Wokingham Half Marathon
STUBBINGTON'S John Fairhurst joined a top class field for the popular Wokingham Half Marathon in Berkshire.
A total of 1,997 runners took part in the race which was dominated by Winchester & District AC runners, Toby Lambert and Thomas Payn. They stormed away from the rest of the field with Lambert winning in a time of 1hr 5min 41sec from the youngster Payne who was 13 seconds adrift.
Such was the high standard of the entry that the first 291 runners clocked under 1hr 30min, including British international Liz Yelling who won the women's race. Representing Bedford & County AC, Yelling placed 14th overall for a time of 1:11.09.
John was Stubbington's lone standard bearer to finish in 954th place with a time of 1:46.58.