A TOTAL of 29 Witham Running Club members ventured to Felsted to run in the ten-kilometre Essex championship race.

The course starts with a slight downward incline followed by a number of undulations and a deceptive upward incline in the second half, but this didn’t seem to bother a number of Witham's runners as five personal bests (PBs) and a couple of season’s bests were recorded.

The PBs ranged from one second for Vicky Hunt to two minutes for Dave Campbell, who was Witham's first man home in 38 minutes 11 seconds.

Vicky Hunt was the club's first lady in 44m 18s.

RESULTS: Dave Campbell 38:11 (PB), Heydon Mizon 38:53, Leo Cole 39:36, Andy Lager 41:50, Sean Darney 42:04 (PB), Lee Pembroke 42:26, Steven Watson 42:28, Mark Austin 42:34, Simon Scott 43:26, David Hunt 44:06, Vicky Hunt 44:18 (PB), Mark Lynch 44:30, Bill Smythe 44:40, Steve Hennings 47:39 (PB), Angie Manley 47:46, Bob Taylor 47:49, Anthony Smith 49:55, Emma Smith 50:07, Nick Manley 50:09, Ross Silverton 50:24, Anita Grainger 50:40, Colin Short 51:49, Louise Pascoe 54:06 (PB), Emma Sweeney 54:39, Jo Smythe 56:33, Sasha Rush 57:19, Karen Flowers 58:04, Jen Mayes 1:04:35, Martina Byrne 1:05:21.