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Kadar Omar and Poppy Tank win the Battersea Park 10km


Catch up on all the news from the UK with our endurance racing round-up.

10 ASHFORD, Kent, 15 February

In general. W Zerom (Ashf) 53:18

Women. 1 E Fairhurst 75:19

BRAMLEY 20 & 10, Hampshire, February 15

Total (20M). 1 R Corney (Read RR) 1:49:05; 2 G Wright (Fleet) 1:52:13

M55: 1 S Winder (E&E) 2:04:10

M60: 1 N Rackham (Metros) 2:08:14

Women. 1 N Morrison (Swin) 2:07:37

W40: 1 S Hudson (Belgium) 2:17:53

W50: 1 S Sheddon (Win RC) 2:17:56

Total (20M). 1 T Epton 54:17; 2 A Bigg (BMH) 54:38; 3 T Harding (BMU) 54:40

Women. 1 N Harris (Read) 60:47; 2 G Bruinvels (AFD, W35) 61:28; 3 Z Cowell-Jones (Elmb, W40) 62:37

W60: 1 N Janssen (Read RR) 76:03

CRAB RESEARCH LONDON WINTER RUN 10km, Trafalgar Square, 15th February

In general. Jay Cook (Fo) 31:40

M50: 1 A Bond (Dulw R) 36:04

M55: 1 T Jackson (SB) 34:52; 2 B Roton 35:21

Women. 1 R Hughes (Herne H) 35:45

W50: 1 J Beatty (Serp) 40:34

W65: 1 M Twitchett (C&C) 45:09

HAMPTON COURT HALF MARATHON, Surrey, 15 February

As Seifu Jamaal won overall in 65:27, women’s winner Sarah Holt, 45, improved her personal best of 76:25 by more than a minute.

In general. 1 S Jamal (Lon H) 65:27; 2 Miele-Ingram (Radley) 69:41

Women. 1 S Holt (Stragh, W45) 76:25

W50: 1 N Hutton (DMV) 94:51

W60: 1 P Major (S Lon) 1:44:38

MEDIA CITY HALF MARATHON, Salford, Greater Manchester, 15 February

It was the over-40 duo who took top honors with 42-year-old Laura Hesketh setting a personal best of 74:24 in a rare foray over the distance in the women’s race.

In general. 1 S Cole (Gog Tree, M40) 70:15; 2 J Manning 70:26

Women. 1 L Hesketh (CleM, W40) 74:24

Rugeley 10, Staffordshire, February 15

British and Irish Masters International M35 cross country champion Lee Gratton, now 40, won in a combined time of 52:48.

In general. 1 L Gratton (Ruge, M40) 52:48; 2 E Clowes (Newc St) 55:11; 3 P Tatler (Stoke) 56:39

M50: 1 N Dixon (Newc St) 59:48

Women. 1 G Stanfield 62:12

W50: 1 L Dixon (Newc St) 70:21

ST VALENTINES 30km, Stamford, Lincolnshire, February 15

In general. 1 R Gibbs 1:46:24

Women. 1 C Frankland (W End, W35) 1:56:03

VALENTINES 10km, Chessington, Surrey, February 15

In general. 1 K Quinn (S Lon, M45) 31:20

M65: 1 D Ogden (S Lawn) 39:37

Women 1 L Bailey (Stragh, W45) 35:34

W50: 1 N Sturzaker (Herne H) 38:44

W65: 1 M Davies (Stragh) 40:14

W70: 1 M Statham-Berry (Ling) 51:48

WATERSONS HALE 10km, Cheshire, February 15

In general. 1 R Brown 31:38

M45: 1 J Horman (Life) 32:10

M50: 1 A Pickford (Alf) 34:49

M55: 1 D Bennett (Roch) 36:10

M60: 1 R Johnson 35:58

Women. 1 S Dafur-Jackson (Vale R) 33:28; 2 H Tomlinson (Bolt) 35:15

W50: 1 K Readman (Macc) 40:28; 2 L Callaghan (Trenth) 41:10

WOMBWELL 5, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, February 15

In general. 1 E Smales (Roth) 24:52

M70: 1 A Whitehouse (Totley) 34:26

Women. 1 E Holt (C’field Tri) 29:45

W55: 1 H Morgan (Barns) 33:22

W60: 1 B Coomber (Denby D) 33:48

BATTERSEA PARK 10km and Half Marathon, London, 14 February

Birchfield’s Kadar Omar of Ethiopia opened the streak with a 28:54 victory over Jonathan Escalante-Phillips in the 80 meters.

It was a personal best for women’s winner Poppy Tank as the 28-year-old knocked 24 seconds off her 2024 Valencia mark of 32:10.

Runner-up Natasha Phillips, 20, improved her personal best from 32:48 to 32:33.

Total (10 km). 1 K Omar (Bir) 28:51; 2 J Escalante-Phillips (C&C) 29:15; 3 L McCourt (Morp) 29:19; 4 D Jones 29:37; 5 R Batkin 29:38; 6 E Buck (Newark) 29:44; 7 G Davis 29:47; 8 B Cole (Ton, M40) 29:55; 9 T Chandler (AFD) 29:58; 10 J Shailer 30:07

M40: 2 J Poole (Serp) 31:22

M50: 1 S Shaw (ESM) 34:12

U20: 1 S Malero (St Ed) 30:18

Women. 1 P Tank (Plym) 32:10; 2 N Phillips (Dand Hawk) 32:33; 3 M Gadsby 33:06; 4 R Weston (Inv EK) 34:12; 5 L Wellstead (Col H) 34:10; 6 F Weddell (St Alb) 34:17; 7 C Inch (Holmf) 35:16; 8 H Pullen (AFD, W35) 35:42; 9 E Burfitt (TVH) 35:44; 10 L Sterrett (TVH) 35:54

Total (13.1M). 1 B Howe (Dulw R) 68:46; 2 L Burtham 69:01; 3 P Maher 70:51

Women. 1 R Pegrum 76:42; 2 F Johnson (Applause) 77:20; 3 A Townsend 78:05

W55: 1 S Swinhoe (Lon H) 88:30

NE COUNTIES AA Road Relays, inc Signals Relay, Hetton-Le-Hole, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, 14 February

The relays were canceled due to ice on the route and were rescheduled for March 14.

YORK 5km SERIES, North Yorkshire, 13th February

In general. 1 R Hardman (B’end) 15:01; 2 T Hodgson (Salph) 15:03; 3 J Harrod (Vall St) 3.15pm

M40: 1 B Jarvis (Holf) 15:28

M50: 1 R Watkinson (Roth) 18:39

Women. 1 E Robinson (K&C) 17:19

W60: 1 A Benson (Ripon) 24:19

W65: 1 S Moul (H’gate) 24:34

DAVE JONES PROM 5, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, February 12

Tom Wells, 17, won the overall on his debut in 24:53 by nearly a minute.

In general. 1 T Webb (Wales U20) 24:53; 2 J Williamson 25:47

M50: 1 K Summers (Weston) 28:42

M60: 1 M Robinson 29:57

Women. 1 H Taunton (Taunt) 29:30

W40: 1 A Smith (Weston) 22:23

W60: 1 S Capstick (R Forever) 36:37

STREET 5km, February 11, Somerset, February 11

In general. 1 B Rawlins (Yate) 15:31

Women. 1 G Pearson (W45) 19:19





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