WITHAM Running Club took part in the annual Ekiden relays in sultry conditions in Suffolk.

A quartet of junior teams kicked off the club's participation at the event, staged in the grounds of Woodbridge School.

Witham RC then fielded eight teams in the adult section, with five men's teams and three ladies teams taking part.

The adults ran a marathon distance over six legs with one leg of 7.2 kilometres, two 10km legs and three five km legs.

This involved 2.5k laps around the picturesque school grounds, the exception being the first 7.2km leg that did a shorter 2.2km first lap.

Dave Campbell was going so fast on his 7.2km leg that his chip couldn’t keep up with him and bailed out somewhere round the third lap.

The only personal best (PB) among the Witham runners in the heat was secured by Paul Chandler.

However, there were some respectable times posted by the club's runners and they should all be proud of their efforts, in the difficult conditions.

Witham's Ladies V35A team had a storming performance, finishing third after being completely unfazed by the Men's teams around them.