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It was a week of ultra-long distances for Radcliffe as Emma Wolstencroft and Neil Greenhalgh competed in God’s Own Backyard Ultra in Leeds. The format of a backyard ultra means that each runner must complete a 4.167 mile loop on the hour every hour, until there is only one person left to complete a loop. Emma managed an impressive 10 loops, missing the cut off for loop 11 by only 19 seconds, whilst Greenhalgh completed 8 loops. Both runners bagged new personal bests for the 50km distance, with the help of a fantastic RAC support crew.

Kath Biddle was also in ultra-mode at the 37-mile Wirral Way Ultra. Kath completed the circular route along disused railway lines and coastal paths in 7hrs, 49mins, 49secs.

Paul Stevens covered just short of marathon distance in the Manchester 24 Hour Run Against Homelessness midweek, followed by a solid performance (1:53:22) at the Conwy Half Marathon just days later. Two junior athletes took part in the Conwy 1-mile run, Alexandra (13:36), and William (11:29).

In more long-distance news for Radcliffe Gary Adkins ran the New York City Marathon, only just missing the sub-3-hour mark, finishing in 3:01:42.

There was a large turnout for Radcliffe AC in their final club championship race of the season at the Last Drop Village 5km, along with some excellent results. Khama Banda finished second overall in 20:35, followed by Steven Fawcett who was ninth overall and first MV45 in 21:44. Donna Cartwright was first FV45 and third lady in 25:03, and Paula Abernethy was first FV55 in 28:57. Other results for Radcliffe: Christopher Mihalyi (23:51), Michael Kontowtt (24:51), Mark Williams (25:05), Adam Wills (25:47), Dominic Parry (27:12), Chemane Thomas (29:11), David Bartlett (29:31), Brennan Tighe (30:35), Lucie Tighe (31:02), Kathryn Davies (31:05), Karen Doherty (31:12), Charlotte Holden (34:01), Peter Warr (35:06), Wayne Holden (35:50), Elaine Bailey (35:58), Helen Kay (36:10), Stephen Crowe (37:18), Grace Williams (37:30), Laura Aiken (38:29), Caroline Malone (38:38), Tracy Wroe (41:04), Bev Quinton (47:40), and Sara Parry (47:41).

Radcliffe had three runners at Run Alton Towers at the weekend, with Rob Lister (46:39), Alex Field (49:10), and Laura Aiken (58:44) taking on the 10k, and junior athlete Poppy completing the 1.5km in 9:57.

Elsewhere, Alex Pullen represented RAC at the 10km distance at Wimbledon cross country, finishing the 2-lap course of Wimbledon Common in 53:30.