Bria Wetsch 54:45
17 Amy Davis 54:53
18 Katja Goldring 55:02
19 Anne-Marie Blaney 55:35
20 Elena Hayday 55:41
32 Kimberley Horner GBR 59:05

Košice Marathon, Slovakia, October 2

The 99th edition of the race saw Reuben Kerio win for the third time after previous wins in 2017 and 2021 and his 2:07:16 was only 15 seconds outside the 10-year-old course record though Ethiopians Aychew Bantie and Yohans Mekasha were only three seconds back.

Margaret Agai took 31 seconds off the womens course record with 2:24:04.

Men: Mar:
1 Reuben Kerio KEN 2:07:16
2 Aychew Bantie ETH 2:07:19
3 Yohans Mekasha ETH 2:07:19
4 Adane Kebede ETH 2:07:21
5 Daniel Kipchumba KEN 2:07:46
6 Abiyot Abinet ETH 2:08:51
7 Zewdu Hailu ETH 2:09:00
8 Albert Kangogo KEN 2:11:24

Women: Mar:
1 Margaret Agai KEN 2:24:04
2 Ayantu Kumela ETH 2:24:29
3 Bone Cheluke ETH 2:24:37
4 Emily Arusio KEN 2:25:39
5 Gladys Chesire KEN 2:26:17
6 Ebsite Tilahun ETH 2:27:47
7 Tadelech Nedi ETH 2:28:04

Niigata, Japan, October 1-2

Men:
200 (0.6):
1 Towa Uzawa 20.60
2 Keigo Yasuda 20.75

400:
1 Yuki Joseph Nakajima 45.93
2 Tatsuki Iwasaki 46.17

1500:
1 Kazuto Iizawa 3:36.55
2 Abraham Guem SSD 3:39.35 NR
3 Ryoji Tatezawa 3:40.63

5000:
1 Yuta Bando 13:21.94
2 Yohei Ikeda 13:31.48

400H:
1 Tenjiro Tanaka 49.07
2 Tatsuhiro Yamamoto 49.52
3 Haruto Deguchi 50.21

HJ:
1 Ryoichi Akamatsu 2.25
2 Yuto Seko 2.25

LJ:
1 Yuki Hashioka 8.05
2 Daiki Oda 7.93

JT: 1 Genki Dean 80.84

National 400H:
1 Syunta Inoue 49.77
2 Toshimasa Kuribayashi 50.08

Women:
200 (2.4): 1 Mei Kodama 23.26

1500: 1 Yume Goto 4:10.79

5000:
1 Agnes Mwikali KEN 14:56.81
2 Nozomi Tanaka 14:59.95
3 Naomi Mussoni KEN 15:03.72
4 Ririka Hironaka 15:20.92

DT:
1 Jade Lally GBR 59.26
2 Nanaka Kori 55.70

JT: 1 Haruka Kitaguchi 62.57

National 5000:
1 Tabitha Kamau KEN 15:01.62
2 Esther Wambui KEN 15:18.69

Miyoshi, Japan, October 1-2

Men

5000: 1 C Kandie KEN 13:26.62

10,000:
1 A Maina KEN 27:41.70
2 E Kipkemei KEN 27:42.44

Yokohama, Japan, October 1-2

Richard Yator and Benard Koech both went sub-27 in the 10,000m, only the third occasion on 2022 that athletes have breached that barrier over 25 laps after races in San Juan Capistrano and Hengelo.

Men
5000:
1 J Soget KEN 13:24.01
2 E Kipchirchir KEN 13:24.77
3 A Kipchirchir KEN 13:25.24

10,000:
1 R Yator Kimunyan KEN 26:54.76
2 B Koech KEN 26:55.04
3 J Ndiku KEN 27:12.84
4 N Kosimbei KEN 27:15.83
5 B Kimeli KEN 27:20.85
6 K Shiojiri 27:53.00
7 C Ndunge KEN 27:55.75
8 P Mathenge Wambui KEN 27:56.97
9 L Kisaisa KEN 27:59.04
10 S Waithaka KEN 28:16.15
11 T Nakamura 28:16.29
12 D Weldu ETH 28:19.73

