Sodbury Slog
JILL HADLAND proved her love of running through fields of slurry and along mud-filled ditches when returning to her favourite Sodbury Slog (9.8m) where, after a great run in chilling winds, she finished 13th woman and fourth FV35.

RESULTS: 1 Phil Radford (Bristol & West AC) 1:02.01; 95 Jill Hadland 1:23.04. 1,161 finished.

Druid's Ridgway Challenge

MARTIN CROUCHER went back to the Ridgeway but, having run the entire 87 miles last year, he restricted himself to the first 29 miles of the Druid’s Ridgeway Challenge.

A fine start, positively skipping up the first steep hill, enabled him to finish before it got dark (just) and to average around nine minutes per mile despite tiring and slowing towards the end.

RESULTS: 1 Kristian Morgan (Dulwich Park) 3:49.44; 25 Martin Croucher 4:40.08. 146 finished.

Parkruns

YET again young Ollie Campbell showed us the way with a Parkrun win at Chippenham, although a faster time at Chipping Sodbury brought Isaac McAdam over the line in second place, with brother Jacob only seconds behind in third.

Veteran Nick Holliday finished in 16th place at Swindon. U15 Tom Prosser finished soon after, ahead of super vet Gordon Jones and Sam Cook (who had beaten him at the XC the week before).

Jill Hadland ensured Dave Moss took the race seriously but was unable to get anything but a steady run from a tired Martin Croucher. Finally it was good to see Kate Sackett back on form at Stonehouse.

Chippenham: 1 Ollie Campbell (J) 18.58. 151 finished.

Chipping Sodbury: 2 Isaac McAdam 17.17, 3 Jacob McAdam (J) 17.24, 96 Alan McAdam 24.33. 336 finished.

Swindon: 16 Nick Holliday 20.22, 29 Tom Prosser (J) 21.10, 40 Gordon Jones 21.50, 41 Sam Cook (J) 21.51, 48 Jill Hadland 22.04, 61 David Moss 22.36, 81 Caroline Cotterell 23.02, 152 Martin Croucher 25.39, 209 Barbara Thomas 27.12. 444 finished.

Cheltenham: 361 Robin Lloyd 35.06. 420 finished.

Stonehouse: 8 Kate Sackett 22.51. 81 finished.