Colchester Garrison 10km

Mussett again champion

Colchester Harrier’s Adrian Mussett retained his Colchester Garrison 10km title in style clocking 32:31in severe heat, beating up and coming youngster Ramadan Osman of Colchester and Tendring into second place in 33:51. Mark Harrod was 6th in 36:20 in the field of 600 runners. Chris Manby is really back to form 17th 38:54, and Simon Smith was 18th in 39:03. Then came 19th Craig Mitchell 39:10, 20 David Wright 39:16, 21 Andy Lovelock 39:24, 22 Martyn Clarke 39:07, 25 Keith Marley 39:58, 30 Ian Haw 40:29, 31 Richard Boden 40:29, 35 Dan mark 41:31, 48 Ady Frost 42:32, 50 Richard Millward 42:39, 66 Darren McGill 44:25, 67 Simon Morgan 44:32, 69 Jerry Walder 44:50, 72 Arthur Whiston 45:04, 102 Greg McDowell 47:15, 109 Pat marsh 48:02, 128 Oliver Saunders 48:50, and 137 John Wheatley 49:42

For the ladies it was a surprising defeat for Harrier Sarah Stradling who had to settle for 2nd spot in a great time of 36:38, beaten by Georgina Schiwiening of Cambridge and Coleridge who was 19 seconds in front of Stradling. Rebecca Cooke was a fine 4th in 43:21, and other ladies to finish were Beth Francis 47:21, Jo Martin 48:33, Fiona Wattam 48:36, Becky Bjotter 63:08, and Rachel Rodgers 63:12.