Women: 3000:
1 H Lobun KEN 8:49.31

British cross-country results in USA College events

CHILE PEPPER FESTIVAL, Fayetteville AR, USA, September 30

Men
8km: 34 LEWIS MILLS 24:37; 41 REECE SHARMAN-NEWELL (U20) 24:44

Women
5km: 35 AMBER OWENS 17:33; 59 TILLY HORTON 17:51; 68 BETHANEY DONNELLY 18:01; 86 HELEN BRAYBROOK (U20) 18:15

GANS CREEK CLASSIC, Columbia MO, USA, September 30

Women
XC: 48 MADDY WHITMAN (U20) 21:36

Men
8km: 89 DANIEL BROOKLING 25:06; 101 JORDAN WOOD 25:13. O: 7 NATHAN GRAY 24:57

JOE PIANE INVITATIONAL, South Bend IN, USA, September 30

Men
5M: B: 12 JONATHAN SHIELDS 23:37; 70 GEORGE WATSON 24:25; 82 MAX MILARVIE 24:33; 116 OLIVER NEWMAN 24:49; 129 EDDIE NARBETT 24:58; 133 FREDDIE CARCAS 25:02. G: 3 EDWARD BUCK 24:02; 99 BENJAMIN PREDDY (U20) 27:27. O: 51 MATTHEW MACKAY (U20) 25:37

Women
5km: B: 20 ELISE THORNER 16:33; 46 YASMIN MARGHINI (U20) 16:58; 55 ZOE WASSELL 17:08; 99 GRACE COPELAND 17:36; 156 KAITLYN SHEPPARD (U20) 18:18

LEHIGH PAUL SHORT INVITATIONAL, Bethlehem PA, USA, September 30

Men
8K: G: 43 SCOTT NUTTER (U20) 23:36; 51 JAMIE DEE 23:41; 75 FINN BIRNIE 23:50; 153 OLIVER WAY 24:28. O: 34 LEO FREELAND (U20) 24:47; 49 JACOB PICKERING 24:56

Women
6km: G: 43 SHANNON FLOCKHART (U20) 20:20; 45 KATY-ANN MCDONALD 20:23; 103 KOSANA WEIR 20:54; 104 INDIA WEIR 20:54; 110 CAITLIN WOSIKA 20:55; 186 MOLLIE SCOTT 21:28; 227 JASMINE YOUNG (U20) 21:39; 270 GRACE BURRELL (U20) 21:54; 301 ZOE BRICKLEY 22:10; 335 AMBER SCOTT 22:26; 336 AMELIE ATTENBOROUGH (U20) 22:27; 364 AVA WHITE (U20) 22:42; 407 MEG RAPLEY 23:38

LIVE IN LOU LOUISVILLE CLASSIC, Louisville KY, USA, October 1

Men
8km: B: 10 MICEAL MCCAUL 24:33; 22 DOMINIC SMITH 24:49; 78 SAMUEL GOODCHILD 25:32. G: 80 CONALL MCGINNESS 24:40; 164 ETHAN GEAR (U20) 25:21; 236 DYLAN MCBRIDE (U20) 26:04

Women
5K: B: 63 RUBY WYLES 18:51. G: 55 ESME DAVIES 17:43; 66 CHLOE WELLINGS 17:46; 83 LUCY THORNTON 17:58; 176 TABATHA WALFORD 18:36

LOYOLA LAKEFRONT INVITATIONAL, Chicago IL, USA, October 1

Men
8km: M: 32 WOODY JEROME (U20) 25:52

Women
6km: M: 26 LAUREN CHARLTON 22:24

PACIFIC INVITATIONAL, Lodi CA, USA, October 1

Women
6km: 18 DANIELLE ROWLINSON 22:43; 20 EMILY FIELD (U20) 22:48

SUNY GENESEO MIKE WOODS INVITATIONAL, Geneseo NY, USA, October 1

Men
8km: 29 SEBASTIEN VICARY 25:54

UIW INVITATIONAL, San Antonio TX, USA, October 1

Women
6km: 4 CHLOE RYLANCE (U20) 22:20

It wasnt just London that had good performances as there were quality runs in Wales and Scotland plus news of the Kielder and Loch Ness events in our latest results round-up

Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon, October 2

The race holds a World Athletics Elite Road Race label and featured its strongest field to date, with more nationalities represented than ever before.

