Purbrook 5
GILL Rose chalked up one of her highest finishes ever with 15th place at the Purbrook Ladies’ five-mile race.
Based at Purbrook Heath and organised by Portsmouth Joggers, Gill clocked a time of 37min 54sec and race pace of 7min 34sec a mile. Running in the Vet 40 age group, Gill was third in her category.
Following closely behind was Stubbington team-mate, Annie Tomlinson, who came 17th in 38.39 (Vet 35, 2nd).
Mariani Wallis was 33rd in 40.18 and eighth Vet 45 with Verity Wright 43rd in 42.53 (Vet 35, 7th). Sue Simister checked in with 54.07 for 120th (Vet 50, 11th), chased home by Kelly Sunderland (Vet 35, 27th) and Gill Adamson (Vet 40, 26th) who crossed the line together in a time of 55.18 for 126th and 127th.
The race was won by Emma Patel from Winchester & District AC in 31.16 and a race pace of 6min 15sec a mile, finishing a good couple of minutes ahead of nearest rival, Jane Harrop from Havant AC, who crossed the finish line in 33.29.