Geoffrey Koech survived a blazing first 10km of 27:42 to win a top quality race but his second 10km was a more sedate 29:15 and he just missed breaking the hour.

The Kenyan has a PB of 59:36 from Houston in 2020 and has a 10km PB of 27:02 when he won in Prague in 2019.

He said: The course is good. It feels good to win here and I pushed really hard. This is my fastest performance in Cardiff.

Gizealaw Ayana, who had been 41 seconds back at 15km, closed to 16 seconds at the finish in just getting the better of Chimdessa Gudeta.

Dewi Griffiths was the leading Briton in eighth as he caught Zak Mahamed, who had been nearly a minute clear at halfway which he passed in 29:14.

Relatively little-known Beatrice Cheserek took almost a minute off her PB with a 66:48 victory after a race long battle with Viola Chepngeno, who missed her PB by a few seconds after the winner had passed 10km in a brisk 31:31.

She said: This was my first time in Cardiff. The support was fantastic and helped me to work hard.

Commonwealth marathon 12th placer Natasha Cockram was the leading Briton as she won a battle with 2021 Manchester Marathon winner Anna Bracegirdle after the duo had passed 10km in 34:39 together. Cockram ran 73:12 after originally intending to run the London Marathon until a bout of Covid intervened.

There was no way I was going to be marathon ready so soon after Covidm, she said. Obviously today was a lot slower than back in March but Im happy to come out here and win the domestic part of the race. There were some fast girls up at the front but happy with that at the end of a 100-mile week.

I love returning here its home and the crowds are amazing. It was all a bit of rush, I only decided on Friday to come but I am so glad I came.

Naomi Mitchell and Olivia Tsim were also close at that point but ultimately finished third and fourth.

Overall:
1 Geoffrey Koech KEN (13:51, 27:42, 42:03, 56:57) 60:01
2 Gizealaw Ayana ETH (13:53, 28:07, 42:44, 57:20 60:17
3 Chimdessa Gudeta ETH (13:51, 27:55, 42:36, 57:20) 60:18
4 Matthew Chekwurui UGA (13:52, 28:08, 42:44, 57:26) 60:36
5 Geoffrey Yegon KEN (13:52, 28:14, 43:02, 58:09) 61:18
6 Hailemaryam Kiros ETH 62:14
7 Ken Nakayama JPN 63:00
8 Dewi Griffiths(30:07) 64:15
9 Ben Preisner CAN 65:03
10 Zakariya Mahamed (29:14) 65:04
11 Dylan Evans 65:05
12 Kieran Clements 65:28
13 Mike Ward 66:19

M40: Adam Bowden (31:13) 67:35

Women:
1 Beatrice Cheserek KEN (15:41, 31:31, 47:22, 63:25) 66:48
2 Viola Chepngeno KEN (15:42, 31:32, 47:23, 63:30) 66:52
3 Zewditu Aderaw ETH (15:42, 31:32, 48:10, 65:33) 69:16
4 Cynthia Nolari KEN (31:55) 70:17
5 Birhan Mhretu ETH (32:11) 71:16
6 Susy Chemaimak KEN 72:51
7 Natasha Cockram (34:39) 73:12
8 Anna Bracegirdle (34:39) 73:47
9 Naomi Mitchell (34:47) 74:19
10 Olivia Tsim (34:42) 74:45
11 Nina Griffith (W35) 75:32
12 Imogen Amos 77:41
13 Lauren Cooper 78:54
14 Donna Morris 80:24

Great Scottish Run 10km & Half Marathon, October 2

Fiona Matheson set a British W60 record of 38:35 bettering her 38:49 from last year.

For a full report of Eilish McColgans UK 10km record of 30:18 click here

Men: 10km:
1 Lewis Hannigan 29:56
2 Callum Tharme 30:18
3 Jamie Burns 30:22
4 Seyd Taha Ghafari 30:29
5 Tom Graham-Marr 30:51
6 Ross A Gray 31:16
7 Christopher Mcgarrity 31:23
8 Angus Wright 31:55
9 Josh Wood 32:17
10 Ross Mckelvie 32:30

Women:
1 Eilish McColgan 30:18 (UK record)
2 Lesley Bell 36:33
3 Ruth Joss 37:01
4 Alison Rowatt 38:07
5 Holly Morrison 38:22
6 Fiona Matheson 38:35 (UK W60 record)
7 Lynsey OConnor 39:09
8 Grainne Mcgrath 39:39
9 Lucy Mitchell 40:18
10 Jimena Andrade Hoz 40:30

Men: HM:
1 Callum Hawkins 63:35
2 Adam Craig 64:17
3 Derek Hawkins 65:32
4 Fraser Stewart 65:53
5 John Bell 67:26
6 Robbie Ferguson 67:53
7 Alastair Hay 68:40
8 Derek Rae 69:11
9 John Lenehan 69:43
10 Martin Brown 70:04

Women: HM:
1 Michelle Finn 72:33
2 Lily Partridge 72:56
3 Fionnuala Ross 73:25
4 Yvonne Mcnairn 79:47
5 Annabel Simpson 80:55
6 Rhian Dawes 81:49
7 Avril Mason 82:26
8 Aoife Carr 82:31
9 Rebekah Russell 83:36
10 Katy Barden 84:08

Additional results to follow when processed by Power of 10

Kielder Marathon & Half Marathon, Northumberland October 1-2

With more than 1800 runners taking on the Kielder Marathon and Kielder Half Marathon, and more in the junior races, adding to those in the 10km and Run-Bike-Run on Saturday, a total of around 3000 people took part in the weekends activities.

The event took place at Northumbrian Waters Landal Kielder Waterside Park, with the backdrop of the stunning Kielder Reservoir.

The marathon winner was Kyle Greig from Metro Aberdeen Running Club, who crossed the finish in 2:45:57.

More than 1000 runners and cyclists took part in the first day of races on this 12th year of Britains most beautiful marathon weekend.

In the 10km event, Mark Snowball of Morpeth Harriers was the first male finisher, crossing the finish line in 35:40 and beating his time of 2021 when he also won.

Another member of Morpeth Harriers and AC winning female was Rachelle Falloon with a time of 39:34 in the 10km.

Last years winner, Russell Maddams, took the runner up spot with a time of 2:48:03 and Mark Hope came third at 3:01:38.

Debbie Greig was the first woman in 3:07:12.

Marathon winner Kyle bought his wife, Debbie, who won the female marathon, her place for their anniversary and announced that her gift was to have a run around the woods.

Stefan Szablewski was the winner of the Half Marathon, finishing in 75:36 while the first female was Luisa Dorward. She crossed the line in 85:50.

Men: Mar:
1 Kyle Greig Metro Aberdeen 2:45:57
2 Russell Maddams Keswick AC 2:48:03
3 Mark Hope Heat 3:01:38

Women: HM:
1 Debbie Greig 3:07:12
2 Jadwiga Wiktorska 3:35:08
3 Amy Mckechnie Queensbury RC 3:39:32

Men: HM:
1 Stefan Szablewski 75:36
2 John Butters Morpeth H 77:47
3 David Holmes 80:09

Women: HM:
1 Luisa Dorward 85:50
2 Danielle Smythe Heaton H 87:54
3 Claire Davies Stocksfield Striders 91:12

Kielder 10km:
Men:
1 Mark Snowball Morpeth H  35:40
2 Paul Turnbull Tyne Bridge H 37:27
3 Neil Sillence North Shields Poly 37:48

Women:
1 Rachelle Falloon Morpeth H 39:34
2 Rose Mather York Knavesmire H 39:57
3 Ewa Zielinska 46:39

Junior Races
Osprey (U11)

Male
1 Theo Tipping Radley 4:53
2 Jude Mccluskie 5:03
3 Callum Owen 5:06

Female:
1 Alice Maddams 5:27
2 Emily Eggett 5:50
3 Emily Owen 5:58

Falcon (under 16)
Male
1 Jonas Tipping Radley 6:09
2 Adam Robinson Elswick H 6:09
3 Joe Eggett 6:41

Female:
1 Ellie Fellows Blaydon H 6:32
2 Niamh Adams Blyth RC 7:36
3 Martha Thomas Prudhoe Plodders 8:32

BAXTERS LOCH NESS MARATHON & RIVER NESS 10km, Inverness, October 2

Doug Selman, whose only previous marathon was Berlin in 2016, was a clear mens winner in 2:23:53.

According to Power of 10, the Malta-based Jemima Farleys last race was at Cannes in 2015 when she ran a PB 3:08:17 but here she ran a staggering 2:42:40 and she won by around two miles, though the far from easy point-to point course is significantly downhill.

UK Inter-Counties and Scottish cross-country champion Mhairi Maclennans gun time was 33:00 to match her PB from Brighton in 2019 but she can claim a chip PB as her 32:58 was a second faster than her chip time three years ago though it should be noted the overall course leading down to the finish beside the River Ness is downhill.

According to her Strava, her miles were a very consistent 5:24. 5:24, 5:16, 5:15, 5:14 and 5:20.

In second, Virgine Barrand took over a minute off of her previous best with a time of 33:39.

Lachlan Oates was first man in 30:26 just six seconds up on Owen Hind.

Marathon
Men:
1 Dougie Selman 2:23:53
2 Isaiah Kosgei M40+ 2:26:36
3 Shaun Cumming 2:26:37
4 Chris Richardson 2:28:47
5 Denis Prikulis 2:33:31

Women:
1 Jemima Farley 2:42:40
2 Rosa Donaldson 2:57:01
3 Carolyn Hay W50 3:02:20

10km
Overall:
1 Lachlan Oates 30:26
2 Owen Hind 30:32
3 Sean Chalmers 31:05
4 Stephen Mackay 31:18
5 Joe Wade 31:31

Women:

1 Mhairi Maclennan 33:00 (chip 32:58)
2 Virgine Barrand 33:39
3 Jenny Selman 35:00
4 Louise Cartmell 37:09
5 Valencia Wright 37:14

MBNA CHESTER MARATHON, October 2

Manchester Half Marathon winner Sarah Webster, who ran for Isle of Man in the Commonwealth Games marathon in Birmingham and finished 14th won the womens race from fellow vet Annabel Granger.

David Bishop had his biggest win to date with a four minute PB of 2:20:26 to take the mens honours.

Overall:
1 David Bishop 2:20:26
2 Thomas Charles 2:22:58
3 Jack Nixon 2:26:32
4 Michael Young 2:27:14
5 Anthony Woodward 2:30:53

Women (Mar):
1 Sarah Webster W40 2:44:34
2 Annabel Granger W45 2:47:29
3 Sarah Holt W40 2:47:56
4 Helen Waugh W45 2:50:09
5 Alison Thorn W45 2:51:04
6 Sarah Mackness W35 2:51:22
7 Zelah Morrall W50 2:54:58
8 Hannah Roberts W40 2:55:13

DORNEY LAKE MARATHON, October 2

Overall:
1 Stephen Buckle M40 2:33:58
2 Steve Kenyon 2:41:52
3 Oliver Cobb M40 2:41:55

Women:
1 Kathy Dudman W35 3:05:16
2 Vicky Ingram 3:17:53
3 Claudia Baba W35 3:26:16

GAFIRS LIFEBOAT 10km, Southport, Hampshire, October 2

Race win number 1026 was a piece of cake for James Baker.

Overall:
1 J Baker (Chich R, M45) 33:36; 2 N Moxham (Gosp, M40) 40:45; 3 J Stone 46:06

Women:
1 T Slade (W40) 51:31; 2 M Smedley (W50) 5714; 3 K Brown (Fare, W40) 57:33

HASTINGS SEAFRONT 10km, East Sussex, October 2

Overall:
1 W Withecombe (Hast R) 36:36; 2 S Powell 37:18; 3 A Shipley (Hast R) 39:52

Women:
1 J French (Hy R, W35) 40:22; 2 J Johnson (RAF, W35) 42:28; 3 L Gill (Hast, W35) 43:11

MAUDESLEY TRAIL 10km MT, Chorley, Lancashire, October 2

Overall:
1 F Rafferty (Sport W, M50) 37:42; 2 T Newberry (Billinge) 38:07; 3 M Singer (Sport W) 38:01

Women:
1 D Sharrock (Leigh) 43:28; 2 D Allen (Leigh) 43:29; 3 B Glaister (Skeldale, W50) 44:22

Northern Ireland & Ulster Road Relay Championships, Victoria Park, Belfast, October 1

Clonliffe Harriers won the mens race by nearly a minute from St Malachys with their Efrem Gidey fastest overall on stage three, Martin Duff reports.

The former Eritrean was the European 10,000m sixth placer and ran 27:59.22 in Munich, for Ireland and here his 9:04 for the 3.38km lap was the fastest by 21 seconds. Gidey also placed third in the European junior cross-country championship in 2019.

Overall (43.38km):

1 Clonliffe 37:48 (S OLeary 9:42, J Watson 9:38, E Gidey 9:04, I Guiden 9:26); 2 St Malachys 38:29; 3 Annadale 38:37; 4 N Belfast 39:26; 5 Annadale B 39;40; 6 Beechmont 41:09

Fastest: Gidey 9:04

M40 (43.38km):

1 N Belfast 40:50 (P McGarry 9:58, P Goss 10:17, G Lyons 10:08, C Curran 10:38); 2 Annadale 41:00; 3 Derry Sp 41:12; 4 Willowfield 42:00; 5 N Down 42:45; 6 Annadale B 44:00

Fastest: Stage 4 for Derry 9:52

Women (43.38km):

1 Annadale 45:31 (R McKee 11:04, D Cox 12:02, K Gilliland 11:17, C Harvey 11:10); 2 N Down 47:12; 3 Clonliffe 47:20; 4 N Belfast 48:30; 5 St Peters 48:36; 6 Ballymena 49:05

Fastest: Stage 3 for Clonliffe 10:39

W35 (43.38km):

1 Annadale 48:15 (S Cooke 11:49, E McCracken 12;19, R Spence 12:36, A Stocks 11:33); 2 Beachmont 51:41; 3 Vict Pk 52:05; 4 Lagan V 52:18; 5 E Down 53:34; 6 Tafelta 53:37

Fastest: Stocks 11:33

LONG COASTAL MT RELAYS, Kincardine to Newburgh, October 1

Overall:
1 HBT 14:11:48 (rec) (R Clark 1:59:24, W Cormack 2:44:03, G Kafka 2:22:28 (rec), D Ward 2:50:03, C Houston 2:05:18 (rec), J Samplonius 2:10:32)
2 Pbello 15:03:55 (A Jeffrey 1:52:15, M Bird 2:35:35, D Macrae 2:38:46, C Cowie 3:15:34, D Limmer 2:19:40, C Taylor 2:22:05)
3 Devils B 16:26:02 (N Finnie 2:37:30, C Sinclair 3:00:30, A Ballantine 2:37:40, J Crozier 3:12:15, C Wilson 2:43:08, G Wheatley 2:14:59)
4 PHRC 16:27:19
5 Cgie 16:34:44

SERPENTINE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km, London Hyde Park, September 30

Less than 48 hours before setting a UK W55 marathon record at London, Sue McDonald was first W55 here.

Overall: 1 J Simmonds (Kent) 15:51; 2 B Short (Craw) 15:58; 3 C Nicol (TVH, M35) 16:14

M60: 1 T Tuohy (Dulw) 18:44

M70: 1 A Roberts (Serp) 21:05

M75: 1 T Rea (Mote) 24:52

Women:

1 K Thornton (High) 17:58; 2 J Wedmore (Herne H) 18:09; 3 P Ravera (U20) 18:29

W55: 1 S McDonald (S Lon) 20:09

W60: 1 L Woolhouse (Vets) 20:46; 2 J Harrison (B&W) 21:07; 3 A Davidson 23:29

W65: 1 A Garnier (HW) 22:37. W70: 1 R Tabor (Dulw) 25:59; 2 M MacDonald (Camb H) 26:51